Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bit of a let-down to the tension you built on Wednesday, Nathan. But what a let-down. Must have been thrilling to see the small group learning and participating in a dream-world, never before enjoyed. Great Leica reportage too! Bruce. On 21-mrt-2009, at 8:18, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > On Wednesday evening I posted a picture from a bar which a lot of > people liked. Here is the rest of the story of that afternoon. > > Some time ago I was approached by the husband of one of the > employees on my team (he also works at the office but in a > different department). He told me that he was part of a diving > group which was working with a foundation called APADIS. APADIS > seeks to help mentally handicapped people integrate into society in > various ways, sports and outdoors activities being one of them. So > my colleague's diving club was going to spend an afternoon giving 5 > people with Down's Syndrome an experience with diving in a large > pool belonging to APADIS. > > They wanted their work documented so that the pictures could be > used for fund-raising and publicity. Clare, our "official" in-house > photographer, and I went along. In Clare's words, for her it was > very gratifying to photograph something other than men in suits > (she usually photographs office events like visiting delegations > etc.). She did her kind of photography, and I did mine. She used a > Canon DSLR with a big lens and took care of the group shots and > much else. I stuck to my M8 and used just two lenses, the 35mm for > most of the pictures, and the 24mm for the latter part of the > afternoon, using my legs to zoom. Hopefully between us we have > covered the event in the way the divers wanted. > > I have posted a small selection of my images here: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/7670615_chFAf#495235479_DcX5E > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information