Friday November 9, 2007

Work ~ Sunset ~ Photography

Thursday

After three partial days in the office (due to other appointments) one hundred trays of The Extra Mile newsletter were ready for the mail.  I had so many this time, the mail truck came to our house!

While doing some late afternoon cleanup in the kitchen, I noticed this beautiful sunset.

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When my brother, Clair, stopped in to help load the mail trays earlier in the day, he asked if I wanted to go along with him for dinner.  He had reservations for his wife, but her mother had fallen, and Anne needed to be with her. 

The hors d’oeuvre meal was a thank you gift from his broker.  He thought I would enjoy the evening, because the featured speaker was a professional photographer.

The fruit and cheese tray.

I had so much fun meeting new people that I didn’t think about taking pictures of the delicious hors d’oeuvres.

The pretty light on our table.

Crystal Cooper crystalphotography.com had some interesting tips on taking photos with a digital camera.

This is the tiny camera she keeps in her purse.

Crystal’s hand while holding a drink. 

I didn’t photograph any of the people, because I didn’t know them and wasn’t comfortable posting their pictures.

Most of the people had regular, digital cameras, however, this lady, my brother, and I had SLR cameras.  I held this Nikon D200 and experimented a bit.  It was twice as heavy as my Nikon D50.

I’m not sure which I enjoyed most ~ the food ~ the photography lesson ~ or the date with my brother.

I think it was the date with my brother, and I didn’t even take a picture of him!