Thank you very much, John!
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:11 PM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow - Dorrie and your photography are both fulfilling what I hoped for when > you first showed a shot > of her! Great stuff Bruce, and very well interpreted by Dorrie. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker > Sent: Monday, 22 June 2015 1:52 AM > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List > Subject: GESO intro/extrospection & a Father's Day connection > > This is something of a Father's Day tribute. > > I had a difficult relationship with dear old Dad, who passed last November at > 91. He could be > autocratic and controlling, but he got me started into engineering, around > which my entire career > was built. And he had a way of pointing out uncomfortable truths. I will > never forget that moment > when, after proudly displaying a collection of my early best-of shots to him, > with a note of > disappointment in his voice he said, "but there are no people in any of > these." > > That stung, but that implied question drilled into my head and refused to be > dislodged until I gave > in and promised myself to try shooting people. What a revelation that was! > Unexpectedly it has made > me a more confident person, especially dealing with women, a major part of > the population I've never > been able to look right in the eye for my entire life. > > So to get concrete: here are my latest retouches from my most recent studio > shoot with Dorrie Mack, > an art/life model. I can honestly admit that these were only made possible > because of my father's > blunt but innocent observation a few years ago. > > Introspection > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/122023112647 > > Extrospection #1 > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/122023227947 > > Extrospection #2 -- NSFW > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/122023298972 > > > Comments welcome. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
