Seven 9s and 10s

High-res rochesterinfocus: Joe and Lew - 12/03/2010 - photo by Will Yurman Today I met Joe and Lew Pontzer. They are 85-years-old, twins, and live down the hall from each other in an independent living facility in Henrietta. They also fought together in World War II. Joe has dementia, he spoke very little, but graciously. Lew told wonderful stories of their time in the war and growing up together in Pennsylvania. Sometimes I can try too hard to make a photo - moving around, trying different angles, different lenses. The danger is that my conceit shows through and the technique becomes more important than the image. In this case, after trying a few different things, I was smart enough to just show Lew and Joe - two very sweet men.

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Joe and Lew - 12/03/2010 - photo by Will Yurman

Today I met Joe and Lew Pontzer. They are 85-years-old, twins, and live down the hall from each other in an independent living facility in Henrietta. They also fought together in World War II.

Joe has dementia, he spoke very little, but graciously. Lew told wonderful stories of their time in the war and growing up together in Pennsylvania.

Sometimes I can try too hard to make a photo - moving around, trying different angles, different lenses. The danger is that my conceit shows through and the technique becomes more important than the image.

In this case, after trying a few different things, I was smart enough to just show Lew and Joe - two very sweet men.

High-res So, someone really screwed up at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle last night… with relatively funny results. Here is a scan of the sidebar headlines from the frontpage.  Click-through for a larger image. They must’ve realized their mistake at some point during printing, because the copy of the paper I saw at work had been corrected.

So, someone really screwed up at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle last night… with relatively funny results.

Here is a scan of the sidebar headlines from the frontpage.  Click-through for a larger image.

They must’ve realized their mistake at some point during printing, because the copy of the paper I saw at work had been corrected.