[LRflex] Re: Still Life. :-)

  • From: "Dave Saalsaa" <dsaalsaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:19:39 -0500

Ted you can self publish as well for very little cost.  My wife has done 
that with her books.  The trick will be to flesh out your short stories a 
bit and I know you would have no problem doing it.  Involve the reader and 
make them see what you saw and smell what you smelled.  Remember J.K. 
Rowling got turned down by numerous publishers at first too with her Harry 
Potter series.  Can you imagine the the editor who turned her down kicking 
himself in the arse right about now?  ;-)

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@xxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Still Life. :-)


> Dave Saalsaa asked:
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Still Life. :-)
>
>
>> So, Ted, when do you write the book  "The Life and Times of Ted Grant"
>> portrait of a working photographer. ?
>> > I'd buy a copy.<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Dave,
> Over the years I've gathered/written a great many stories & anecdotes, 
> many
> just the idea jotted down as a reminder to write.
>
> The working title has been kicked around for years. "Real Photographers
> Shoot B&W. sometimes colour."
>
> It's a collection of stories and photographs from my career. I ran it by 
> my
> publisher a few years ago and they turned it down. I feel it's going to be
> their loss sooner or later. However, I'm not going to roll over dead 
> because
> they did. I just think it wasn't presented properly, but given they've had
> first refusal I can go to a new publisher. At the moment I'm trying to 
> spend
> more time writing and remembering the events before I lose them.
>
> Then I thought maybe the guys and gals might be a "good test crew" for 
> some
> of them for re-action. It does seem to be working with the comments and
> encouragement to keep going so every once in a while I feed some to the 
> list
> to see what happens. :-)
> Thanks,.
>
> ted.
>
>
>
>
>>>> Ted, you have stories that always amaze me.  This one, however, makes 
>>>> me
>>>> wonder a bit about the daughter.  ;-)<<<<<
>>>
>>> Hi Dave,
>>> Well it kind of leaves us wondering about folks like that. But as I
>>> recall
>>> Bill said the daughter was in tears when she saw the photo as it was the
>>> only visual memento of her mother.
>>>
>>> The way Bill had cropped and re-touched it, unless one knew the old girl
>>> was
>>> in a coffin with eyes closed, the photo just looked like an everyday 
>>> good
>>> portrait.
>>>
>>> I might add Bill was a master at re-touching, if alive today he'd be
>>> brilliant at Photoshopping! ;-)
>>>
>>> ted
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@xxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:26 PM
>>>> Subject: [LRflex] Still Life. :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ok it can't get much crazier than this! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Still life
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Could you take a picture of my mother?" inquired the female telephone
>>>>> caller.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Lingard, my partner and fellow photographer replied, "Yes, when
>>>>> would
>>>>>
>>>>> you like to come to the studio, I'm sure we can fit you in during the
>>>>> next
>>>>>
>>>>> few days?"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "I'm sorry it will have to be tomorrow before noon, as the  service is
>>>>> at
>>>>>
>>>>> two," was her reply. The service she referred to was her mother's
>>>>> funeral
>>>>>
>>>>> service.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> She did not have any pictures of her mother and this was the last
>>>>>
>>>>> opportunity for a photograph before the coffin was closed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So there we were the next morning, Bill, studio lights, ladder, the
>>>>> lady
>>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>> the coffin and me. The scene was right out of a weird horror movie.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill who is a master portrait photographer, tried to light the old 
>>>>> lady
>>>>>
>>>>> with Rembrandt lighting, but the sides of the coffin created a shadow
>>>>> over
>>>>>
>>>>> her face. So he found a pillow and stuffed it behind her head to lift
>>>>> it
>>>>>
>>>>> above the edge of the coffin and the lights made her look alive. Sort
>>>>> of!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill was up the ladder making his first exposure when the daughter
>>>>> arrived,
>>>>>
>>>>> looking at her mother she commented on how lifelike she looked, but
>>>>>
>>>>> wondered if Bill could open her eyes?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For a moment I thought he was going to fall off the ladder, but
>>>>> maintaining
>>>>>
>>>>> his Lancashire composure, he explained he would just as soon do the 
>>>>> eye
>>>>>
>>>>> opening by retouching the negatives.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I had to leave on assignment before he completed the retouching and
>>>>> when
>>>>> I
>>>>>
>>>>> returned I asked how she looked.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Not bad, a bit starry-eyed, but the daughter thought she looked
>>>>> alive."
>>>>>
>>>>> What more could he say"? "There isn't anything like shooting still
>>>>> life,"
>>>>>
>>>>> he replied with a smile.
>>>>>
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