After reading your piece on the Leica camera, I became very curious who this Roger Hicks is. So in true police investigative manner, I Googled 'Roger Hicks.' First up was Roger Hicks Ministries, that didn't fit, next up was Roger Hicks, noted photographer, author, and magazine article contributor. WHAT?? Our Roger Hicks an author? Than it fit your eloquent style of writing and thinking, of course. How could I have missed that?
It had a reference to Wikipedia. Roger Hicks is no stranger there either, this is what it had to say about our fellow not so ugly hedgehog:
Roger Hicks is a British author of more than 30 photography books,[1] plus a biography of HH Dalai Lama, travel books, cook-books and others. Many are written with his wife Frances Schultz. He is a regular contributor to Amateur Photographer Magazine[2] and frequently writes for Shutterbug magazine in the United States.

My sincere congratulations to you Sir on your accomplishments and a most sincere thank you for spending time on this forum to lend a hand.

I have a silver Canon Rebel and I was
thinking of painting it Black, so I could
blend in and be equal with other shooters.

Case in point: One day at the dog park
I'm shooting dogs racing around.
This lady enters the park with a nice
Black Nikon and starts taking pictures.
She was on full Auto, shooting into the sun
and looking down at the dogs.
And folks were so happy that she would
take a picture of there dog and the email
address started flying.
I sudgested to the lady that she move to
a spot where she was at the dogs level,
shoot at 125-250, and do a lot of planning
with multi shot burst. And to give the dogs
someplace to run.
Giving the dogs a place to run seem to get
everyone upset. Soon she was gone and
it seem my fault.
So that is why I was thinking of painting
my camera Black.
I do thank you all for you kind thoughts.
For those that thought I should be in the
nut ward, I'll see you there.
Diet / shooter / artist

Thank you for voicing your opinion that my work is a "rip-off" but when I'm called on a Friday afternoon in a panic and my help is needed on a project that has to be submitted to their client by opening of business on Monday, you better believe I am billing top dollar. Not only did a create custom graphics, but a custom brochure, including all the literature and content, and started the layout and look for his new company branding (which I will finish as part of the on-going products he has for me). I also had to cancel family plans to get his project completed.

I also know that when the business is up and running smoothly and revenue is steady, I will have a position on their staff if I desire. A regular salaried position would be wonderful, cause even thou I billed $650 dollars for 3 hours work, I have to pay the taxes on that and my next "pay cheque" from them could be 1, 2, 3 or more months away.

OK here's the deal:

Hobo Hedgehog is seeking a trip around the world on the cheap (for him anyway). I'm going to start a sign up list of people on this thread who want to host Hobo for 10 days to 2 weeks and show him around where they live. Then the current host will Private Message the next person on the list, get a mailing address and pass him on to the that person. He wants to get around the world but expects to criss-cross larger, heavily populated countries along the way and is prepared to cross large bodies of water more than once, he is a hobo after all. The current host is responsible for all shipping charges to the next destination, Hobo is a hobo after all and doesn't have any money.

Hobo is very photogenic so I would ask you to post your 3 favorite shots of his stay with you on this thread but as many as you want on a different thread that you start yourself.

The list on this thread would consist of host name and general location (city, state, country). Actual physical addresses would be sent between current host and next host on the list by PM only! Hobo is hinting that he owes some people some money and doesn't want to be easily found but does want to taunt the 'bill collectors' with photos of where he has been ;-). but not specifically (street address) where he is headed.

The Rules

1. If you sign up, please keep him traveling and don't break the chain. If you have a crazy two weeks with bad weather while you are his host perhaps some photos of him at your kitchen table, watching TV, or even posting on UH will do. Not everybody can get a shot of him at Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, or the Empire State Building.

2. Don't add or subtract anything from the package. You should receive Hobo, his bundle on a stick and a list of people and locations where he has been in a reusable cardboard box. If the box gets wet or damaged beyond repair, by all means replace it, but only when necessary.

3. Have fun, show him around your area, maybe even that place that you keep telling yourself you will go to someday, go there with him. Activities are good too, weddings, birthday parties, holiday celebrations, anything goes, he is a bit of a party animal.

To sum up: Keep him moving on down the line. Don't add or subtract anything from the package. Have fun, take lots of photos and post your favorite three photos here.

Any questions? Ask away! I'll start his first two week stint here in Jonesborough TN and then send him on to his next destination.

He is eager and ready to go soon.

Eric

I have 18 years worth of pics/negs from all over the U.S., including 15 national parks. I'm looking for a solution to turn negs into digital files. I paid someone once to do one image, but wasn't thrilled with the results. Is it better to have the image scanned, or the negative? What type of questions should I ask the person doing it for me? What kind of resolution should I expect/ask for? I read somewhere of someone who puts his negs on a light table, and photographs the negs. Has anybody tried/heard of this? I have so many amazing pics, I'd hate to not be able to add them to my site. I wish I had the money, I would love to solve the problem by taking all those trips again. :D

Thanx.