I was so happy to capture another side of my friend and fellow pbase photographer, Kal Khogali, at the party celebrating the launch of his first book, "Beyond the Seen". The Kal I usually see, always has a camera before his eyes. He moves ever so quickly. His eyes are so sharp that he usually makes his images before people even realize he has photographed them, and before other photographers can even begin to recognize the significance of the moment. I shot this just before Kal made a brief speech about his book. For once, he seems to be responding to a moment reflectively, instead of intuitively. Congratulations, Kal -- I hope this is the first of many more books of photographs to come.