I miss Shel as well. <G> He was always blunt, and occasionally rude, but he made interesting and useful comments on images posted here, and his point of view always gave us something to think -- and talk -- about. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Doug Brewer <d...@alphoto.com> wrote: > On 11/28/11 10:49 PM, Mark C wrote: >> >> / >> /I don't know what ever happened to him, but a grand PDML'er named Shel >> Belinkoff once posted that we all talk about photos but never actually >> share them and suggested that we post a picture every so often - and >> thus was born the PESO, GESO, etc tradition. His comment sparked a >> fantastic change to the list, back when. Shel used to also diss on >> nature photography, often commentating that the greatest technical skill >> that nature photographers achieved was using a long exposure to blur >> moving water. He used to piss me off but I miss him - does anyone knoe >> what he is up to these days? > > > Pretty sure it was our Cory Waters that spawned PESO. Don't know what > happened to Shel, though. > >> >> As far as the PUG goes - it did arise in the days when it was hard to >> get your photos on line. I was the third (? I think) pugmeister back in >> the early 00's and it truly was a vehicle to help people get their work >> online. KomKon was enormously generous to give us bandwidth and a >> platform back then, then it was really not cheap to get your own website >> and public forums like flicker were still a glint in the internet's eye. > > > I guess nobody read the foreword to the most recent PDML book. It described > the early days of the PUG accurately, if not factually. > > Best as I recall, it was, in PUGMeister chronological order: Me, Steve G., > Me, then you. > >> >> Mark C >> > > > -- > 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.
