By this time, I had learned to use my camera much better, and realized that I didn’t need the tripod.  Mike Shoup from up in Calumet had taught me how to use my Canon, and I now realized the full potential of my digital wonder, ratcheting the ISO up to 800 and the f-stop up to 4.0

Unfortunately, I only took one actual group photo, albeit a nice one, in several shots.