Curmudgeons Unite!

On Holiday Monday morning I had breakfast with a group of photographers (Jack Simpson, Jack Wong, on the left of big John) for the first time at their regular Curmudgeon meeting, hosted by John Ward Leighton. Great fun! Of course I am sure it helped that I was the only lady there as everyone was doing accents and telling tales in a very "film moment" way. I took the groups picture and everyone immediately whipped their cameras out like six shooters and laid them on the table. They then handed each one to me and I shot the same group shot on each cam. What fun that was! Clickity click click. Their shutter release is soooooo fast. My cam is seven years old and was on sale because it was an old model but THEY seem to think it's fine. I clearly just didn't know how to use it! Thanks to the incredible gift of sharing knowledge from @Jack Simpson, I can direct my digital slr instead of it directing me! THAT was really cramping my style and skills. I still have to get a new cam though, the kind that will get me theater quality video footage. That breakfast helped me make a decision on that score too.

I will post pics of the group, in a bit. : )