The evening is designed to recognize and award those members with exceptional fine art photography they’ve created throughout the year. I was fond of many prints, but I remember two hats being illuminated by a lamp as a favorite. Most of the images were fine art nature and landscapes, but there were some fine art portraits there as well.

The gentleman who had created the hat print I really was drawn to happened to sit at our table.  To really add to the synchronicity, part of my presentation was a slideshow of my combined endeavor with the Dexter Community Orchestra. Lo and behold, this gentleman played cello that night and missed it because he was busy playing. So he got to see the visual presentation I created to go along with their beautiful performance of Aaron Copland’s Quiet City. It was such a bonus for me!

I don’t know if you’ve eaten at Weber’s lately. Not only is the food excellent, but the desserts are out of this world. We ate there for my birthday this year and the crab cakes are the best I’ve had anywhere around here. But did I mention the desserts? LOL.

 For any hobbyists or professional photographers looking for a club to create commeraderie and go on outings together to photograph and learn with people who have common interests, this is a great club of Ann Arbor area photographers.

I’m not a natural at getting up in front of people and speaking. It was tough! I practiced for days. But it seemed to be very well received and I felt really glad when it was over that I tried something different and new and challenged myself to go outside of my comfort zone. I also showed fine art portraits that I’ve made that have touched me in some way as well as talked a lot about my journey as a photographer and the defining images that I’ve made over the years that have become old friends with the lessons they’ve taught me and the memories they bring me.

Today, I’m relaxing. It’s been a challenged many days. But it’s such a joy to be able to share what I love to do. It fuels the fires….