It’s hard to believe it’s been over two years, since we’ve last had a Spontaneous Drinking Night—an event with only two rules: a weeknight and less than twenty four hours notice.
House of Shields, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G, SB-800
1/30sec @ f/2.2 iso3200, 50mm
Cindy Phung, Andrew Mager, and Robert Balousek. Only one founder is missing from this photo.
But Greg was visiting and House of Shields may be closing soon so we had to schedule a reunion.
How long is two years? Back then Cindy had bangs:
Outspark Launch Party, 1015 Folsom, SOMA, San Francisco, California
Nikon D200, Tokina AT-X PRO 16-50mm f/2.8 DX, SB-800
1/100sec @ f/2.8, iso900, 16mm (24mm)
See, we can be white people too. (Yes, my indoor photography was weak sauce back then.)
Now she has purple ears:
House of Shields, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G, SB-800
1/30sec @ f/2.2 iso3200, 50mm
This camera’s ISO was pushed 3 stops higher than the above photo, but there was much more to recover. It was so dark in the bar, I thought the earmuffs were grey until the flash triggered.
It’s hard to believe the House of Shields may be closing. The bar is an original speakeasy, over 100 years old, with a tunnel to allow the Palace Hotel patrons across the street to access it. It was where we had our first official Spontaneous Drinking Night. It is even rumored that President Warren G. Harding actually died there.
And yet, Spontaneous Drinking lives on. It’s only agenda is to have a few beers after work with friends. That’s true—whether that was two years ago:
John Collins, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Leica M8, Cosina-Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm f1.2 ASPH.
1/16 sec, iso640, 35mm (47mm)
…or today:
House of Shields, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G, SB-800
1/30sec @ f/2.2 iso3200, 50mm
Adam Duffy, Krystyl Baldwin, Alicia Kenworthy, and Sean McCullough
We’ll have to schedule some more spontaneous drinking. Hopefully we can get President Harding to show up to the next one.
Let's get Obama at the next one.
What Mager said 🙂