Nice story Shel. Must have given you the warm fuzzies all over. Was it a Pentax camera used? I think I want some Chinese tonight, speaking of all that seafood ;) Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:07 PM Subject: A Fond Memory ...
> This took place back in 1968. At the time I had a small photo studio in > San Francisco, in the Mission District, and had very little money. > Early one day I > photographed a couple of fish mongers in their shop window, setting out > their fish for display. They were standing in the window, holding a > huge fish that was so big that it took both of them to hold it. Seeing > me with my camera, they posed for a photograph, standing in ice above > their ankles, wearing high, black rubber boots and white smocks. The > guys were quite a sight. Upon returning to the studio I made then an > 11x14, and went back to the shop later in the day. They paid me for the > photo with crabs and shrimp and scallops. That night my girlfriend and > I opened a bottle of inexpensive white wine, made a salad, and feasted > on the generosity of the fish mongers. The table was a wooden box, set > in the middle of the studio, and we sat on pillows on the floor, > savoring every bite of the food and every sip of the wine. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/xmas-story.html > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
