I had to choose one of the coldest days of the year for this months meet up of my Pixel Club. Not surprisingly, only hard core photographer Jeff Byrnes, and me showed up.
It was bottling night, and fairly cold at Paper City Brewery, but we persisted, and got quite a few shots. Jeff was mastering HDR while I focused on lights, shadows, and movement. Good photography takes practice, and practice makes perfect.
The brewery business has been tough the past few years. With increases in fuel prices, material cost have soared, and the microbrews have struggled to stay competitive. Breweries attached to restaurants have faired much better under these conditions, but Paper City Brewery is a stand alone operation.
They make a good beer, same quality as Sam Adams, so I'm told by people who claim to be experts on these things, (alcoholics). I like their Rollie's Root Beer, and I'm not a root beer drinker. I don't know how to describe it, but something about it is just sooo good.
With quality control a constant effort by the employees, checking for appearance, aroma and taste, makes this one of the happiest places to work in Holyoke. Until your liver gives out.
Click the above photo to scroll through the entire set.
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7 comments:
good stuff VanDog, practice is making perfect..!
I see youre making good use of the flickr program I sent you. The brewery was a great choice! Whats next!?
I saw the Buzz Blog about an hour ago. I was just about to email you and ask you if you had seen it also.
Thanks Tony,
Jeff, yes that program is cool. Holyoke is filled with hidden gems, but at this time of year the question is, "are they heated?"
i hope you saw my note that i was going to be out of town!
Yes Kristen, you are thoroughly absolved of any cowardice in the face of coldness.
From your comments it appears to me that you stay away from alcohol. Join my little club!
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