Re: It's that time of the year

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----- Original Message ----- From: "lea" <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: It's that time of the year



Hi Lea,

You have a great attitude. Perhaps I should mello out a little when it comes to "bring your camera" type parties.

Marilyn
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








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