Hi Marc,
Really sorry to hear about your loss and hope that everyone is bearing up...
My dad went the same way last september in adelaide...
Great that your parents got to renew their vows and that you were there to
record it.... No advice on filters, though personally i prefer the one
without, which i think is a great shot...
Best wishes,
RickM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Lawrence" <mlawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List (E-mail)" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: [OM] Family snapshots (mostly OT)
> Some folk here *might* remember last year when
> I was talking about going to my (unwell) Dad's 62nd birthday,
> and it being the first time my family was together
> in many, many years (this related to OM how? Well,
> I was asking advice on lens choice and photography
> in general of course :-) )
>
> A few of those photos came out okay for "family
> snapshots". As per someone's advice, I remember to
> put down the camera at times, and enjoy the day myself,
> but I also now have many requests for reprints of what
> Dad called "one of the best days he had".
>
> A couple of weeks ago (1st May) I was called Newcastle (where
> my parents live) urgently. For the next week and a bit,
> I, my brothers, my sister, and my mum (and her sister)
> spent the day at the hospital, sleeping (or rather, not
> sleeping) on the room's floor, or holding watch and
> Dad's hand in "shifts" during the "dogwatch" hours, only
> going home for about an hour each day to shower (and
> sometimes not).
>
> I took two cameras, the MjuII and the C5050z digital.
> I know, you're probably thinking "Sick bastard!" :-), but
> the photographer's imperative required me to at least
> have them handy. I'm glad I did. On the 8th May, Mum
> & Dad renewed their vows in the hospital, it being their
> 42nd anniversary. I have photos of the ceremony. I have pictures
> of many family members and Dad together (the unfortunate
> paraphernalia of tubes and such notwithstanding) and
> some of both the happiness and pain rollercoaster we
> were feeling over that time. I was asked to take pictures
> all the time, so I'm glad I had brought both cameras.
>
> I have one particular picture, which I have admittedly
> manipulated beyond "photography" with some simple filters
> (including cutting out the background and replacing it with a
> white background, and some of the "tubing" from my Dad's
> face too), which I wish to place within a white
> matte and probably white frame. Here is one without the
> "Impressionist" filter:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/montsnmags/md.jpg
>
> and here is one with the "Impressionist" filter:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/montsnmags/md2.jpg
>
> (both of these have obviously been reduced from actual
> size).
>
> As you can see, I am going for something more "painterly"
> to frame for Mum, and this "Impressionist" filter in
> Micrografx Picture Publisher seemed to give the best
> effect.
>
> I am just wanting to know if there is any particular
> suggestions anyone would care to make in regards to this,
> be they suggestions of different filters, or colour/contrast/
> brightness adjustments, etc. Anything at all! I realise and
> understand why some people find some of these filters abhorrent
> (and often do myself), but in this case this is a preference
> amongst the family. I don't want to clog up the OM list with
> post-processing suggestions though, so please feel free to
> email me direct. I am very new and naive at this kind of
> thing, so I'd thoroughly appreciate any advice.
>
> I know some of the above is rather a personal matter,
> for which I apologise for the awkwardness. Please
> realise that the reason I am talking about it here is that
> it was the enthusiasm, experience, advice and wisdom provided
> here that helped make that 62nd birthday such a wonderful day
> for my Dad and us, and ensured that we have the records to
> refer to in future, as a reminder. It is the same thing,
> this list, that provided the incentive for me to take
> the cameras (admittedly not OM, but at least both Olympus :-) )
> this time, and record something immensely special and
> personal to our family. It is from all of this that I
> am learning why photography is important to me, and that
> "just a hobby" can mean more than it says in itself.
>
> It is my way of saying "Thank-you" to you.
>
> At 7.07am on the 11th May 2003, Mother's Day, my family
> held onto each other and Dad as his breathing, which had
> been so labouring and so threatening of finality so many
> times over that last week, finally slowed and stopped.
>
> I have my memories, and I have my pictures to entangle with
> and imbue them.
>
> Marc
> Sydney, Oz
> (PS. I also promised Mum & Dad to say "Prostate Cancer - if
> you're over 40, go check with your doctor about it".)
>
>
>
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