Thanks for sharing, Walt. Heartwarming. On Apr 8, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
> Hi all, > > I just wanted to pass along this email I got today that touches on something > Larry told me awhile back about taking photographs of friends and > acquaintances and how they may be the only photographs that their loved ones > have of them. I have to say, I'm pretty deeply moved and humbled by it. > > -- Walt > >> Walt, >> >> You don't know me from Adam but I do follow you on Facebook and visit your >> blog. Because of this you reignited my love of photography and I felt I >> needed to pass along this story. >> >> Last Sunday one of our local churches held a Spring Festival for the kids >> with an Easter egg hunt and other activities. My daughter had a friend >> spending the weekend with us and they decided to go with me to that event >> which I was just going to take pictures for and send to our local Patch >> website. The Patch is a project which is a network of blogs all based on the >> community they serve as way of explanation. >> >> I took a couple of pictures of my daughter and her friend. One of those >> pictures wound up being the last picture taken of that young lady. She >> passed away late Thursday night the result of a seizure she had from her >> epilepsy. She was only 18 years old. I struggled with whether or not I >> should let her mother know that I taken the picture but realizing it was >> probably the most recent picture and it showed her daughter laughing and >> smiling I took a chance and presented it to her. As heartbreaking as it was, >> her gratitude was even more overwhelming. Not having a lot of money they had >> gone several years without having any pictures taken like for school or >> anything. This photo meant more to her then I could realize cause it showed >> her daughter as she looked today and not several years ago. >> >> To be honest I don't even know why I am sending this email other then to >> thank you for the inspiration to take my camera with me always and not be >> bashful about snapping away. Granted it isn't one of these DSLR, it is just >> a Kodak AF digital point and shoot type but it is a good little camera. I >> will keep saving my pennies and maybe by the end of the year I will be able >> to get one of the entry level DSLR, but mostly I want to thank you. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
