Oh yes!! and one of my friends collects Fire Engines - not models :-) Best speak to you off list!
Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 20 January 2002 19:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and go for a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Hi Frank, > > No way am I going to disagree with you. My wife wants a Routemaster bus, I > was a manager in charge of said machines at one time, but I love them. It is > quite possible to work in an industry and enjoy it as a hobby ~ can be > expensive though!! > > Malcolm > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault > Sent: 20 January 2002 18:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? > > Hi, Malcolm, > > I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the > best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I > learned > to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. > > What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I > enjoy > doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with > some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. > > Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy > doing > it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of > photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. > > regards, > frank > > Malcolm Smith wrote: > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and > discovered > > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of > being > > a professional photographer. > > > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun > and > > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by > periods > > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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 . > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 . - 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 .
