----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Krebs" <makrebs@mindspring.com> To: <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Why bother? > Pablo: > I am not a professional either. I sometimes go to the local High School > football games and try to get some action shots that nobody else seems to > have the equipment for. At a recent tournament game, one of the players made > a spectacular diving catch and eventually scored the winning touchdown. His > father said in passing after the game, "I wish I had a copy of that play". > I sent him one today. > Michael Krebs > Jeweler > Amateur photographer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pablo Coronel" <pcorone@unity.ncsu.edu> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: Why bother? > > > > Spending long hours isolated in the darkroom while listening to Bach, > > Mozart and Schubert does it for me. > > And the satisfaction of getting your own view of the pictures. > > > > At 09:26 AM 12/18/02 -0500, you wrote: > > >Good day list members, > > > > > >I've been in one of my regularly scheduled bouts of depression lately and > > >I was considering giving up photography. I'm not a pro so its not feeding > > >my kids and its really just using up money. So I was wondering if there > is > > >some reason, of which I'm not totally aware, to take photos. > > > > > >Does anybody know of a good non-monetary reason to take photos (other > than > > >to record our own lives and the big moments in the kiddies lives? > > > > > >Greg Fraser > > > > Pablo Coronel > > Ph.D. Candidate > > Food Science Department > > North Carolina State University > > Room 39 Schaub Hall, Box 7624 > > Raleigh, NC, 27695 > > > > Phone (919) 515-4410 > > Fax (919) 515-7124 > > e-Fax (419) 818-7590 > > e-mail pcorone@unity.ncsu.edu > > http://www4.ncsu.edu/~pcorone > > >