RIP Mr. Eric Brooks

DemonChick · 07-02-2009, 11:22 AM

We met Eric by accident at the 2004 US Nationals.
My husband and I were there as spectators taking photos of each other in the Class Winners circle when Eric came along and offered to take our photos with our camera. He then taught us how to take photos and use the camera we had. It was a big manual camera that we would just point and shoot, in which we didn't know how to use all the special features on it. Eric took the time and taught us more about our camera than we ever thought we'd know.
Once he heard we were from Canada and Div.6 he really welcomed us with open arms and asked us to say hi to his many friends in the Pacific Northwest. After spending about an hour or so with him we made a wonderful new friend and learned so much in photography.
After all was said and done I got my photo taken with him in that same winners circle, to us he was definitely a winner in our books.

Our sincere condolences to all his family and MANY friends!
R.I.P. Eric

Vicki (and Dave) Strell

07-02-2009, 11:22 AM	#8
DemonChick Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mission BC Posts: 45 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: RIP Mr. Eric Brooks We met Eric by accident at the 2004 US Nationals. My husband and I were there as spectators taking photos of each other in the Class Winners circle when Eric came along and offered to take our photos with our camera. He then taught us how to take photos and use the camera we had. It was a big manual camera that we would just point and shoot, in which we didn't know how to use all the special features on it. Eric took the time and taught us more about our camera than we ever thought we'd know. Once he heard we were from Canada and Div.6 he really welcomed us with open arms and asked us to say hi to his many friends in the Pacific Northwest. After spending about an hour or so with him we made a wonderful new friend and learned so much in photography. After all was said and done I got my photo taken with him in that same winners circle, to us he was definitely a winner in our books. Our sincere condolences to all his family and MANY friends! R.I.P. Eric Vicki (and Dave) Strell