Hear, hear Ken; some good advice. This years gathering for our clan will
be particularly poignant as it likely will be the last for one member who
is battling a malignant brain tumor. He is in the hospital now but we hope
to have him home for Thanksgiving. I will be off work after today so now is
a good time to extend Thanksgiving Greetings to all who partake.
Best regards,
Charlie
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It comes once a year. Faithfully and without question. Here in the USA, in
> two days we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. A holiday, for most people,
> that is an excuse to pig out on fattening foods, watch football (the real
> kind, not soccer--Go Lions!), and get together with family members that you
> are thankful it's only once a year you have to see them.
>
> But in many cases, it's an opportunity to be with people you do love and
> appreciate. Unfortunately, in most decent-sized family gatherings of 25-30
> and a mix of older relatives, there is probably a 50% liklihood that
> someone won't be alive the following year or there will be some
> life-changing event involving one or more.
>
> Photography is a means of freezing a moment or event in time. It's an
> opportunity to lock in memories of people. A picture may capture only an
> expression or a time-slice of life in an artificial environment (we don't
> eat and gather like this every day). But what it does do is trigger
> memories for the viewer of the photograph. As you photograph and make
> prints, DO write on them who is in the picture.
>
> This Thursday, my own mission in life will be to document this family
> gathering. Time is getting short for several people who will be there. The
> kids are also growing up. As has been my habit for the past couple of
> years, this is a film affair for me. I will be using an OM-4T with 50/1.4
> as my primary camera. Film will be Fujifilm NPZ (800). No flash, no
> motordrive, just a low-profile camera setup that helps me capture the
> story.
>
> I document a lot of important events every year. But photographng family
> gatherings is among the most important.
>
> AG
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