It was the day of Joel Straus' Bar Mitzvah and I was waiting in the car as the time approached waiting for Ben and Suzanne to emerge.

After the service, we headed to the main event where there was dancing but it took me a while to realize I needed a flash

and even then it was large group so I didn't always get the focus I wanted

and after a moment of darkness the photographer took a picture of Suzanne and me as did Ed Percarpio before Suzanne and Claire Percarpio posed and then Harry Cummins joined Suzanne and Claire as the hat moved. Next I recorded Alan's father and then a collection of pictures of the Bar Mitzvah boy, Joel before taking a few final pictures of Ed Percarpio and calling it a day.