London 2nd Ricoh Forum meet-up (6.6.2009) - Some photos

[fabuchan]

Hi all,

I had a great time last Saturday at my first Ricoh meet-up. Being a complete "Ricoh Beginner" myself (I just got my GRD II last March), it was extremely interesting and instructive to meet Pavel, so many Ricoh 'gurus' and Tohru-san and Yasunori-san from Ricoh - everyone was very helpful, knowledgeable and friendly, a great bunch of people! Thank you to everyone.

I went back home not only with the feeling of having had a very nice time, but also with an extremely good impression about Ricoh as a company...

Some of the photos I took on the day are below - the first few are of us, the 'Ricoh People', then at the end there are 4 more 'artistic' ones (thank you to Cristian for letting me play with your lenses!).

Fabrizio

PS 1: The photos are of course re-sized. If someone wants a bigger/full size photo - please just contact me (flickr mail would be best - see my signature).
PS 2: Pavel, not sure if the forum is the right one - please feel free to move this message to somewhere else if you think is appropriate.

 

[marky]

wow!.............love the 1st bus stop pic.........I really like the composition with the thick black line seperating the laughing faces and the (grumpy?) old people....... just added you on flickr btw, M

 

[VladimirV]

I like the picture you took under the bridge.

You are welcome, hope you managed to get a good impression of the lenses. If you want to borrow one of them or want to meet up at some point let me know.

 

[mars]

Hi, I especially appreciate the b&w photos. Nice shots with atmosphere.

 

[socket]

nice photos

 

[odklizec]

Great photos Fabrizio, especially the artistic ones are superb! Well done!

 

[thelps]

Wow, looks like everyone had a great time, thank for posting the images Fabrizio, it feel like I was actually there! Wish I could have made it, maybe next time?

 

[aydemiru]

# 6 is beautiful. But #8, it blew my mind. Can I ask if you did some PP?

 

[fabuchan]

Thanks everyone....

For aydemiru - glad you liked the shots: #8 was post-processed in Silver Efex Pro (an excellent b/w conversion software in my opinion, by the way) thorugh one of my favourite preset - a modified Holga-style b/w with some extra contrast....