[LargeFormat] Real men & women only shoot 11x14
Kent Gibbs
largeformat@f32.net
Fri Mar 28 08:52:01 2003
I can hear the P.E.T.A. people screaming from here.
--- Brock Nanson <brock@nanson.org> wrote:
> I've been watching this thread waiting for the obvious and ideal
> solution
> to be mentioned... but it hasn't. We're all too stuck on mechanical
> solutions I guess.
>
> The solution that's so obvious here is the one the photographers of
> old
> used. Animals. Sized proportionately to the gear in question.
> 16x20
> requires a Clydesdale. 11x14 gear could be strapped to a regular
> saddle
> horse. 8x10 could likely get away with a pony or large mule. 4x5 of
>
> course requires a miniature horse, which also makes a good pet for
> the
> kids.
>
> If the Groucho Marx quote is scalable, they might also make good
> changing
> bags ("Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend; inside a dog
> it's
> too dark to read"). Come to think of it, a larger dog might be able
> to
> carry some of this gear as well. A friends husky carries his own
> camping
> gear when out hiking....
>
> Brock
>
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>
> > Hi Les:
> >
> > Thanks for that idea but it's a bit big for some of the
> trails/paths
> > that I use.
> >
> > When it gets a bit warmer and the yard sales begin, I'm going to
> try to
> > find a golf cart with large wheels. I think that I can then add a
> box
> > or such to hold everything... including a water bottle.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Brock Nanson
> Kamloops BC Canada
>
>
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