phototone
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This weekend my wife and I were spending time at our weekend home in the little resort community of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. A very eclectic interesting small town full of artists and musicians that has a huge tourism base. Population 2100.
On saturday night we walked down to the downtown performing arts park (Basin Park) to hear a free concert of a local Afro-Pop group. I took my M4-2 and a tripod. It was packed, and dark and I wanted to try to get some performer shots, so I took my Tilt-all tripod also. I set up and so, I guess with the camera on the tripod, it was rather noticable.
A young lady stopped by and asked if I was shooting a Leica, I said I was, and she said she was also, and proceeded to pull out a nice M-6 with 35mm summaron. Turns out she is a journalism major at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, which is about an hour drive from Eureka Springs. I asked her what brought her to purchase such an expensive camera, being that she was a student. She said that she was advised that if she were serious about her craft, then she should get the best equipment.
I would have thought that a photo-journalism class nowdays would be taught with digital equipment, as that is what all the newspapers use. But anyway, the surprising thing is, that in this little small town there were two active Leica rangefinder photographers. What a magical evening.
Cool, huh?
On saturday night we walked down to the downtown performing arts park (Basin Park) to hear a free concert of a local Afro-Pop group. I took my M4-2 and a tripod. It was packed, and dark and I wanted to try to get some performer shots, so I took my Tilt-all tripod also. I set up and so, I guess with the camera on the tripod, it was rather noticable.
A young lady stopped by and asked if I was shooting a Leica, I said I was, and she said she was also, and proceeded to pull out a nice M-6 with 35mm summaron. Turns out she is a journalism major at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, which is about an hour drive from Eureka Springs. I asked her what brought her to purchase such an expensive camera, being that she was a student. She said that she was advised that if she were serious about her craft, then she should get the best equipment.
I would have thought that a photo-journalism class nowdays would be taught with digital equipment, as that is what all the newspapers use. But anyway, the surprising thing is, that in this little small town there were two active Leica rangefinder photographers. What a magical evening.
Cool, huh?
