Greg, You're killing me. Marilyn, I understand where you're coming from completely! I rarely leave the house without my camera and now just shoot at parties and gatherings as a matter of course...it serves me well as practice for my wedding reception work anyway. I often make a small album of prints for the host/hostess as a thank you. I shoot digital so it's reasonably cheap. Some fellow guests have seen me do this type of work and even called me for real, live paying jobs! If nothing else, it's an ice breaker and gives me something to talk about with people I've not met before. Ho ho ho. Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Fraser" <fraserg@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:02 AM Subject: Re: It's that time of the year > > > Hi, > > > > It's the time of year when dinners, parties and events start happening. > > Whenever I receive an invitation - which makes me very happy that I was > > thought of - the invitation ends with ". . .and bring your camera." > > > Marilyn > > Ah, what you want to do is break that cycle. If you just don't show up > they'll assume you had a prior engagement. What I do is show up with a > camera that hangs on a strap around your neck. I have one made of blue and > white plastic in the shape of a polar bear. The back pops open on its own > but that just makes the shots more 'artsy' like shooting a Holga. I have a > good time at the host's expense and fire off a roll of 36 by shooting to my > left while talking to and looking at someone on my right etc. I scan the > negatives on a $10 Hewlett Packard flatbed scanner from eBay and print them > with a $12 Hewlett Packard printer from eBay onto some nice Xerox > photocopier paper. It didn't come with any ink so I use fruit juices > (raspberry, grape, apple) for ink. I love the look of the prints from this > printer. I love the look of the prints from this printer. They really say > 'kiss my ass' in a unique way. > I pack them all up in an envelope 1/4 inch too small for the prints so they > need to be folded and I stick in a bill for materials, travel and a > substantial amount for emotion stress. Sure its a lot of work but quality > has its price. > > Greg Fraser > "Things are never what they seem" - Vlad > http://home.golden.net/~fraserg > > >
