The place settings indicated what we had ordered for dinner. Surf or turf?

We had two charter members of RAA in attendance this year.
Natalie (center) came with her husband Bob.
Arthur (in the foreground) came with his wife Lorna .
Well, that is the back of Arthur's head anyway.

Here is a better photo of Arthur, on the right.

This is our President, Jeannette (in yellow)
and our speaker Bob Pyle sitting next to her.

The usual crowd of RAA members were in attendance.

While we ate dinner, we were treated to this spectacular sunset.

Bob showed us the camera equipment he uses for his B&W photography.
The camera is new, but the techniques are traditional.
This camera is the old style bellows camera with the
ground glass viewing surface on the back.

The film is in a carrier that is inserted in the back.
The negatives are made on large format sheets of film.

Bob also uses a pinhole camera, seen here.
The photograph on the easel was taken using the pinhole camera.

Here Bob discusses a photograph he took in the Olson House
in Cushing, Maine. That window is in one of Andrew Wyeth's
paintings of the house. The window overlooks Wiley Cove.

For more information about Bob Pyle and his work, visit his web site: www.robertpyle.com