a slightly different focus

…are not only wonderful people, they, together with Martha Kelly — Trish’s amazing Mom — hosted this week’s Cocktail Hour. As expected, it was fantastic.
The happy couple:

Miles and Trish (Enjoying their Cocktail Hour)
Couldn’t stay the duration, alas, and can only look at a few of the photographs from tonight before getting back to work — [...]

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As my blog readers know, I’ve been having some equipment problems recently. For Independence Day, however, my camera raised a flag and celebrated the long-overdue Unity — out of 446 photographs Friday (taken in about three hours of straight shooting), I kept 309, starred 185, and multi-starred 90. Remarkable. More: The first four-star images in, [...]

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…was, as always, a great time.
Many thanks to Tagg and Angelic for hosting. Yeah, Angelic:

Angelic’s Party
A great time. Many thanks to all.
More photos Friday and then again Monday/Tuesday. (Update: Done. 10 photographs in all.) Thanks for your patience.

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Enjoyed the show tonight — and perhaps more importantly, came away with a few decent photos. My favorites:

Magnificent Bastard, Onstage

Dan, Emotional (Blur)

Chris and Miles #1

Dan and Miles #1
Many thanks to Dan, Chris, Justin, and Miles for access — and a great performance — tonight. No bastards in my book, LOL!
See the whole 15-photo set here. [...]

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Well, yeah, especially when they’re friends, or are now — met a few new folks I hope become more a regular part of “the fold.”
Came away with a few photos I like very much, too. Not necessarily perfectly on-topic, alas; I was distracted by Conner, Dan and Monica’s young son, who has advanced tremendously in [...]

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