Photographing Olga's Birthday Party

Juan threw a terrific party for his wife Olga, on her 50th birthday. With their closest friends, they ate, drank, sang and danced into the wee hours of Sunday morning.  Though hired to capture the fun as a photographer, they also made it clear that I was to consider myself part of the family.
Here are a few photos from that memorable night;

                                         
                                                        Olga enters and sees all her friends.
                                         
                                       

Amid all the hugging, the women's' bracelets get entangled

Olga's cake

Juan wishes his wife a Happy Birthday

A slide presentation begins

Watching the presentation intently.

Feeling all romantic.

Candlelight adds to the romantic mood

Olga's tender moment with son

Spanish guitar music elevates the mood to another level.

Juan unabashedly joins in.

…and the dancing begins, -with a spontaneous  conga line.

NOTE:  Besides having great technical skills, the attitude of the photographer is also important.  A cold, detached strictly-business attitude would not be appreciated.  I truly enjoyed the event, loved the people, and was having fun alongside them. It showed, and thus, I was readily included -as family. This made for good chemistry all around. 

Having a Ball !

Last Thursday  night's spectacular event was for a very worthy cause ---Sick Kids Hospital. This sexy and entertaining Venetian ball, featured beautiful dancers,  acrobatic dance performers, belly dancing and percussionists. There was also an auction of beautiful works of art  and other items --and a silent auction. Here are a few photos from this colourful and memorable event .

Items in the silent auction 

Artist Tibi Hegyesi with his beautiful works

Exotic works of art abound in this gallery where ball was held the House of Moments

Tip; When contemplating photographing an event such as this, make sure that the Focus Assist infrared light is working on your camera, as these venues tend to have dim lighting.  On my Nikon D700 camera, this light only comes on if I choose the middle focus point from among the many. Weird, but true.