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A friend, who is a chef here in town, has started what he calls a “pop-up” dinner. This one is his second one. The first was fried chicken. Probably the best fried chicken I have ever had. This one, last night, was Memphis style ribs. So, of course, an Elvis impersonator was on hand to entertain. I made this image while standing in line to order my plate of ribs.  Elvis was working the line. Later he sang in an Elvis style voice all sorts of songs Elvis never sang. But it was entertaining. I used what I like to call my happy-snap camera. It is pocket sized made by Sony, mostly automatic. I know there is a manual setting on it but really don’t know how to use it that way. But the other modes in combination with the built-in flash can create some wonderful images. That’s what I did here. It took a while to remember or stumble upon the combination of buttons, settings etc. to get to this exposure. Elvis was kind enough to let me fail a few times before figuring it out. Back in the good-old-days the options were more limited and feedback less live. Digital photography makes some things easier and others much more complicated, but I do prefer it to film… now.