April 2011 Potluck - winnick

April 2011 Potluck

A record-breaking 57 people turned out for the CGM potluck on April 16, 2011. We gathered at Rich's house in Candia, where he and his roommate Peter co-hosted. Since it was also Steve M's birthday, we had cake and a song!

Overflow seating in the garage!
This was a fun shot to take. A little flash to get Bruce's face in focus, but a long shutter drag to blur the background. Since you can see the fridge through Bruce's jacket, he moved too. I switched to black and white because a lot of this image is overexposed (and yellow).

Fred (behind me) was concerned that I wouldn't be in any of the shots, so I pointed the camera on myself. I half expected him to crouch down low to get into this one!

A half-sheet cake for Steve. I didn't know that you can get cake candle holders now.

Poor Steve has a cold so he didn't blow out his candles. He waved a piece of cardboard instead, and it worked.

Here I've shot Brian in solely ambient light without a tripod in a dark corner of the house. Pretty good lens, the 24mm f/1.4.

Now I've switched to the 70-200mm "in your face" lens. These shots are not cropped!