Happy Birthday Al Kaplan

[Todd Frederick]

Today is Al Kaplan's birthday. He would have turned 69.

For those of us who knew you, we miss you a lot. Happy Birthday buddy.

 

[rbiemer]

Happy B-day, Al.
We miss you.
Rob

 

[dave lackey]

Thanks, Todd...I was just thinking about that and would like to join you in wishing Al a Happy Birthday!

I miss him.🙂

 

[johannielscom]

Same here.

Hope there's pie and Starbucks coffee up there!

 

[kdemas]

Hopefully he's still snapping those self portraits. Happy B-Day Al.

 

[raid]

I get sad when I see such postings.
I have seen too many people close to me die.
May they rest in peace.
Hi Al. I hope that you are doing well "up there".

 

[mwooten]

^
What Raid said.

 

[rover]

Funny, a couple of his photos came up online for me today in a random gallery. I enjoyed them very much. It was a good day to see some of his work again.

 

[kshapero]

hell of a guy.

 

[helen.HH]

in Honour of Al
I will go out
and Shoot a roll with the 21 SA ... yeah 😉

 

[FrankS]

Great guy. One of a kind.

 

[charjohncarter]

I have my 20mm ready for this weekend, but I will not do a self portrait.

 

[Don Parsons]

I was thinking about him when I drove past my local Starbucks tonite. Thought about getting a cup and shooting a self-portrait with my 17mm.

 

[Freakscene]

Funny, a couple of his photos came up online for me today in a random gallery. I enjoyed them very much. It was a good day to see some of his work again.

Same thing happened to me on photo.net.

I think of Al often, and especially today.

I'm struggling with OHS issues around smoking on our work site here, and often think about Al when I come up against stubbornly addicted smokers; trying to balance choice with outcomes is hard, but Al really helped me develop my attitude to some of that stuff.

Marty

 

[leica M2 fan]

I look at today's birthdays first thing every day and saw Al's name and I am so glad, Todd, that you posted a Happy Birthday for Al. He is a tremendous guy.

 

[agfa100]

Happy Birthday Al Kaplan

Well that means I need to break out my Al Kaplan T-Shirt and wear it tomorrow. I was looking at it over the weekend, thinking I needed to wear it.
RIP Al

wbill

 

[Ken Ford]

Hard to believe Al's been gone almost two years now. I hope one of his kids preserved the monkey...

Happy Birthday, Al.

 

[Todd Frederick]

Al Salute you

Al Salute you

Monkey is well. It's with his son. I'm helping him sell some of Al's equipment as time permits. Found this photo. Al shoots us and himself !!! What a guy.

 

[tjh]

I'm glad to be reminded of Al. Al took photos my family for a rare occasion when my kids, grandchildren, and my father were all together in Miami at the same time. I wanted negatives and conventional prints for their longevity. Al did a great job, using his M2 and the 85mm Nikkor. My father passed away and so did Al, but I have the lovely prints, as do my children, and the grandchildren will have prints and negatives someday.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

Funny, I thought of Al just a few moments ago upon looking at my broken Vespa in the basement (the "hairdryer" per Al 🙂)