Topic: Celebrating Michael Reichmann (Read 20096 times)

Schewe · « **on:** May 20, 2016, 12:36:21 am »

Folks,

The Sad News thread has it's use to express sadness and grief and no reason to stop posting to it but...

I'm sure that Michael would not want to dwell on the sadness of his passing but in the vein of a New Orleans death march, I suggest we also post a thread that is a loving memory of Michael by posting stories and photos of Michael. I posted a shot in the other thread which is my memory of Michael on that trip but I took a LOT OF TRIPS with Michael.

The shot below is from the second Antartica trip in 2007. I have no friggin' clue where we were but due to the EXIF metadata I know it was 5:01:36 AM on Feb 12 2007. This was the 'long trip" (19 days at sea). The reason I like this shot is the look of love in Michael's eyes. He was seeing something he loved and that's what I loved about Michael...his love and passion for photography.

In fact, let me offer a call to action...go through your Lightroom catalogs and look for shots of Mike. That's what I did all afternoon to find that shot posted on the other thread. Post the images and any funny stories about Michael, Chris, Kevin and others on the various trips taken with Mike. I started going through all the trips I took with Michael and Chris and I was shocked at how many times I shot with Mike!

After I did this, I really felt better remembering all the good times with Mike. Hope it works for you too...

P.S. I really, REALLY like the shot of Mike that Nick did and would love to get a print of it...maybe we can trade print of Mike. I shot Mike a LOT (we did a lot of trips and videos together) so I'll keep posting images as I find them.

Rand47 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2016, 12:44:47 am »

Jeff,

Bravo... Wonderful shot, wonderful idea.

Rand

Schewe · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2016, 12:45:46 am »

Did you know that Michael loved hats?

I remember him always wearing hats outside.

This shot was from our trip to San Miguel de Allende (his southern house) to shoot the Lightroom 4 (I think maybe it was LR5) video tutorial.

Tony Jay · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2016, 01:20:16 am »

Quote from: Rand47 on May 20, 2016, 12:44:47 am

Jeff,

Bravo... Wonderful shot, wonderful idea.

Rand

Yes!
Smashing idea Jeff!
I really think you have captured the spirit of Michael with your suggestion.

Tony Jay

uaiomex · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2016, 01:38:46 am »

Thanks for everything Michael!

Schewe · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2016, 02:34:32 am »

Another Michael shot rather atypical (meaning it's blurry as heck but it's a shot of Mike!)

If you look close you can see it's Michael...

Schewe · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2016, 02:54:21 am »

I absolutely love the outtake that Kev & Chris posted on the main website of a recent review< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziIisIuzwe0>

There are a ton of bloopers that Michael and did over the years...the problem is there are WAY too many bloopers and it would take Chris a lifetime + to go back and find and edit them...but let me promise you if Chris ever did that, you would be rolling in the isles with the FUBARS Mike and I did...

Paulo Bizarro · « **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2016, 04:01:07 am »

Quote from: Schewe on May 20, 2016, 02:34:32 am

Another Michael shot rather atypical (meaning it's blurry as heck but it's a shot of Mike!)

If you look close you can see it's Michael...

Great idea! I think we can also see he was still using a Canon back then?

Schewe · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2016, 04:57:25 am »

Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on May 20, 2016, 04:01:07 am

Great idea! I think we can also see he was still using a Canon back then?

Yet another shot of Mike–he used to kinda hiss at me because I used to shoot a lot of shots of him over the years).

The upside is I have a lot of shots of Mike kinda pissed at me...the downside is I don't give a crap!

Schewe · « **Reply #9 on:** May 20, 2016, 05:23:06 am »

Another shot of Mike aiming at me–not sure what everybody was aiming at–clearly I wasn't an interesting subject (or was I?)

Schewe · « **Reply #10 on:** May 20, 2016, 05:45:44 am »

Another shot of Mike in my studio Jan 2006 shooting some video

Schewe · « **Reply #11 on:** May 20, 2016, 06:43:34 am »

Another shot of Michael...June 5th 2010.

DadDadDaddyo · « **Reply #12 on:** May 20, 2016, 07:01:09 am »

I never had the pleasure of meeting Michael, although I feel that through The Luminous Landscape, we've been in conversation for many years!

It was Michael and The Luminous Landscape's articles about quality printing that led me into using a Nikon 8000ED to produce huge, beautiful monochrome tiff's from the 6x7cm negatives from my RB67, and then printing those on an Epson R3800. I still use that method for what I like to call "slow photography".

It was articles on Luminous Landscape that enabled me to move the work I did using the Zone System into a digital regimen employing RAW files.

It was comparing against those as a standard that won me over to the X-Pro1, a camera Michael really understood.

I still use Picture Window Pro, after first learning about it, lo, many versions ago, on Luminous Landscape.

So Michael, and Luminous Landscape, eased my transition into the digital realm, and he had a shaping influence on the methods I still pursue in photography today.

Memory Eternal, Michael Reichmann!

With thanks,
DadDadDaddyo
Michael P. Pelikan

Kevin Raber · « **Reply #13 on:** May 20, 2016, 07:12:31 am »

Jeff great idea! To assemble the little gallery and images for the article I went through a lot of trips we had done. It helped with my grief and made me smile a lot and remember the good times. In the end as I am still in Toronto trying to come to grips with things I realize more and more what Michael would have wanted from all of us. A smile a laugh and good times. He would most likely be telling us get off your asses and get out there and take some photos. I have been shooting each day since I have been here and it is the best therapy I know. So, once I finish a cup of coffee I am heading out to wander the street of Toronto with the Fuji X-Pro 2 and a bag of lenses. I'll think of him each step along the way and do him proud.

Jeff, thanks for starting this thread.

mcbroomf · « **Reply #14 on:** May 20, 2016, 10:28:43 am »

Thank you for starting this thread Jeff, and leading off with such a wonderful capture.

I only met Michael once and don't have any photos, but he gave me some great advice about cropping when he reviewed some of my prints during a workshop at his gallery (ie some times in camera cropping/composition doesn't always get it right .. at least for me!) that I still listen to, to this day.

digitaldog · « **Reply #15 on:** May 20, 2016, 12:32:03 pm »

Michael had such a great smile and looked so happy, so often. Either the pure joy of seeing and shooting, or the pure joy of discovery.

jed best · « **Reply #16 on:** May 20, 2016, 01:22:32 pm »

The image was from a workshop that Michael held at his old studio in downtown Toronto. I flew up from NYC and as always he was a gracious host.

Several years later I had the opportunity to reciprocate. I had invited Michael to my home for some wine and cheese. I knew he loved good wine and I have a pretty decent collection. When I asked what he would like he said surprise me but that he really likes good red wine. I served him a bottle of terrific California Cab and he was dying to know what it was and who made it. I told him that after we consumed the entire bottle I would tell him. It was from the amazing Greg Gorman.

We had such a nice time chatting about many things, not just photography. I remember that he mentioned that he was off to Hawaii and was very excited about the trip. In addition, I would periodically call him to to see how he was doing through all this travail and he was always upbeat and gracious. That is how I will alway remember him.

kbolin · « **Reply #17 on:** May 20, 2016, 02:14:57 pm »

I joined Michael & Jay Maisel in Brazil back in 2007. I can credit Michael & LL for much of what I know and do today.

David Mantripp · « **Reply #18 on:** May 20, 2016, 02:47:59 pm »

Here's Michael trying to herd cats - i.e get a group shot of the participants of the first LL Iceland workshop in 2004. It was fun, exhausting, illuminating, exasperating and exciting all at the same time, and a formative experience for me. Michael was charismatic and engaging but at the same time thoroughly approachable and down to earth. You can see he looks pretty tired - and after 7 days practically without sleep we all were - but 3 days later he repeated the whole crazy experience with another group of willing victims.

I received plenty of sound advice and encouragement during that trip (in particular "there's no shot here", and "two minutes only, no tripods"), and the memories are still vivid.

churly · « **Reply #19 on:** May 20, 2016, 05:34:48 pm »

What a fine way to honor Michael!!

Thanks to all of you for posting these shot of him.

Chuck

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