Christine, OK, I'll bite...Two photographic incidents come to mind, one with a picture, one without.
Long ago I bought my first Pentax camera, a simple ME. We were going to visit friends in Europe and I'd used my Dad's Retina IIIc, so I wanted something good in 35mm. We lived across the street from Lake Michigan in Racine, Wisconsin. One night driving home after work, I passed the lighthouse and pulled to the side of the road. I wanted a picture of the light. I had my Pentax ME with my 50mm f1.7 loaded with film. I knew it would be a long exposure, so I put the camera on top of the '71 Olds Cutlass above the driver's seat. Framing wasn't quite right so I put my hand on the car and under the lens. I took 2 or 3 shots like this, and God favors the ignorant is all I can say. The result is the picture on right of the attached page. Wow, I was hooked! http://www.members.aol.com/rfsindg/WindPoint.html The other incident that comes to mind is photographing our first child. The delivery room photos aren't so great, but we decided to take a photo every month for the first year. I probably shot a roll or half a roll each time we did it and got some wonderful memories of the year passing and our child growing. I would highly recommend this to any new parents. You have to set aside some time for the photo session once a month, but the rewards are excellent. The time passes so quickly... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cesar: Your so called "ramble" reveals 3 beautiful stories. I'm so glad > you told us your stories. The portrait of your great aunt is lovely--just > lovely. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cesar Matamoros II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:49 PM > Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > > > > > Hi Christine, > > > > This has been a very nice thread - I am glad you brought it up. > > I first gave it no thought since I have been such the lurker lately. > > But as I read the replies I began to think of my experiences, > > photographically. > > > > There are three moments that come to mind - bear with me. Two were in > > the mid 80s and as such on film (slides perchance). The other was > > digitally and about five years ago. > > > > The first was during my first helicopter ride. We were being the target > > for a surveillance radar system we were integrating in North Carolina - > > for use outside the country. It was winter. I had the GPS and my sole > > role was to trigger the data acquisition at certain times. > > The pilot was enjoying the flight. We were mostly over the Abermarle > > Sound. We even dropped down to where the waves were hitting the runners! > > I got some good shots of the sunlight on the water, the apparent open > > sea. I was having a blast taking many photos. I still relish the memory. > > As an aside, we felt the helicopter shudder, twice. So the pilot > > decided to go over land and see about setting down - we could not see a > > bird strike or anything of that sort. Had we gone into the water we > > would not have lasted long. > > We ended up finding a field and as we were landing the motor gave out > > and we auto-rotated to the ground. It ended up being about two miles > > from the house of the parents of the girl, Donna, who would become my > > girlfriend in a few months! And she is central to the second moment. > > > > Donna took her first plane rides to fly down to Florida - where I went > > from North Carolina - to see me. > > Her first international flight was to Honduras that summer to spend my > > vacation with me. She was a country girl. Imagine her traveling to a > > strange land. I took her around Honduras and showed its beauty. > > We ended up in the Mayan ruins of Copan. She was taken aback. > > Especially as I filled her in on the time frames and 'technology'. At > > one point, as we rested, I happened to take a shot of her - a portrait > > if you will. She has her chin in her hand with a cute visor upon her > > head and she had a faraway look. Her parents loved that shot and I gave > > them a copy. I wonder if they still have it up. > > Anyway, I love the shot because it conveys what she was feeling without > > showing her surrounding. I have to look for that shot! > > > > The last story is also about a portrait. It is of my oldest living > > great-aunt. A nun who is at least 87 by now. I catch her chatting with > > my father. It is a shot that my immediate family each has a copy. It > > was just a grab shot, but I felt the moment - I knew when I needed to > > press the button. It was a 'moment' that I captured, rather well if I > > may step away from being humble. And I can send a link: > > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/583584/display/3364364 > > > > Sorry for the ramble, great question, > > > > > > Cesar > > Panama City, Florida > > > > > > > > > > Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Hi Everyone: > >> > >> I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great > >> international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and > >> photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love to > >> hear > >> stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to > >> share a > >> story or 2? > >> > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
