----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul F. Stregevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:44 AM Subject: My Bat Mitzvah gift
> Last night I was at my synagog's annual auction. I ran into a girl who used > to attend Sunday school with my daughter. She informed me that her Bat > Mitzvah is in two weeks at a local hotel in Rockville, Maryland, and that > my daughter is invited. "Do you have a photographer?" I asked. > > "No, she said, "we decided to spend the money in other areas, so we'll just > be handing out disposable cameras to the guests." > > I immediately asked my daughter and wife if it would be OK if I offered to > photograph the event (including a Bat Mitzvah dance) as our gift. > Amazingly, both consented. > > I asked the girl if she would like that as a gift. You should have seen her > beam. I'm nearly certain she approached me to hug me but backed down at the > last second! > > Then I found her dad and told her of our arrangement. He, too, was > delighted. I showed him three prints I had on my from the synagogue's > inauguration in April. "I'll shoot the ceremony without flash so everything > is evenly illuminated," I said. "This is what the shots will look like." > > "That's me and my son!" he said, pointing to the pair seated next to my > intended subjects, a man and his small daughter. So I gave him the photo. > > I'll pay for the film; the girl's father will pay for developing. > > I'll let everyone know how it turns out. > > Paul Franklin Stregevsky A few years ago, when I still had my Pentax 645, a friend of ours asked me if I could take a portrait of his son, for the guests to sign at the Bar reception. Instead of being your conventional Hockey or Baseball theme, their son wanted an artistic theme. So we dressed him up with a white tunic and a black beret. Gave him a brush and a paint pallette. After choosing the best shot from the proofs, we had a 16x20 made, and matted to a larger ( I believe 24x30) mat. At that point my wife and I knew what gift we were getting for the Bar-Mitzva boy. After the reception we took the portrait to a frame shop, and had it nicely framed. I feel proud every time I go to their den and look at that portrait. Jeff - 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 .
