Mike,
I think it is a great idea and would get a lot of submissions & hits. And
your winning 2002 photo is the cleverest entry so far. Keep them coming.
Vrooom vrooom,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "M Lempert" <mlempert@bellsouth.net>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: Was lost wallpaper, now Pictures
>I very much enjoy photography and spend some time late most evenings
>messing
> with my own pictures. However, I love looking through collections of other
> classic pictures. While there are many great collections that can be
> found
> through web searches, I'm not aware of an extensive source dedicated to
> the
> Austin-Healey. Some people will always have concerns about copyright and
> unauthorized copying, and others might want to keep their pictures
> private.
> What I would like to do is this... I'd like to set up a gallery on my
> photo
> site where I can organize pictures of the Healey from days gone by.
> Anything
> from racing shots to important historical images, to documents, to fun
> memories. I'll bet there are some folks out there that have some great
> shots that others of us would love to see. It'll be up to whether they
> mind
> sharing, and for some, whether they mind sending the pictures for
> scanning.
>
> The galleries could be expanded to include details like the dash vinyl
> picture that Rich Chrysler just sent to someone. I can do decent repair
> work to pictures that are poorly exposed or damaged in other ways. In most
> cases the images that go up in the galleries would be better than the
> original they came from.
>
> The site I use is excellent. Unlike other photo sharing sites, there are
> virtually no restrictions, such as image size. However, I typically
> shrink
> the images for storage considerations (the full size image remains
> available
> offline). It is a pay site, but I use it anyway for my personal and
> business images. I won't mind supporting the Healey image galleries.
>
> Does anyone else think this would be a worthwhile effort ? The help I
> would
> need would be in locating collections of photos. Naturally the owners
> would
> need to be willing.
>
> This thought was prompted recently by a couple of separate conversations I
> had about photo or document collections. I'd love to see these things
> myself and I suspect many others would as well.
>
> Your thoughts ?
>
> Oh, back to the original thread topic for a moment. I too had a winning
> AHCUSA photo contest entry back in 2002. I don't expect anyone would want
> to use mine as wallpaper since it isn't of the same nature of the famous
> Ian
> Nelson photo, but it was an honor all the same. Besides, that's ME in the
> photo on the left (old guy). What I'm sure very few people knew, but was
> significant to me, is that the young man pictured on the right is my dad.
> http://www.pbase.com/mdlempert/image/6603224
>
> Regards,
> Mike Lempert
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