8 members attended.

Since we had some new people I passed around my portfolio and answered questions.

Jean has an Olympus D550 P&S which suits her just fine.  She also has a Canon DSLR on a shelf.  Besides photography she likes to paint, especially ocean scenes.

This Friday the 13th we had six of our usual suspects again.

I started off by showing my latest tabletop photo, "Ring Around the Rose'."  My setup was a PVC frame, about 24" on a side, with white paper background and bottom and a white bedsheet draped over the top.  My lighting was two 800 W photoflood lights, one on either side lighting up the sheet.  I'm not sure where the pastel blue in the background came from, it was there when I enhanced the colors in Photoshop.  But I liked it because it reminded me of a popular color for appliances in the 1950's giving the photo a "retro" look.  The dark shadow on the front of the bottle is from the black studio I have.

We were six, an uncommon number.

Someone mentioned that Costco now refills HP, Lexmark, and Dell ink cartridges.  I expressed my disappointment because I have an Epson printer.

Bonnie showed her portfolio of portraits.  That was worth attending this session all by itself because she's taken some beautiful photos of Salsa and Zumba dancers as well as models and a few club members.  Catching a Zumba dancer in mid-swing standing on one hand takes real talent.

On the 23rd we had seven of the usual suspects with the usual subjects and the usual banter.  Everyone had something interesting to talk about but, after a year-an-a-half, I let my hand take a rest.  Hence, no real notes.

On the 30th we were back up to 11 of our unusual suspects.

First, a correction.  The last two writeups are listed as October 3rd and 10th.  These should have been 2nd and 9th.  When you're retired time tends to lose some of its significance.

Seven, then eleven, and now four.  It's a good thing I didn't go to Las Vegas last week.

This night we were back to our typical seven participants, mostly the usual suspects.

When Julia and I arrived we found Bonnie and Dwight fretting over Denny's new nutrition list which tells how many calories and other nasty stuff is in each of Denny's foods.  I assured Bonnie that all foods are bad for us so we might as well just enjoy ourselves.

We had a cozy little gang of five this night.

Bonnie and Dwight described their trip to Mono Lake and Bodie.  Bonnie said that the weather was great and that they came back with some great photos.  They opted for the early entry at Bodie, which was $50 a head, but said that it was well worth it.  At Bodie Dwight pulled a little red wagon around which had their equipment, chairs, ice chest, lunch, and etc.  It sounded more like a BIG red wagon to me, but this let them stay out longer and relax whenever the mood hit them.

The head count this night was eight, with four being first-timers.

Art talked about the PVC frame he made for his tabletop photography.  For the upper corners he used T's instead of elbows which he found to be handy.  He wanted to add a backdrop for a particular shoot so he dropped some poles down the pipe (through the open T's), made a cross piece, and draped his backdrop over it.  Real quick and easy.