Your Great Photographic Moments?

[Christine Aguila]

Jack:  I had a similar experience.  When I took my photography class years 
ago, a BW close-up of pennies I made was selected to be in a student exhibit 
held at a bank.  It was definitely a great early moment.  Maybe I need 
approval as well.  Cheers, Christine


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Davis" <jdavisf8 at yahoo.com>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml at pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments?


> Not a "great" or dramatic moment, just the first off the wall picture
> sale to a non family member or wife of a friend. A non-pity purchase by
> an unknown shopper who chose something from a retail display and paid a
> fairly good amount for it.
> Guess I'm just one of those who needs approval.
>
> Jack
>
> --- "P. J. Alling" <webster26 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> In a way my greatest photographic moment is a shot I didn't take.
>> There
>> is a private air museum in Old Rhienbeck, New York, dedicated to WWI
>> aircraft.  On a family outing when I must have been at most 12 years
>> old, I was taking photographs of the old biplanes taking off and
>> landing.  Well it was a very special afternoon because the museum had
>>
>> just completed restoration of a DH2 pursuit, (fighter to the
>> uninitiated), plane.  The restoration effort had taken about  10
>> years
>> and this was to be it's first flight since being stored in a barn
>> sometime in the 1920's.  Well the plane took off and flew
>> beautifully.
>> However on landing just as it reached the part of the field where I
>> was
>> stationed the damned thing ground looped, took a right angle turn and
>>
>> headed directly for me and about a hundred other people propeller
>> windmilling, me cranking the film advance and shooting away...
>>
>> Luckily for the me, and the rest of the audience, there was a
>> reproduction WWI ambulance and a restored Renault Light Tank that
>> were
>> too close together for the DH2 to squeeze between them, and the plane
>>
>> was brought to a halt with a great splintering of wood and riping of
>> canvas.  The plane was rolled off the field for another 10 years of
>> restoration, and dammit all if not a single shot came out well enough
>> to
>> show anyone...
>>
>> Christine Aguila wrote:
>> > Hi Everyone:
>> >
>> > I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great
>> > international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and
>> > photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd
>> love to hear
>> > stories about your greatest photographic moments.  Anyone willing
>> to share a
>> > story or 2?
>> >
>> > Cheers, Christine
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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>>
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