Mark, That's good to hear. Lynn and I are signed up again, although Lynn just wanted to be a guest - no shooting. We'll look forward to seeing Don. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I can tell at > http://www.grandfather.com/events/nature-photography-weekend-2/ it > looks like there are still some spots open for the 2013 Grandfather > Mountain Nature Photography Weekend. It's an amazing bargain at > $115.00 > > I just received an email from Don Nelson, the founder of the NPW, that > he plans on attending - probably for the final time - this year. He > said the same thing last year, but his health hasn't been good since > his bout with Lymphoma a few years back so this might really be his > last appearance at the event. Don is a now-retired former Pentax rep > who has shown kindness far above and beyond the call of duty to many > of us on The List over the years. He was instrumental in getting the > List turned over to Doug Brewer when Pentax decided to farm it out. He > was the guy who was able to get a pre-production sample of the ist-D, > Pentax's first DSLR, into the hands of Doug and myself and a few > others before anyone else outside a couple of review sites. > > He's a good friend to a lot of us. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > 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.
