John, Good for you! The best opportunities are those we create for ourselves. I attended a small presentation by a local nature photographer some months ago. He is an excellent naturalist and very knowledgable. All his photos were native Illinois shots within easy driving distance of my house. (No trips to the Tetons necessary.) I wanted to pick his brain for sites and times. He mentioned a patch of prarie in the town I grew up in was about to bloom. It's amazing what you can find if you pay attention. Regard, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:24 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Dragged myself out of my house this evening, to an illustrated photo lecture > by Dick Durrance on "Creating Opportunities". > > Not a whole lot of specific techniques, but an inspiring lecture based on > how he created new opportunities from some of life's setbacks. > > Dick got his first professional gig writing a letter to National Geographic > about a canoe trip he and some college friends were planning to take down > the Danube. They were using National Geographic maps to plan the trip and > asked National Geographic if they'd be interested in the story. > > Got a grant of six Nikon rangefinders and 400 rolls of film. He said before > the start of the trip, he'd taken exactly 19 rolls of film. > > Made the July 1965 cover shot. > > Pumped up now. Ready to go out find something to shoot tomorrow. > > Ran into one of my instructors from school, and had a chance to talk to him > about what I need to do to prepare for getting back in and finishing my > degree. Have to wait one more semester before I can start back so I can stay > in sync with the program. > > If it works out, I'll be starting back summer semester 2010. > > I've got something else lurking on the horizon, but I'll not say more about > it until I'm sure it's going to happen. > > > -- > 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.
