It only seemed right to throw a party for f8 on our 8th anniversary...and so we did. Held at Jones Coffee (where else!), we gathered with our spouses and kids for an evening of good food, good pictures and a communal sense of wonder that its been 8 years we are together. The first order of he evening was to thank our hosts...the Jones Family...Chuck (the owner) and his willing helpers Larry and Mireya...Larry even made the Sangria for the party. Chuck has facilitated our weekly meeting from their inception 8 years ago in the "old Jones Coffee" store. He has also given us space to show our work and hang our electronic screen to show our work each week. The food was excellent...Sangria and a Mexican feast complete with flan for dessert. The Barista kept us all in coffee of one sort or another until the party closed. We had photographic contributions from most of our f8'ers...too many to show here on the blog. And then we had displayed the results of our Photoshop Tennis challenge organized by Mark and gratefully printed by Paul for the party show. All the pictures are posted below with the edits captioned. There were 4 teams each with a different "original" picture...the subsequent pictures were sequentially edited. And so went Photoshop Tennis ...bravo to all who created the images and did the edits. Chris could not be with us today and instead he sent one of his great pictures for an impromptu raffle. The lucky person turned out to be Howard. We next went around the room for "last comments"...another tradition at each Saturday meeting. Each f8'er was asked to make a few comments and introduce their spouse or kids. Lots of great positive comments about f8 Pasadena Salon and those who contribute to its success. Last, no group of respectable photographers can resist a "self portrait" and thats just how we ended a great evening ....see below. Jim Staub, Howard Landau, Scott Herman, Mark Myers, Steve Lewis, Kevin Hass, Carel Struycken, Charley Kohlhase, Debra Lemattre, Carrie Hirsch, Kathy Wishner, Bill Wishner, Paul DuPont (f8'ers missing from picture...Angelo DiBilio, Charles Edwards, Chris Kleine, Richard Schuster, Gareth Seigel, Rene Sheret) Thanks to all f8'ers past and present for their participation and love of the art and aesthetics of photography...and putting up with me as your fearless leader...muchas gracias!
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