This it, Tom C? Jack
--- On Mon, 5/10/10, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> > Subject: Something Funny Happened on the Way to Chicago > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, May 10, 2010, 8:08 AM > Thought I'd give my words and > thoughts on the exhibit and Chicago trip. > > I was actually just finishing typing this up last night > when Bill's > summary came through, and I sent it several times but > nothing I > originated last night would get to the list. > > It was wonderful to meet, in person, those I'd been > acquainted with > for some time on line, +12 years in some cases. We met > Christine and > Doug at the entrance on the sidewalk. Instant smiles > and hugs. > > Bill was Canadian. > > The printing job Mark did was astounding! My gallery image > had a > quality and feeling that did not come through on a digital > display. > The same can be said for the other images. Cory's was > magical in > print. > > The gallery was a work of art... far more inspiring than > the Eggleston > gallery at the Art Institute. :-) Seriously, but my own > photographs > taken with a Brownie Hawkeye at the age of 8 would have > rivaled > Eggleston's. No don't take that as a brag, I was a > terrible > photographer at 8, always wanting to see the film in the > camera, which > did not help matters. > > Christine and Sue Barton did an excellent job of organizing > and > implementing the event. For those unable to attend, > you'll be happy > to know that we were treated and respected as photographers > and > artists, not as a bunch of wannabes. > > As in any group, some clicked and bonded more readily than > others with > various members, but things were so fast-paced that it was > a matter of > not having the time to make the rounds in detail. The > cooperation and > goodwill among the PDML members, curators, and vistors was > impressive. > It was noisy, high energy, and for being only three hours, > pretty > exhausting. > > This was an event the PDML can be singularly proud of, > participant or not. > > The event and sales also benefit children who are victims > of cancer > and their families. So, if hesitant to purchase additional > books, or > possibly sponsor riders in an upcoming event that may be > announced, > please consider doing so to the extent possible, according > to your > desire and means. > > In particular, I got to spend a fair amount of time with > Christine, > Ann, Bob Sullivan and his wife, Stan Halpin, Doug Brewer, > Mark Roberts > and his wife, Boris, Lary Colen, Chris Mitchell and his > wife, Tim > Bray, Jay Taylor, Cory Waters and his wife. Sorry if I left > anyone > out. I think I at least met all the PDML members > present. > > Bill Robb (who is Canadian) and I, stayed up till 4 AM one > morning and > 2 AM the next, talking about everything and trying to > comprehend the > meaning of life and Space-Time. I'm happy to report that we > just about > have it figured out and we'll give an update when we've > completed our > analysis and have reached a definitive conclusion. Bill, I > told you we > needed just one more bottle. > > I never knew Bill slept in the RAW. He told me he > gets better > pictures that way. I'd have expected footed long > johns, with him > being from Canada and that. Of course it might have felt > like a > heatwave to him down south in Chicago - or maybe it's > something > related to digital? Hard to tell what it was all aboot. > > The GPS had a hard time getting a consistent signal in the > valley of > skyscrapers they call downtown. Twice it went into a mode > where it was > recalculating every 15 seconds even when we had not changed > direction. > So sometimes it took us 20 minutes to get somewhere when ot > should > have taken just 5. > > Chicago was a great photo venue and I'm sure many photos of > members > and the areas we visited will start appearing. > > A good time was had by all. > > To sum it up, You were great. You were fantastic. You were > great. You > were ALL great! > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
