Part of it is that people already are in good moods to be around Mame, even while disagreeing with her on this or that, to whatever extent. Re the photos, it's not so much that she instigates with a given moment comment, though I suppose that happens, but her interest in human personality plus the person behind it gains receptivity.
Not to knock any of the rest of us as phote-ers, including myself at least in some times past if not this week, but to say that Mame is a sparkplug. The woman f/n engages. And no, not all nicey nicey. She is clearly interested in human interaction, thus excelling at writing, and so on.
Whatever.
The point is, everyone I've ever met at the two meets I've been to have been personalities so it's easy to capture their spirit on film (or disk or whatever). Great subjects=great shots. I'm dying to see Shewolf's and Walter's shots, though... they're the expert photographers - did you get a load of their cameras??????? Holy Honkin' Hannah! Serious pieces of equipment.
Great company!
