[Leica] Ted & Assignments in LWC

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

I totally agree with Tina. And I think we should add comments AFTER Dr Ted's 
"assessment" ... once everyone has posted their pictures.
JM 


Jean-Michel Mertz
Strasbourg

 
> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 23:58:37 -0400
> From: images at comporium.net
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ted & Assignments in LWC
> 
> I think if we don't allow comments on the photos, including but not limited
> to Ted's comments, interest will drop off drastically.  Why would you
> bother to post something if you don't get any feedback?  We somehow manage
> to look at and comment on hundreds of photos a week.  I think that's a good
> thing!  We are all learning from Ted's great criticisms on the challenge
> photos and that's a good thing, too.
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> > Ted, you certainly have a busy schedule for a man who blithly gave us the
> > choice of TWO assignments for this week, and who HASN'T limited the 
> > number
> > of photos that anybody can submit on the topics. Best of luck with the
> > weddings.
> >
> > Personally, I have NO objection to you picking just one winner and
> > commenting as to why you think it is the winner in your eyes. I don't 
> > think
> > it is necessary to comment on every picture submitted. The LUG should be
> > DAMNED happy to have a great photographer with your considerable skills 
> > and
> > vast experience judging the entries submitted, and equally be very happy
> > with your choice of winner. It's a personal choice for you and LUG should
> > just accept it. If people are unhappy, they can choose not to enter.
> >
> > I consider that entries should be limited to one photo per LUG member, no
> > comments submitted until the result is announced, and no criticism of the
> > judge's choice be entertained. This might make it simpler to manage!!!
> >
> > If you are loath to make rules, I might suggest to the rest of the LUG
> > that they only submit one photo per topic, rather than blizzard a raft of
> > similar efforts at the hapless judge. At our age, all of us are surely
> > capable of choosing our own best picture on each topic. Bear in mind, the
> > sheer volume of both emails and pictures on the LUG sometimes makes it 
> > very
> > difficult to look at everybody's photos, and cranking up the volume even
> > further should be discouraged.
> >
> > These are my personal opinions and I'm equally sure that all of you have
> > your own!!
> >
> > Other opinions, anybody????
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Wedding Photos
> >
> >
> >  Tina Manley OFFERED:
> >> Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Wedding Photos
> >>
> >>  My son and his bride got married in Gibraltar in March, after hiking 
> >> the
> >>> Camino de Santiago.  They got remarried yesterday in Charleston for all
> >>> of
> >>> their friends and family who couldn't make it to Gibraltar.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/**151792382<http://www.pbase.com/image/151792382>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/151792383<http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/151792383>
> >>>
> >>> It was a beautiful wedding!  I only took about 1000 photos ;-)
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hi Tina,
> >> Well I'll be the wedding photographer next Saturday as two of my
> >> grandson's Kyle -Victoria and Kyle-Ottawa get married on the same day! 
> >> :-(
> >>
> >> However, it was originally planned to be on separate Saturdays. One 
> >> today
> >> and one next Saturday.  I mean when you have two grandson's the same 
> >> name
> >> it's bad enough when you are talking about them or about them you have 
> >> to
> >> designate which one all the time. Let alone their about to be wive's mix
> >> the wedding day dates, both happening on the same day!! :-(
> >>
> >> The families bad enough with 2-Ted's, 2- Scotts, 2- Kate's thoughout the
> >> collection. But  when they screw-up the wedding  dates makng it 
> >> immpossible
> >> to get to both you take the nearest, save a big pile of money in 
> >> airfares
> >> and let the Kyle in Ottawa with bride fly here for a bit of a Honeymoon
> >> with the "old lad. Then with his cousin Kyle and is bride they will both
> >> share the honeymoons together !  Me?  I'll be editing my thousand
> >> frames???? :-)
> >>
> >> The scary thing is, they were two little boys not so long ago who sat on
> >> my knee and watched grandpa show slides from the last assignment from
> >> wherever in the world! :-) BOY DOES TIME EVER FLY!
> >>
> >> Any tips for the old lad as I haven't shot a wedding in nearly 50 years
> >> and I always hated every minute even though I was extremely well paid 
> >> for
> >> doing them. :-(
> >>
> >> May have some happy snaps to show after next Saturday.
> >> mmmmmaaayybbbbeeee???????????? ;-)
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> ted
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> No poblem G'Pa could've flown to Ottawa and been back here for the week
> >> laer. Well it started out like that
> >>
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