[LargeFormat] Shen Hao's Yer Father
Karl Wolz
largeformat@f32.net
Fri May 24 17:23:31 2002
Schuyler,
Remember "Young Frankenstein"?
We're Abbie. Yeah, Abbie Normal.
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: <Schuyler.Grace@AmericaWest.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Shen Hao's Yer Father
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Say it ain't so, Uncle Dick! If you're
> "normal," what does that imply about the rest of us?
>
> Schuyler Grace
>
> Phone: 480.693.3569
> FAX: 480.693.7555
> CO-MAIL: 52N-AWT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Kirwan [mailto:mkirwan@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 10:50 AM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Shen Hao's Yer Father
>
>
> Hey how about normal with a vivid imagination and a great sense of
humor!!!
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Schuyler.Grace@AmericaWest.com
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 10:43 AM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Shen Hao's Yer Father
>
>
> Dear Uncle Dick,
>
> Over the time I've participated in this list, I have developed (N+1, Pyro)
a
> quite vivid image of you in my mind's eye. However, being a citizen of
one
> of the former Northern colonies, where we tend to overly categorize people
> and things, I have been wondering whether you might fit into one or more
of
> the following:
>
> -Eccentric (as in a wobbly nut that shifts its bolt's attitude depending
> upon the spin imparted)
>
> -Medicated (prescription or otherwise)
>
> -Colorful (or colourful, as in, "Before we realized he was just colorful,
we
> assumed he had escaped from a mental hospital or gone off his medication."
> (see above))
>
> -Unbalanced (as in mentally and/or physically tipsy or unstable as a
result
> of any or all of the above)
>
> Curiously yours,
>
> Schuyler Grace
>
> Phone: 480.693.3569
> FAX: 480.693.7555
> CO-MAIL: 52N-AWT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rstein [mailto:rstein@bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:38 AM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Shen Hao's Yer Father
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> I see I have collected a number of cats by wagging my tale. Ah, it's
> just like the old days. Mind, you this nostalgia you get nowadays isn't
what
> it used to be....
>
> Let me answer a number of queries in one post.
>
> The first is to Mr. Wilkes. Donald, whenever you are puzzled by what
I
> say put the worst possible construction upon it. It might be in deadly
> earnest - ie. see post re. mortar bombing the outdoor dunny at Williams.
If
> that does not seem possible assume that I am perpetrating a hoax such as
> challenging the CSM of Taminick Camp to a sabre duel on behalf of the
Polish
> Army Veterans. Be careful - if you take a formal complaint to the local
> police force they may be inclined to boot you out of the station. The
third
> possiblity is that I am merely having a mild joke with all and sundry.
Mild
> as in minimal damage and no paper work.
>
> Or the final alternative - I am telling the complete and unabridged
> truth. This means it is too late to run.
>
> Next correspondent is Mr. Lambert. Yes, Philip, I do know those sort
of
> people and they are a remarkably inventive and skilled group of
enthusiasts.
> A surprising number are even law-abiding, though once they are in secluded
> places amongst friends things get taken out of the back of vans and set up
> in spite of the statutes. Sometimes things are unloaded from trailers and
> wheeled into battery and unexplained noises are heard throughout the land.
A
> wooden-wheeled carriage for something as light as a 30-kilo camera would
be
> child's play.
>
> And finally little Jamie Brick. Jamie is obvoiusly a novice in the
> art of photography because he asks why one buys a camera. The reasons are
as
> many as there are cameras, but most revolve around I had the money at the
> time and it was there and I needed it badly and I'll make a zillion
dollars
> with it and it was calling to me and no-one in the state has one and if I
> didn't buy it a fairy would die. Honest. Oh, and it is an investment for
the
> future/children/grandchildren/widow/state/wold of art. Say that fast and
it
> works.
>
> I have measured the bellows draw and it will go as short as 120mm
> and as long as 1000mm plus so I expect it will be able to accomodate any
> lens I can afford. The f.5.6 300mm that I got with it is coated and looks
> fairly flawless and as it was the lens quoted for the camera will
presumably
> have enough covering power. No rise or fall to the lens or back that I
have
> been able to discover.
>
> The next question, after the sensitive materials one is answered, will
> be that of period studio lighting. Yes, I know I have strobes at present,
> but this is vintage stuff, folks. I need to light it as per original to
get
> that 20's look. All advice gratefully received.
>
> Also advice on suitable attire for the artist. Were velvet smocks and
> berets favoured in the period studio or is it to be the 3-piece suit and
> spats?
>
> Uncle Dick
>
>
>
>
>
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