Re: Christmas Day Pix
Kenneth, Glad you took the time to look and comment. I have asked my father about the negatives. He threw them all out. I am not sure why the batch I found still survive. I am planning on getting a print of this made and presenting it to my mother. I am sure that she has forgotten all about this shot. Likewise, I found some shots my father took of the house where he was born, and of a friend of his driving an oxen cart in Honduras. I hope he likes them and puts them up on the wall of his room. Yes, I understand about those producing 'art', but I still think that much can be learned from the 'outtakes'. I am definitely not an 'art' photographer, César Panama City, Florida Kenneth Waller wrote: Caesar, glad you found those negatives. Your comments really speak to the issue of why "we" take photographs. In the case of recording family history, photographic elements (compositions, backgrounds etc) can be overlooked in the interest of recording the moment. In the case of a photographer producing "art", those elements are major considerations in the overall process. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 5, 2005 10:55 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Christmas Day Pix Hi Frank! I know they are snapshots that you took, but there is no doubt that they will be treasures. This is reminiscent of some of the comments that I have read here recently... yes, I have been lurking of late. The following commentary is not a reflection of your pictures - whew, got that out of the way :-) I really enjoyed them. And I am sure your family will too. There were comments made recently about getting rid of photos that were not perfect. You know the 'poor composition', out of focus, etc. I found a few negatives that ended up in my possession - they were shots taken by my father. He does not recall what cameras he had. This is a link to a scan I made with my 'new to me' scanner - http://groups.msn.com/myrugbypictures/misc.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3 This a straight scan, no corrections. This is a photo I had never seen before. By most standards this is not a good shot. This is one that would be relegated to the trash bin by some. I am glad that it survived. I am planning on getting a print of it done by my photo store and show it to my folks. By the way, it is my a photo of me with my mother. Take plenty of photos, you never know what you might end up with, César Panama City, Florida frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 06:49:04 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Got there this time. The problem lies in the way your URL is displayed in some mail programs. It's lopped off after the @ sign. Lovely family. Looks like you had a nice holiday. Paul We did have a fantastic Christmas, Paul. For some reason this year I had the thought that we may not have too many more Christmases together as a family. My oldest is 22, and in a few years, if she has kids, she may not be able to make it "home" for Christmas. I'm very lucky that my ex and I get along well, so I'm invited over for special functions like Christmas, Easter and the like. Lots of children of separated parents aren't so fortunate. What I posted were just snapshots, but they'll be treasures as we all grow old. Thanks for your thoughts, Paul, cheers, frank
Re: Christmas Day Pix
Frank Yes, I saw my name on your post - even responded to it :-) I am working my way to keeping up with the list - you guys make it difficult, very difficult ;-P I am glad you took a look at the photo from a long time ago. As to what happened? Who knows? By the way, I don't think we have ever seen one of you as a kid :-) Funny though, during this past holiday season my parents have had quite a few visitors. These are people I have not seen in over 15 years! To a person they all commented that I have not changed since they last saw me. Maybe I have a 'Portrait of Dorian Grey' (sic?) somewhere that I am not aware of. I even heard the same thing from one cousin I saw in NYC along with another who has seen me on a more frequent basis. If only I could market this, César Panama City, Florida frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:55:00 -0600, Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Frank! I know they are snapshots that you took, but there is no doubt that they will be treasures. This is reminiscent of some of the comments that I have read here recently... yes, I have been lurking of late. The following commentary is not a reflection of your pictures - whew, got that out of the way :-) I really enjoyed them. And I am sure your family will too. Hey, Cesar, Nice to see you surface again! Your name was mentioned (by me) in another thread tonight. A new member was wondering what the plural of Pentax is, and of course I told him Pentaxen. Was that one of your little gems? If not, do you remember who coined the phrase? BTW, great pic of your mom. And, you say that's you? What the hell happened? You were actually a pretty cute kid! cheers, frank
Re: Christmas Day Pix
Caesar, glad you found those negatives. Your comments really speak to the issue of why "we" take photographs. In the case of recording family history, photographic elements (compositions, backgrounds etc) can be overlooked in the interest of recording the moment. In the case of a photographer producing "art", those elements are major considerations in the overall process. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 5, 2005 10:55 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Christmas Day Pix Hi Frank! I know they are snapshots that you took, but there is no doubt that they will be treasures. This is reminiscent of some of the comments that I have read here recently... yes, I have been lurking of late. The following commentary is not a reflection of your pictures - whew, got that out of the way :-) I really enjoyed them. And I am sure your family will too. There were comments made recently about getting rid of photos that were not perfect. You know the 'poor composition', out of focus, etc. I found a few negatives that ended up in my possession - they were shots taken by my father. He does not recall what cameras he had. This is a link to a scan I made with my 'new to me' scanner - http://groups.msn.com/myrugbypictures/misc.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3 This a straight scan, no corrections. This is a photo I had never seen before. By most standards this is not a good shot. This is one that would be relegated to the trash bin by some. I am glad that it survived. I am planning on getting a print of it done by my photo store and show it to my folks. By the way, it is my a photo of me with my mother. Take plenty of photos, you never know what you might end up with, César Panama City, Florida frank theriault wrote: >On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 06:49:04 -0500, Paul Stenquist ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Got there this time. The problem lies in the way your URL is displayed >>in some mail programs. It's lopped off after the @ sign. Lovely family. >>Looks like you had a nice holiday. >>Paul >> >> > >We did have a fantastic Christmas, Paul. For some reason this year I >had the thought that we may not have too many more Christmases >together as a family. My oldest is 22, and in a few years, if she has >kids, she may not be able to make it "home" for Christmas. > >I'm very lucky that my ex and I get along well, so I'm invited over >for special functions like Christmas, Easter and the like. Lots of >children of separated parents aren't so fortunate. > >What I posted were just snapshots, but they'll be treasures as we all >grow old. > >Thanks for your thoughts, Paul, > >cheers, >frank > > PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
Re: Christmas Day Pix
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:55:00 -0600, Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank! > > I know they are snapshots that you took, but there is no doubt that they > will be treasures. This is reminiscent of some of the comments that I > have read here recently... yes, I have been lurking of late. > The following commentary is not a reflection of your pictures - whew, > got that out of the way :-) I really enjoyed them. And I am sure your > family will too. Hey, Cesar, Nice to see you surface again! Your name was mentioned (by me) in another thread tonight. A new member was wondering what the plural of Pentax is, and of course I told him Pentaxen. Was that one of your little gems? If not, do you remember who coined the phrase? BTW, great pic of your mom. And, you say that's you? What the hell happened? You were actually a pretty cute kid! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Christmas Day Pix
Hi Frank! I know they are snapshots that you took, but there is no doubt that they will be treasures. This is reminiscent of some of the comments that I have read here recently... yes, I have been lurking of late. The following commentary is not a reflection of your pictures - whew, got that out of the way :-) I really enjoyed them. And I am sure your family will too. There were comments made recently about getting rid of photos that were not perfect. You know the 'poor composition', out of focus, etc. I found a few negatives that ended up in my possession - they were shots taken by my father. He does not recall what cameras he had. This is a link to a scan I made with my 'new to me' scanner - http://groups.msn.com/myrugbypictures/misc.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3 This a straight scan, no corrections. This is a photo I had never seen before. By most standards this is not a good shot. This is one that would be relegated to the trash bin by some. I am glad that it survived. I am planning on getting a print of it done by my photo store and show it to my folks. By the way, it is my a photo of me with my mother. Take plenty of photos, you never know what you might end up with, César Panama City, Florida frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 06:49:04 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Got there this time. The problem lies in the way your URL is displayed in some mail programs. It's lopped off after the @ sign. Lovely family. Looks like you had a nice holiday. Paul We did have a fantastic Christmas, Paul. For some reason this year I had the thought that we may not have too many more Christmases together as a family. My oldest is 22, and in a few years, if she has kids, she may not be able to make it "home" for Christmas. I'm very lucky that my ex and I get along well, so I'm invited over for special functions like Christmas, Easter and the like. Lots of children of separated parents aren't so fortunate. What I posted were just snapshots, but they'll be treasures as we all grow old. Thanks for your thoughts, Paul, cheers, frank
Re: Christmas Day Pix
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:13:04 +0100, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank > "First fall" is my favorite snapshot because it made me smile ;-) Yeah, poor Claire. She wanted a skateboard s bad. Then, on Christmas day there's like 10 inches of snow outside, so she couldn't use it outdoors. Normally, she wouldn't be allowed to use the board inside, but we made an exception for Christmas day! Thanks for commenting. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Christmas Day Pix
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 06:49:04 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got there this time. The problem lies in the way your URL is displayed > in some mail programs. It's lopped off after the @ sign. Lovely family. > Looks like you had a nice holiday. > Paul We did have a fantastic Christmas, Paul. For some reason this year I had the thought that we may not have too many more Christmases together as a family. My oldest is 22, and in a few years, if she has kids, she may not be able to make it "home" for Christmas. I'm very lucky that my ex and I get along well, so I'm invited over for special functions like Christmas, Easter and the like. Lots of children of separated parents aren't so fortunate. What I posted were just snapshots, but they'll be treasures as we all grow old. Thanks for your thoughts, Paul, cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Christmas Day Pix
Got there this time. The problem lies in the way your URL is displayed in some mail programs. It's lopped off after the @ sign. Lovely family. Looks like you had a nice holiday. Paul On Jan 3, 2005, at 11:05 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:00:01 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Where are Frank's Christmas pics? The url below doesn't work. Hi, Paul, Funny. You were able to get to today's PAW, and Markus got to my Flickr gallery, so I don't know what's wrong. Here's the url for my entire Flickr gallery again: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ but it looks the same as the one in the initial post. Maybe if you go to my paw and then click on my name, it might get you to my gallery? I don't know. BTW, Markus, thanks for your comments! glad you liked them - just Christmas snaps, but fun (for me, anyway) just the same! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: Christmas Day Pix
Hi Paul the link works here, but Flickr uses ActiveX technology. If you have disabled that for security reasons, Flickr effects do not work here... greetings Markus >>Where are Frank's Christmas pics? The url below doesn't work. >> > >>> >> >>> >>Anyway, just a bunch of fun snapshots: >>> >> >>> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >>> >> >>> >>frank
Re: Christmas Day Pix
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:00:01 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where are Frank's Christmas pics? The url below doesn't work. Hi, Paul, Funny. You were able to get to today's PAW, and Markus got to my Flickr gallery, so I don't know what's wrong. Here's the url for my entire Flickr gallery again: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ but it looks the same as the one in the initial post. Maybe if you go to my paw and then click on my name, it might get you to my gallery? I don't know. BTW, Markus, thanks for your comments! glad you liked them - just Christmas snaps, but fun (for me, anyway) just the same! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: Christmas Day Pix
Where are Frank's Christmas pics? The url below doesn't work. > Hi Frank > "First fall" is my favorite snapshot because it made me smile ;-) > Must have been a wonderful Santa party... > Flash seems to make "it" sharp or does that effect come from the color film > (vbg)? > greetings > Markus > > >> > >>Anyway, just a bunch of fun snapshots: > >> > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > >> > >>As you can see, we all got totally spoiled by Santa, even my ex-wife, > >>who you'll not see here, as I was under strict orders not to take any > >>photos of her. > >> > >>It was a great Christmas! > >> > >>cheers, > >>frank > >>-- > >>"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >> > >> > >
RE: Christmas Day Pix
Hi Frank "First fall" is my favorite snapshot because it made me smile ;-) Must have been a wonderful Santa party... Flash seems to make "it" sharp or does that effect come from the color film (vbg)? greetings Markus >> >>Anyway, just a bunch of fun snapshots: >> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >> >>As you can see, we all got totally spoiled by Santa, even my ex-wife, >>who you'll not see here, as I was under strict orders not to take any >>photos of her. >> >>It was a great Christmas! >> >>cheers, >>frank >>-- >>"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >>
Christmas Day Pix
All taken with the LX, Vivitar S1 24-48, Vivitar 3700 ttl flash. These are the first photos I've gotten back using the Omni Pocket-Bounce on the flash, and I quite like it. Softens things considerably, and widens the flash for those wide-angle shots. Anyway, just a bunch of fun snapshots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ As you can see, we all got totally spoiled by Santa, even my ex-wife, who you'll not see here, as I was under strict orders not to take any photos of her. It was a great Christmas! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
