Funny how a person (my mother) can, in the same moment, complain about having her picture taken and also complain about never receiving any prints of the "wonderful" (not my word here) pictures I take...
Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: Shooting memories (was: Re: Your desert-island kit?) > Cory wrote: They've taken to calling me "the cameraman". As in "OH NO!!, it's the Cameraman again!" > > Ah, but your grandchildren and their children will be eternally grateful for the memories you've captured. I get this everytime I want to shoot my wife and girls baking together, playing piano together, or doing each other's hair while watching TV. Endure the criticisms now; you're leaving a priceless legacy. > > I recently picked up my daughter from middle school, dropping off her friend "Janet." Janet raced to the mailbox and opened a thin envelope that bore the news that she had not been accepted into a special academic program. As she read the letter, I snapped a couple photos from behind the wheel of my car. When the prints arrived, I asked my daughter to give them to Janet. > > "Why would she want them?" she asked, incredulous. > > "This, too, is life," I replied. I have photos of me discovering my first gray hair, signing my divorce, undergoing dental work and foot surgery, and crying over the loss of a girlfriend. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > - > 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 .
