Good for you, Cotty. There is no greater satisfaction for a photographer than that of making ?ictures for friends. I hope we get to see the shots from the village church. Happy Holidays, Paul
Cotty wrote: > It's getting on for that time of night when all good boys and girls > should be heading off for bed, in the hopes that Father Christmas, Saint > Nicholas, Santa Claus (call him what you will) will be sliding his > impressive bulk down the chimney, or squeezing through that open window > to leave a jolly decent stash... > > We walked up to the village church this evening and joined a packed > congregation for a carol service by candle-light. Standing from my > elevated position, I managed a few frames from my Leica CL and 40mm > Summicron (f4, 1/4 sec!), braced on a balcony. It was a lovely sight, and > it really felt like Christmas all of a sudden... > > Our local friend popped over afterwards to collect her booty: 4 framed > prints of her sons that I shot on Saturday with the LX and 85mil A* - it > took me most of yesterday to assess from 5 rolls, edit from 26 possibles > down to 4 finals. I was well pleased. Three singles and a Harry Potter > promotional leaflet - style 'three heads in a row' three-shot as a piece > de resistance. Two rolls shot on that: the first roll I managed to do > with the LX set on 1/2000 instead of Auto, so we had to redo it. > Unfortunately, two of the three brothers had had a disagreement in the > interim, and a smart blow to the thigh had rendered Son Number 2 immune > from smiling. We shot another roll anyway - he managed to smirk slightly > on the last three frames, all the earlier shots spent in full grimace. > > Out of time, I retired. Fortunately I managed to secure a smiley face > between two sulks from one frame and pasted it onto a sulky face between > two smiles in another to save the day - not something I'd normally do, > but the fact they were shot less than ten seconds apart appeases my > conscience. That and the framing and composition is identical. Net > result: one very pleased mother and one cheque being dropped round in a > day or two. > > I won't mention the fact that when I was shooting with the AF280T (with > the magic Steve Larson-inspired flash-quench-off switch) I let the sense > of occasion get the better of me and completely forgot to switch it on > (and so switch off the flash quench circuit and the > I'm-an-LX-and-you-can't-do-fill-in-flash-with-me-pal circuit) and so > thought the flash was firing when it wasn't... > > Fortunately I did lots available light, so I had plenty to choose from. > > Here's hoping you're having or about to have a very merry Christmas. > Sweet dreams kids! > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > _______________________________________________________ > Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Check out the UK Macintosh ads > http://www.macads.co.uk > - > 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 .
