The important question is... Was the BBQ any good? I'm hoping santa brings me a smoker this year. Robert Adams On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ...or more accurately, I went to a BBQ joint where blues is played on a > regular basis. http://www.patsbbq.com/ It was my first time there, but I > doubt that it will be my last. > Candye Kane was the performer for the evening. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candye_Kane The Wiki article is pretty > accurate except for the lack of content regarding her finding a "home" with > the blues, although it states that she "discovered" female blues performers > when she went back to college in 1986. > > She freely admits to a "checkered past" which is quite an understatement. > Nonetheless, I've been a fan of hers for a long time (especially her kicking > a "hard drug" habit) and had an absolutely wonderful time. I guess I > asserted myself as an eccentric pro photographer (and that would be > different how? I was the only one there wearing a Nomex Firesuit jacket. > <G>) and kinda worked alongside the roaming videographer. The club owner > asked me for photos and I had to tell him, "nobody gets photos from Ray the > Rat for free," although I told him that I'd be putting an album on FaceBook > and one on my own server: > http://www.raytherat.com/events/CandyeKane@PatsBBQ/Welcome.html > > The shooting conditions were far from optimal. Most of the available light > shots were done at 1/13th, F5 and 3200 ISO. It was pretty damned dark. > Then the walls were red (black on the stage) and the ceiling black. And > there was this vertical 4x4 in my way, although I just went wherever I > wanted to shoot. I used the available light, even if it cut WAY down on the > keeper ratio. I got about 1 in 16, which was more than I > expected...although some of 'em are flash shots, but not many. > > Then I came home and had a pretty decent night's sleep. What a frikkin > miracle. Ohh...one other thing: I asked for and received a hug from Candye > which just made my damned day completely. I doubt that anybody else would > care about that, but it meant a lot to me. > > r > >