I was surprised by the responses. I didn't think that some of the pictures would go over that well, and was doubly surprised when some of my favorites didn't make the cut. The comment that I was most interested by was the support of my black and white imagery. I never really considered myself an exceptional B&W photographer, though that's where all of my training has been. But, a woman who lives across the street told me that I may actually have an eye for it. I'll have to go back and check it out again...
Also, for other photographers out there, she made a great point. If you want to see if you have a good shot, change your image into a B&W version and see if it stands up. If the subject of your photograph stands up to a B&W image, then you've got a good shot. Then you can leave it in color, and continue...
Again, I'm so happy that S&M hosted this party. And it was okay that very few of my friends came up to see it. I knew that they would tell me how cool everything was. I didn't really need that, though I would have appreciated it.
I needed some opinions from people who didn't know me.
Here's the proof sheet from the showing.
