Thank you, Frank!
I plan to continue updating that set until I get all the regulars down
at the club. I may eventually start framing and hanging them on a wall
there.
-- Walt
On 6/26/2012 5:02 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
These are brilliant!
Such characters, and it feels like you have captured their essence in these
photos.
Love 'em!
cheers,
frank
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." --
Christopher Hitchens
--- Original Message ---
From: Walt Gilbert <ldott...@gmail.com>
Sent: June 25, 2012 6/25/12
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Subject: Mini-GESO: Club Characters (3 photos)
Hi all,
A while back, Larry suggested I take photos of folks who frequent the
club where I work. So, I decided to take his suggestion and start
snapping photos of them as the opportunity presents itself. These were
shot with my K20D, which still had my Promaster 70-300 -- an absurdly
long focal length for the size of the room, but it's what I had on the
camera when I grabbed it at the last second and headed out the door on
Thursday.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157630283469490/
The first is "Bob" -- an exceedingly eccentric fellow whose real name is
Charlie, but who has several alter-egos which seem to based solely on
what he happens to have on his head that given day, be it a trucker's
cap ("Steve"), a straw hat ("Charlie"), or the thoroughly bedraggled
hairpiece he's seen wearing in this image. (The ZipLock
bag-as-shirt-pocket is a common accoutrement among all the alter-egos, BTW.)
The second shot is of Ronnie -- one of the trustees down at the club. As
you can see, he's a little bit skeptical of having his photo taken, but
he's a good sport.
The final image is of a gentleman named Jimmie Moore -- a retired union
electrician whose DNA will likely be preserved by some society dedicated
to human longevity. He'll be 79 years old this year and gets around
better than I do, isn't much of a guitar player or singer, but one hell
of an entertainer. The man can hold forth uninterrupted for hours
reeling off toast after ribald poem after filthy limerick to the delight
of the entire room.
The guitar he's playing in the image is a 1957 Gibson J50 that was given
to him in three pieces by a friend and one-time club member whose uncle
had fallen on it in a highly drunken state. That member has since passed
away, and Jimmie decided to take it to a local guitar maker to see if
anything could be done with it. The guy managed to put it back together
after hand-making a few pieces and adding a good deal of TLC in the process.
So there you have it. A long-winded explication for three photos.
Comments and critiques are welcome.
-- Walt
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