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Great time at the Shindig!

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19 replies
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on January 31, 2010 at 1:13 AM
It was great meeting everyone and seeing some of the folks again. Thanks again Richie for setting this up. =)
Posted by Morris McClung on January 31, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Big thanks to Richie V. and Rene for your outstanding work as moderators and for your efforts for the Shindig. A big thank you to Brent D. for getting such a great venue as Qube Visual for us to use. Also, thank you to all the others, the ladies who were setting up, and the others that brought food and drinks. A special thank you to Kalin for that killer guacamole!
Posted by Nick Moore on January 31, 2010 at 10:46 AM
I ditto Morris's comments, great event this year, and thanks to all who put in the effort to organise it. Great to meet you too Koveh!.
Posted by CAZ on January 31, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Double ditto! Great food, great people, great prints! Can we do this every month??!
Posted by D J Kuklinski on January 31, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I'd like to echo Koveh's and Morris' comments as well. Also, It was good to place faces with names and to actually introduce myself and talk to to some of you.
Posted by John Klotz on January 31, 2010 at 11:34 AM
I also echo the comments above. Great turnout Aleks the home brew was awesome as were the prints in the white elephant, especially tne "bonus print" of a certain author. Great job to all who made this happen! :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :biggrin:
Posted by Chris Rice on January 31, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Thanks to everyone who facilitated the shindig, I'm glad I got to come by and see everybody, and thanks for the support about closing the gallery. You guys are good inspiration to get out there again. Like CAZ mentioned, having something monthly or even quarterly where people do a print critique, mini-workshop, presentation methodology discussion, et. al., with food and drink at someone's home or a space has always been an idea, going along with the photography cooperative idea I had for the gallery awhile back. This type of face-to-face interaction is priceless in my opinion. Keep up the good work everybody!
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on January 31, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Another great Shindig by Renee, Riche, Brent & all their assistants. :toast:

The white elephant keeps getting better. The quality of prints from everyone was exceptional!
Can't wait to see what next year brings.
Posted by Bryan Maltais on January 31, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Yep, I have to appreciate the great amount of work that must have gone into this. And nice to have met a lot of you guys.
Posted by Pam Colander on January 31, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Anyone take pix to post?
Posted by Aleksandra Miesak on January 31, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Great to see everyone again and catch up. The quality of prints was really incredible! And John, I'm glad you enjoyed the beer :toast:
Posted by Bill Bean on January 31, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Nothing more to be said. Great evening. Thanks to all involved.
Posted by Steven Peckham on January 31, 2010 at 4:41 PM
My thanks as well to the good folks who put this all together as well as to Qube Visual.

What a great group of people to hang around with. I would have to agree that the white elephant exchange is a lot of fun. And what an inspiration to look at the high quality workmanship that is getting displayed.

Posted by Jim Talaric on January 31, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Great evening, Special thanks to Rene, RichieV, Veronica and all the folks who went out of their way to prepare some special dishes (and beer).

Pam, i took several pix with Amy's camera, I think she is heading back to Indy today. Perhaps she can post some after getting home.

Jim
Posted by Stephen Weaver on January 31, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Excellent get-together as usual!. Thanks Brent and Ritchie and all the attendees!
Posted by Scott Bacon on January 31, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Ditto. Echo. Etc. The print swap was elevated another step. What great work!! And I formally nominate Aleks to be the beer supplier for all events. That is some tasty brew! :smile:
Posted by Bert Fukuda on February 1, 2010 at 12:31 AM
It was great meeting everyone at the shindig. As a relative newbie it was great putting a face with a name... and I got some lighting tips from Jim Casteel.
Posted by Amy Lindsey on February 1, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Yep- got plenty of pix. I'll try to post them tomorrow or send them to the mods for posting. It was great seeing everyone again! Thanks for all the hard work that was put into making it a success.
Posted by Lynn Scott on February 1, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Hey Guys

Thanks to Richie and Rene for getting it all set up along with all the others. Very Excellent!! It was a very nice experience and enjoyed getting to know everyone and hope to participate more in the future. Thanks to all the other attendee's that said hi and included us more silent types in the mix. My only regret was to not have brought a print! I would have been a winner for sure as they were all awesome prints.

Next year I won't be as chicken and improved to be in the mix :)--maybe :)

thanks again everyone it was awesome!!
Posted by Brian Jackson on February 1, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Had a great time, and it was great meeting new faces.