Scott,
You make me blush ;-P Like I mentioned earlier I should have a shot or
two of you trying out my 67. Definitely a beauty isn't it?
I looked at the shots you took with my *ist D, they seem a little soft.
Perfect portraiture! Don't worry, another photographer showed me the
photos she took and they too are soft. Were we really that soft against
that tree?
I cannot wait to see the photos you took with your MX.
You took some good ones in the auditorium, at least I think it was yours?
César
Panama City, Florida
Scott Loveless wrote:
My trip home took an hour longer than the trip to GFM. 200 miles of
30mph uphill and 60mph downhill sucked pretty hard.
I had never been to the Blue Ridge Mountains before Saturday. I do
believe this is quite possibly one of the most beautiful places on
earth. Grandfather Mountain might be the crown.
I had the pleasure of meeting several PDMLers. Doug regaled us with a
rather, um, detailed history of the list. He also made it very clear
that I should never, ever let anyone with tracoma use my camera.
Doug's a hell of a guy. Plus he's good for comic relief.
Cesar did, in fact, have a smile on his face the whole weekend. Not
sure how he pulled that off, what with his tongue dragging the ground.
Can't say that I blame him for that, though. A most giving
individual, Cesar started handing me Pentax goodies to fondle almost
immediately after our introduction. And he let me run a roll through
his 67. I feel an enablement coming on.
Nico and his son were gracious enough to give me a ride from the
bridge down to the trail head parking lot. It seems that I didn't
spend enough time with the map, assumed that I had to hike up to the
bridge, and then stupidly packed myself, the hard case containing the
C220 and paraphernalia, and a tripod up the side of the mountain.
Nico is right up there near the top of my "favorite persons" list
about now. His son, on the other hand, had lots of questions for me
on the way down: "You didn't know there was a parking lot at the
bridge? Couldn't you see that the road continued past the trail head?
Why'd you carry all that stuff?" Ah, children. Patrick's a good
kid. I hope to see them both again.
Charles Braswell is quite possibly the finest gentleman I've ever met.
For those of you who have never met him, in addition to being a
wonderful photographer, he's also great conversationalist. I'm only
sorry I wasn't able to spend more time with him. I am most certainly
looking forward to his presentation next June.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Bill and Phyllis Owens.
Unfortunately, they had to leave a bit early on Saturday. But Bill,
rather matter-of-factly, assured me that everything would be in order
by next June.
Tom Reese actually shot some chrome this weekend. He also let me
shoot a few frames with his 300/2.8. WOW! That's a hell of a nice
lens. I've never experienced anything quite like the way that lens
just lights up when the subject is in focus. Thanks, Tom! Plus, Tom
let me caress his, err, MZ-S. I feel another enablement coming on. I
suppose that makes up for his snoring.
More details about the weekend's presentations and lots of photos to
come. I'm off to soup some film.
