Comments on: SoFoBoMo:Somehow I finished http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/ A place where I work things out in pictures and words Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Laurie http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12426 Laurie Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:04:03 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12426 Great job with the book. It is quite compelling and somehow by looking at the images and reading the text it made me relive my youth in the old neighborhood even though I still live there and my kids went to the same schools for the most part. Interesting! Great images as well. Great job with the book. It is quite compelling and somehow by looking at the images and reading the text it made me relive my youth in the old neighborhood even though I still live there and my kids went to the same schools for the most part. Interesting! Great images as well.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12422 Thomas Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:55:24 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12422 Great book and so very much you! :) Was really rewarding to read and digest. And also a very personal insight into the US education system. Great book and so very much you! :) Was really rewarding to read and digest. And also a very personal insight into the US education system.

]]> By: Andreas Manessinger http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12418 Andreas Manessinger Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:51:08 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12418 Hey, that's great :) It just cost me some sleep, but it has been time well spent. I really like the very personal approach. Love it. Hey, that’s great :) It just cost me some sleep, but it has been time well spent. I really like the very personal approach. Love it.

]]> By: Paul http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12414 Paul Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:43:33 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12414 @All: Thanks for your comments and compliments. This was actually very fun to do, but in some aspects, difficult, especially the middle school stuff! I'm glad to see that it resonated with some of you. It is the highest honor to hear that my work affected someone. @Tom: I really like the key myself. I'm glad that you liked it.You were close to right about the story, except, it was left by some guy who was going surfing. I wanted to see if I could work around and get him, out of focus but recognizable in the background, but couldn't manage it. :-) @All: Thanks for your comments and compliments. This was actually very fun to do, but in some aspects, difficult, especially the middle school stuff! I’m glad to see that it resonated with some of you. It is the highest honor to hear that my work affected someone.

@Tom: I really like the key myself. I’m glad that you liked it.You were close to right about the story, except, it was left by some guy who was going surfing. I wanted to see if I could work around and get him, out of focus but recognizable in the background, but couldn’t manage it. :-)

]]> By: bob wong http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12412 bob wong Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:55:48 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12412 Well told story Paul. It should remind us all of our own memories. Well told story Paul. It should remind us all of our own memories.

]]> By: Tom http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12411 Tom Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12411 Well done Paul. I know that was once heck of a commitment. WONDERFUL picture. I dig pictures that make me thing what's going on. This one: Someone decided to take a quick swim and hung the key there not to loose it. Good job on the book. Well done Paul. I know that was once heck of a commitment.
WONDERFUL picture. I dig pictures that make me thing what’s going on. This one: Someone decided to take a quick swim and hung the key there not to loose it.
Good job on the book.

]]> By: Steve Weeks http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12410 Steve Weeks Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:10:36 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12410 It has nothing to do with your project or SoFoBoMo, but the title of Joe McNally's book "The Moment it Clicks" came to mind. Well seen and verbalized, I enjoyed every picture and reminiscence. I can see this may be an ongoing project. We visited our home towns last month for a family wedding and I had very much the same feelings you have expressed, but I didn't make any pictures. That will be remedied on our next visit next month. I am an earlier vintage than you, so much so much of the old is gone and some of I can't really remember. Maybe a walk on the old paths will refresh my memory. In the vernacular of my youth the highest praise I can give is "Good stuff Maynard". It has nothing to do with your project or SoFoBoMo, but the title of Joe McNally’s book “The Moment it Clicks” came to mind. Well seen and verbalized, I enjoyed every picture and reminiscence. I can see this may be an ongoing project.

We visited our home towns last month for a family wedding and I had very much the same feelings you have expressed, but I didn’t make any pictures. That will be remedied on our next visit next month. I am an earlier vintage than you, so much so much of the old is gone and some of I can’t really remember. Maybe a walk on the old paths will refresh my memory.

In the vernacular of my youth the highest praise I can give is “Good stuff Maynard”.

]]> By: Earl http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12407 Earl Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:15:19 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12407 Paul, congratulations on discovering the inspiration for your book! It comes across very genuine, both in textual matter and the photos. I thoroughly enjoyed it! As others alluded, may it be many, many years before it's "finished." Paul, congratulations on discovering the inspiration for your book! It comes across very genuine, both in textual matter and the photos. I thoroughly enjoyed it! As others alluded, may it be many, many years before it’s “finished.”

]]> By: Anita Jesse http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12406 Anita Jesse Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:41:55 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12406 One of my favorite things about your book is your promise that it isn't finished. That may seem a strange thing to say, but what you have done is so rich it makes me want even more. The writing is wonderfully simple, as if you tapped into the youngster who lived those years and the tones in the photos are beautifully matched to the nostalic tone. You have made me think about times and places I had long ago forgotten. I only wish they were not so far away—both in years and miles. If only we had all taken photographs and written down thougths over most of our lives. Think of who we might be. Conratulations on what I hope is only the beginning of your special book. One of my favorite things about your book is your promise that it isn’t finished. That may seem a strange thing to say, but what you have done is so rich it makes me want even more.

The writing is wonderfully simple, as if you tapped into the youngster who lived those years and the tones in the photos are beautifully matched to the nostalic tone. You have made me think about times and places I had long ago forgotten. I only wish they were not so far away—both in years and miles. If only we had all taken photographs and written down thougths over most of our lives. Think of who we might be.

Conratulations on what I hope is only the beginning of your special book.

]]> By: Eric Jeschke http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/sofobomosomehow-i-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-12405 Eric Jeschke Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=2358#comment-12405 Hey Paul, Congratulations on finishing SoFoBoMo. I see that you graduated high school the same year as I did. My memories are similar in that junior high was pure hell and there was nothing at all redeeming about it. I think I'd rather home-school my own kids rather than put them through that. It seems like a near universal experience for middle school, but it seems to me that we simply need to design better schools do deal with the unique problems of that age level. Maybe we'll see some pictures from your HS reunion? Regards, --Eric Hey Paul,

Congratulations on finishing SoFoBoMo.

I see that you graduated high school the same year as I did. My memories are similar in that junior high was pure hell and there was nothing at all redeeming about it. I think I’d rather home-school my own kids rather than put them through that. It seems like a near universal experience for middle school, but it seems to me that we simply need to design better schools do deal with the unique problems of that age level.

Maybe we’ll see some pictures from your HS reunion?

Regards,
–Eric

]]>