I hadn't, but may try that tonight. If I get the permission to photograph
him at work on the air, I'll replace that photo in a heartbeat. Meanwhile,
I'll try the BW conversion.
Thanks.
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Nice images, quite a variety. It's a shame about the lighting in Dick
> Biondi's portrait. Have you thought about converting to B&W to minimize
> the color distractions?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 5/14/2015 4:36 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
>
>> I attended a concert last weekend of classic 60's Chicago bands all
>> playing
>> together to benefit one of their own who is having some difficulties. One
>> of the Emcee's was the legendary Dick Biondi, a classic rock radio DJ who
>> is still on the air here in Chicago at 82.
>>
>> The word "legend" truly applies to Dick - back in the golden era of top-40
>> AM radio, he was one of the kings. If Biondi played your record, things
>> were going to happen. He was also the first DJ in the country to play the
>> Beatles on the air.
>>
>> This photo is less-than-ideal because of the fairly unhappy lighting at
>> the
>> venue, which is very heavy on the LED's. We share a lot of common friends,
>> and I'm working on getting permission to to to the radio station one night
>> and spend a half-hour or so photographing him "at work", something I
>> really, really want to do.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17222
>>
>> The weather has warmed up a bit here (then gone straight back down, then
>> up, then down, then up, then down...), enough that Kermit woke up and
>> found
>> his way back to our pond. The cool thing is that he's apparently
>> comfortable around us now, and no longer jumps the second we come into
>> view. In fact, I was working on the pond lighting the other night,
>> about10"
>> from his nose, and he just sat there and stared at me. So, I grabbed the
>> camera, and shot a few. I also put the 12-50 into macro mode and tried to
>> get some real closeups, but I learned that his comfort zone is about 3"
>> and
>> then he's had enough. So, no macros yet.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17220
>>
>> I had to walk across a bridge over the Fox River to get to the concert
>> venue. The city hasn't planted the concrete planter boxes yet, so a goose
>> decided that it made a perfectly good bed for the evening. He/she looked a
>> bit unhappy that I was walking by, but stayed put and let the weirdo with
>> the camera grab a shot.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17218
>>
>> Enjoy! C&C Encouraged.
>>
>>
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