My deepest sympathy. Shyrell Gregory Stempel said: > I would like to steal a little of your time if I may. > > I have lost a friend recently, Patrick Goforth, a master black and white > photographer who studied with the greats in our field. > > I would look forward to the times he and I would talk about the world of > photography, it's every facet. Patrick was knowlegeable, generous in his > advice and honest and had a long history in photography. He has left a > wonderful legacy in his body of work. Texture, form and movement were his > specialty, abstracts of our lives, and he was good at it. > > It never even ocurred to him to go digital, preferring his large format > camera and film. > > He was well respected in our community of photographers here in Gig Harbor, > and I will miss him terribly. > > Take care out there, > Gregory > www.fireframeimaging.com > www.soundexposure.org