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I dont think there is a date set yet, but I can help people with speedlighting a gym/ shooting in a gym and I dont have experience with remote cameras, but I'd like to give that a try as well
Any ideas for dates? Most Sundays with a decent amount of warning work for me
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Sundays are generally better for me as well. If I'm shooting a wedding, it's usually on a Saturday :-)
I am thinking I could do a wedding portrait/formals one, but I'd like to see if other people step up with more experience doing more complex wedding formals. I tend to have to do them in 20 minutes, max, so mine is more about speed and efficiency.
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I might be able to help with some of the wedding type stuff as Ive assisted a bunch of weddings before, maybe some more informal portraits would bring out some more creativity?
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I'm also thinking about the first meetup being centered around lighting 101 so that we can all be on the same page..... any thoughts on that?
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Being far away, Saturdays work best for me to come down to San Jose.
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Informal wedding formals - that could be intriguing. One thing about the strobist technique is that it's so fast to setup. I do this a lot - running around with this lightweight off-camera kit as I walk around with the couple.
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FYI, the church is actually busy on Sunday's, every Sunday being that is when church normally is, I guess I forgot to add that to the catches.
Sorry.
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alrighty, so it is most likely going to be on a saturday
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Sounds interesting. I have little to contribute but a couple speedlights, just want to add some encouragement.
Thanks!
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It's about time I went to church!
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I just watched the Seatlle Stobist airport hanger video and it seems a bit overwhelming. Anyone have a breakdown of how this will work? Just show up?
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Bill,
Where is the video about the seattle strobist meetup? Was that a meetup or a seminar with David? Very different scenarios, don't you think?
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My understanding was it was just a meetup that Chase Jarvis helped setup.
www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157603787257595/
Direct link to the video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6KzQkj1XWY
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I don't think it looks too bad. I think it's more because it's 30 people than anything else :-).
I think we could do just 1 or 2 parts of that and have no problem. We can use ourselves as models for the most part - it's about learning the lighting techniques. Now, models in wedding dresses might be harder, but perhaps we don't go that far this first time around.
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NP Kaien, I am just new to this whole thing and I am kinda nutty about knowing what I am getting into ;-) So just show up with my gear and someone will tell me what I can do eh?
Really looking forward to it!
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I think that's how they did it, as far as I can tell. It seems (and this isn't in the video) that they did like "that corner for portraits, that corner for freezing with flash" etc. They did have a couple of areas for models. It looked like at least one with single light, another with multiple lights (I saw one with one huge hairlight). People seemed to work in teams of about 3-4 figuring out the lighting.
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And if we pool resources, we could easily have one area with about 3 or 4 lights, umbrellas, reflectors, etc. Whereas I alone have "just" 2 stands, 1 reflector umbrella, 2 umbrella softboxes, 1 reflector (42" I think), and 2 shoot-through's. And...6 flashes of GN 120 and above.
That's a lot, but let's say we want to do a 4 light setup. Well, I only got 2 stands..
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Yeah I have no problem sharing the little gear I have. It should be a blast! Have we pinned down a date yet?
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oh no, now you're getting into organizing things again! :-)
Has to be a Saturday...some notice...how does...2/23 sound? I would say 2/16 but perhaps people have valentine's plans for that weekend. Or should it be sooner?
I like to keep it informal, especially this first one. That way we can decide if the next one should be more formal. Thoughts?
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I think the 16th is better for me but I might be able to sneak out on the 23rd.
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awesome! i always look forward to checking this forum for updates and i am never disappointed :)
i agree with ecphoto about keepingthe first meeting based around lighting 101. or atleast go through the basics before you pros go all fancy:) that will help newbies like me a lot.
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well I made this calendar at www.kiko.com/calendar/bayareastrobists the username is bayareastrobists and the password is pocketwizard everyone can put down some dates that they arent available and some that they are and hopefully a date will float up to the top we dont have to use it, but I thought it would be easier than just listing dates
-Evan
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damn, i work saturdays too. the soonest I could get there if I REALLY rushed would still be like 7:30 pm lol
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Ok well that calendar thing does not work to well........any other ideas about how to schedule this?
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Well, we've only gotten 2 responses. Bill prefers the 16th, and I think Nabil was just "cool" if I understand. And Saturdays are the only option.
maybe I'll create an evite with everyone's flickr mail later. ugh, that would be a pain, but might be the best option. Otherwise I'm still throwing those two dates out, or let's add in the next Saturday, too - the 1st of March.
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Feb 23 *might* work for me...or maybe 3/8 or 3/15 as well. But I'm a big maybe so don't plan around my schedule. If it happens to fall on a weekend that I can make it, I'll be there. I'm sure there will be plenty more in the future anyhow!
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I would be down for the 3/15 as well.
I have kid #2 on Monday so while I will do everything in my power to make it, I would have to be in the maybe category as well, at least for the near future.
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Wow. Now we're out to 3/15 :-). I guess if we go far enough into the future no one will have plans and it's safe. I guess...everyone else think about March as a starting point. Looks like February is a no go unless others speak up.
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I might be able to make any of those dates. I definitely cannot make 3/15. The only limiting factor for me is that San Jose is soooo far from Oakland, but the church aspect sounds really interesting. Not having any models makes it less interesting, but I understand why not for the first one.
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If its in the afternoon, 3/15 works for me, 2/9 and 2/16 works for me too
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February is cool, I just need a little notice. I am out of the area the first weekend in march, but other than that I am good to go.
I think.
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Any of the dates mentioned above work for me, as long as we can get a week or two advanced notice.
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I am equally flaky on any date ;-)
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Don't let the seattle meetup influence this meetup. They've been doing it for a while and have worked out the kinks. They know each other and have history. Start off simple.
SPJ said this might get overwhelming (in response to watching the Seattle shoot.) It shouldn't be. Shoot yourselves first. It's about learning to light, not having your video featured on Stobist.com. You don't need pretty models, awesome locations. Remember that the point is to learn to light.
Make this happen. There are so many "meetups" that never happened because no one could agree on what the goal was or when it was to be. Set a date and keep it simple.
I'm co-organizing a meetup in Frankfurt, and it's leaning a little on the overwhelming side. But that's because early on we forgot what the main point was - learning to light. Maybe someday our videos will be featured, maybe not. Probably not.
I wish I could have taken my own advice. Fortunately it's *finally* working out for us, but not after 300+ posts of logistics and BS. And we're still working out details.
Have fun. I can't wait to see the results.
-Sean
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I'm up for any meetups on Saturdays after 3/8.
Cheers!
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I totally agree with tobinsj (how can I not, he shares my name!) and was meaning to post something similar.
I've been a reader of Strobist for about a year, but rarely get involved in discussions and such, but I'd be excited about a meetup. I think keeping it simple to start is key to make sure SOMETHING happens. Just have four-five shooters show up with a loose goal of some things they want to shoot and spending an afternoon doing it would be a great way to get going.
To do that, all we really need is a place, a host, and a date. If someone can decide those three things, people will come. Maybe not 30, but enough. North Bay has those three ingredients and the meetup is happening tomorrow; why not something like that in the south bay? After the first one happens, it'll grow from there.
There's a lot of talk in this thread about possible dates -- how about Ayden just decides on a day HE'S free, and the rest of us make it if we can. And the church itself is a monstrous location -- maybe if Ayden focuses on a single location to start, it won't seem so overwhelming.
FYI, I'm a little confused about the organizer of this one, but I'm up for it most Saturdays. Just settle on a date and I'll do my best to make it.
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I have access to a beautiful big church in Alameda, as well.
You know, if the San Jose location thing is an issue -- I know we have some North Bay Strobists here as well.
Just thought I'd throw that out there. I'm good for 3/8 and 3/15 in san jose, though.
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It looks like it maybe justifiable to set up a Yahoo Group as it will allow us all to see others messages and/or post files of any kind like excel w/ dates, meet up name attendee's, gear to share, workshop sign ups etc.
If you don't know about yahoo groups WHICH IS FREE now may be a good time to learn.
There are photogs who use Yahoo Groups as a sports photography forum w/ discussions ranging from photography, lighting, business, post work etc.
Maybe we could do the same so we can all be on one page together.
There are people introducing themselves that I am actually a fan of but don't want to freak them out like some creepy stalker dude, but I'm chomping at the bit to ask them to sign up and teach us their camera, lighting, and portraiture tricks.
I wish I had more time so I could start a yahoo group, but it worked very effectively for me in college when I did group projects and assignments and we all needed access to word and excel docs to combine our research and present for credit.
I think we could do the same effectively.
Sorry for the long thread,
Nathan
PS: Regarding the church meetup, I'd need at least a weeks notice to book the church.
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I'd be interested in joining the meetup. Saturdays or Sundays are okay with me (depending on my schedule). Weekdays are ok with me too.
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This weekend I'll ask the Church lady for available dates as other people do book it for baptisms and stuff.
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@cameronobscura - If you've got access to a church in Alameda, let's start an east bay thread. I'm in Alameda, so that'd be perfect! I'd definitely try to go to that.
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Who is Ayden? Just trying to figure out who is whom :-)
Thank you for the support, Sean. I'm really impressed that you wrote.
I actually vote against a yahoo group because it makes yet another component for us to track. I 100% agree that it has some powerful features we can use, but I'm willing to just keep plugging at dates (pending Nathan's confirmation of availability) until we get at least, say, 10 people going. Organizing via message on flickr is easy. I can just keep spamming this thread. Organizing in physical meetings with a photo club? Ugh :-)
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2/16 2/23 3/15 3/22 3/29 all work for me.
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well 3/15 seems to be a common date, unless there are any serious objections, should we get the ball rolling and set it as the date?
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As long as this date in confirmed far enough in advance I'm down like a clown!
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Kaiyen, I need to check my calendar w/ my family and then I'll post when I'll be ready. For now I think I'm clear for 2/2 or 2/9 and maybe 2/23 it all depends on when I install my baseboards in my house.
I'm thinking the first meet will be 2 to 4 hours.
I am open to week nights on probably Tuesdays and Thursdays, but I need to check the church schedule as there are some Cub Scouts that use the bldg once a month.
As we get more serious I can also access another Church bldg off of the 680 and Scott Creek blvd which also has a baseball field which may be cool for sports photographers wanting to learn about setting up remote camera's to cover home plate, first, and third base etc using super clamps, magic arms or even HD or Lowes home made grips.
I'm thinking folks will like the this bldg better due to it's proximity to the 680 but I need to find out who the bldg scheduler is for availability.
I really want to meet and ask someone who just joined today about their portraits and post work.
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Alton, I'd love a week night gig where you could teach us about light painting, something I'm curious about and really want to try.
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I'd be up for a meetup as long as I know the date sooner than later as well. I can offer up the museum where I work at for a meetup too (East Bay, near Walnut Creek). We've got a classroom area that's generally never used, roof access, there's some cool architecture around and I've got some gear we could use.
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Here's my $0.02:
Pick a date, any date, and go with it. As long as it's soon so we don't lose momentum (3/15? geez). There will always be people who cannot make any given date (more so as the group grows).
Right now, as it's the "inaugural" meetup, I'd say it's low on people's "bump list". By bump list I mean that most folks won't be rescheduling something else to make it. Now, if the inaugural is a success, suddenly people will start moving other things to make the meetup.
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2/2 is no good for me, but 2/9 is alright. But you have to clear it with the church. For now...picking a date and sticking with it makes sense to me. 2/9 says me.
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2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15 are all workable for me.
I agree with Pmoriarty - pick a day and go for it. Don't let the best be the enemy of the good.
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2/9 works for me too
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what time/how long should thing meetup be, or should there just be a meetup time and go from there?
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I'd love to do this in a church ... 2/9 is good for me. "Don't let perfect be the enemy of done"! ...
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Just found this group/post. I'm totally down to go wherever for a meetup on the ninth.
Glad to find this!
-Bradley B.
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2/9 would not be good for me, but I hope can have these somewhat regularly, and I'd love to participate. Saturdays usually work fine for me.
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i agree, just pick a date and a place and start with that. baby steps:) those who won't be able to make it to this one, will make it to the next one or to the one after that:) lets just get the ball rolling. i am dying to learn :)
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Ken -
That would be really cool. I'd love to have an access to these types of locations, and heck, just watching you work would be a big learning experience.
pmoriarty
You're right. We should just stick with a date nearby, and get the whole movement going. Different people will come at different times, but if we can just get something going on a more regular basis, it'll just take off from there.
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I would love to attend, and 2/9 sounds fine to me.
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ok so far the meetup is scheduled for 2/9 @ the church (pending on availability) no specific time yet,
here is a list of people who are interested, if you confirm that you are going then I will put your name under the confirmed category
Interested:
hinoka@att.net
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Stock Photo Journey
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Add me to the interested list. Really depends on what time gets picked.
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You can confirm me for 2/9, so long as it's not early in the morning, lol.
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I can't make it either if it is early in the morning
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afternoon'ish? 1pm? 2pm?
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I'm as confirmed as I can be (which is pretty confirmed!)
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Bummer. I'm going to the ballet that day. I'll catch you next time, I guess.
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Pending Nathan's confirmation that the church is open that day, I think an afternoon session, starting at 1PM or so, would be good. And we can start off with Lighting 101. I'm fine with that.
Just got back from the Photofair. If I wanted, I could have bought like 9 Vivitar 283 or 285 flahes...
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My rsvp is also pending the confirmation of the church, 1 PM sounds fine to me, if we are starting with lighting 101 should we try to get some models, or just shoot each other?
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we'll use ourselves. keep it simple.
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I'm good with 2/9 @ 1pm. Call me confirmed.
@Kaiyen: I agree on using ourselves as models - less complicated and a good way to kick us off. I also agree on keeping the number of things we need to check (i.e. no Y! group) makes sense - though that may change if we get much bigger.
@tobinsj and @sting11165: I agree 100%. Keeping it as simple as possible initially I think will bring more people together and give us a chance to just meet and start playing with the lighting 101 stuff.
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ok so far the meetup is scheduled for 2/9 @ the church (pending on availability) hopefully @ 10am-1pm (also pending on availability),
here is a list of people who are interested, if you confirm that you are going then I will put your name under the confirmed category
Interested:
hinoka@att.net
kaiyen
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Stock Photo Journey
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Guys I'll be mtg w/ the building schedular tomorrow at church, and confirm the bldg for 2/9. I'm also going to ask about a Thursday 2/7/08 evening time.
Would it be possible to go from 10am to1pm, I just took a job to cover a Coaches award dinner the same day. It starts at 6pm but I want to get there early to check out the hall entrance as I'd like to set up a very cheap and makeshift portrait shoot as the coaches and their wives go into the hall, and then do basic dinner coverage inside and contemplate a large group shot of the board of directors and coachs. So I need to do that.
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Is anyone not ok with the new schedule of 10am-1pm? If so let me know and Ill take you off the list
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I am still good.
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Still good!
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Hey, I am very interested for the 2/9 shoot. 10-1 works great.
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count me in. let's do this!
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update #2
ok so far the meetup is scheduled for 2/9 @ the church (pending on availability) hopefully @ 10am-1pm (also pending on availability),
here is a list of people who are interested, if you confirm that you are going then I will put your name under the confirmed category
Interested:
hinoka@att.net
kaiyen
Confirmed:
oaxoax
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Stock Photo Journey
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mnorri
Bradley B Photography
ecphoto
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I'm up for this ... any chance we can get in the church earlier to set up lights. It takes a while to get these things going and three hours can go by really fast.
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If we can't get in early, I say we have a contest. A race to see how fast we can set up stands and umbrellas and softboxes. :-)
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still up for this!
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Kaiyen: I have no clue who Ayden is. I'm confused about who the real organizer is, actually... Nathanmedia is doing the church, ecphoto is managing the list, ...
Anyway, no problem. Sadly, I'm busy 2/9 until 1 pm, but I'm glad you guys are getting a date down and making something happen. Once the first one happens, the rest will be much easier...
In other news; is there any way to have Flickr automatically e-mail me when someone adds to this (or any other) thread?
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Ayden is nathanmedia1
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"In other news; is there any way to have Flickr automatically e-mail me when someone adds to this (or any other) thread? "
I think you can subscribe to an individual thread through your RSS reader.
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Yeah, it all depends on the reader. Flickr has feeds for threads and for entire discussion pools. So I get a feed for the whole group, but you can a feed for just this thread, too.
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I just stumbled into the Bay Area Strobist group and this thread. I live in Hollister and would definitely like join in the festivities on 2/9 once everything is confirmed.
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Looks killer, guys. We did a meet down in Fremont yesterday as well, with a group organized (if I dare use so strong a word) through DPReview
Cycle61 Photography
I'm in for the 9th, put me down as confirmed. Unless work or family emergencies arise, I'll be there.
I definitely agree with using each other as models for the first few times, at least. If we'd had a model yesterday nobody would have known what to do, and it would have been totally awkward. As it was, we were completely disorganized, but still had a great time, made a few good images and all learned a lot.
I'll post this meetup and a link to the group on my blog, too. I'm not sure if anybody's reading, but it can't hurt. Hopefully a year or two from now we'll be able to look back on this as the beginning of an awesome grassroots community.
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update #2
ok so far the meetup is scheduled for 2/9 @ the church (pending on availability) hopefully @ 10am-1pm (also pending on availability),
here is a list of people who are interested, if you confirm that you are going then I will put your name under the confirmed category
Interested:
hinoka
kaiyen
Confirmed:
oaxoax
epicureandevils
Stock Photo Journey
k2times
mnorri
Bradley B Photography
ecphoto
JProudman
cycle61
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I'm confirmed for going
I just switched my screen name from hinoka@att.net -> hinoka
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All,
I have confirmed the building for 2/9 from 10am to 1pm. How early did you need to get there?
As I said from the get go I'm not a great organizer but I would like to go into this at least an agenda of some kind to give direction for the day, along w/ folks whose skills and abilities will help the lesser experienced understand proper lighting techniques that will make our models look their best.
I haven't looked at weeknight evening times yet, but I will because when my kid's baseball starts up, Saturday's will be a thing of the past.
I am looking at Thursday nights as a regular deal, but need to nail down the time of when the cub scouts use the bldg.
If we are all firm for 2/9 will someone or some of you sign up for putting together some kind of agenda.
I'm sorry to make such a request but I've been in so many mtg's in life that were dis-organized w/ no purpose and/or direction I'd hate for that to happen w/ us.
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One more thing, I think we need to make sure we come here and give honest feedback of what we liked and didn't like or what we'd like to see changed before the next meet up.
FWIW I also go camping at State Parks but namely the beach, a state beach, so it's public but maybe that could be another opportunity for us to gather and have a location meet and learn how to over power the sun and make some incredible images.
I'm just thinking out loud here, but we live in a beautiful state and I'm thinking we should get out and shoot portraits of each other w/ mixed ambient and strobed lighting.
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Ayden (yeah, I didn't call you nathan!),
Thanks for confirming for the 9th. I think if we had just half an hour to set up that would be good. In reality, we probably would do introductions and say hello, then setup. It would be weird if we had 30 minutes of silent opening of light stands, then said hello :-).
My proposed agenda is based on lighting 101. I'm not sure how many will want the full package, though, so I suggest we break up into two groups.
Group 1 - Lighting 101 from the start
-go over the equipment out there. this wont' take long but I presume we'll have a variety of options to show off between us
-find a spot with basically diffuse lighting. Fire flashes on camera, straight on, bounced, and maybe even diffused. Baseline. Note that not all of these will look bad.
-Switch an umbrella. Test different angles and see how those angles change power.
-bounce off of wall or ceiling. It might be nice if our spot has a colored wall by it. We can try and use that to or advantage.
-barebulb/stofen (1 and 2 light)
-hard light (1 and 2 light)
-lighting ratios of ambient and flash (we can take this to as much of an extreme as we can, perhaps a totally black background) to demonstrate the effects of combining off-camera flash
-gels
-snoots (some of this will be covered earlier as needed to construct shots)
We will then locate another location with a strong primary lght source, such as by a window. We wlll cover
-sun as one light, flash as 2nd light
-cross lighting
-backlighting
The 2nd group will aim to cover the same topics, but may move faster, and may move onto constructing scenes with more complex lights. Hair lights, adding a subtle snooted light to bring out some details in a profile, stuff like that. The process of building a shot, in other words.
Sound reasonable? Long list, but really not that much. Just to get everyone comfortable with the topic.
allan
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update #3
ok so far the meetup is scheduled for 2/9 @ the church (pending on availability) hopefully @ 10am-1pm (also pending on availability),
here is a list of people who are interested, if you confirm that you are going then I will put your name under the confirmed category
Interested:
Confirmed:
hinoka
kaiyen
oaxoax
epicureandevils
Stock Photo Journey
k2times
mnorri
Bradley B Photography
ecphoto
JProudman
cycle61
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I think Allan has a good agenda, we need to make sure everyone is up to speed before really getting into it. All we need now is an address and I think we are good unless anyone has more sugestions...
-Evan
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Evan, I did confirm the building.
Allan, the address is
4977 San Felipe Rd
SAN JOSE , CA 95135
I'll probably come a little early to set up microphones for presenters as well as tables and chairs to lay our equipment on. Most of the tables are round but we do have plenty of straight tables.
I'm thinking of lining straight tables up against a wall for everyone to put their camera bags and I'll try and find some paper and markers to staple/tape their names and flickr names on the wall behind.
Regarding the agenda I think we need to nail who our presenters or co-presenters are going to be before hand. Once we do that they can advise what their space and/or other requirements they need to pull a successful presentation.
I'm hoping also that there will be enough time to view the images taken that day and have an open critique forum to better understand why one image is better than another and what needs to happen to improve it.
Anyway, the building is confirmed the address is above, I look forward to meeting you all, and collectively learning and improving our art.
Ayden
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Have someone bring masking tape and a sharpie to help label pocket wizards, etc.
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While I am comfortable with all of the 101 topics, I haven't practiced them enough on a regular basis to be a presented on them. Is anyone willing to take the lead on either track?
Good point on the masking tape.
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Does anyone else feel the excitement? or am i the only one?
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Right there with you Proudman...
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JProudman:
I'm pretty stoked myself.
dabeed74:
I know the church has a whole draw filled w/ 1/2" wide masking tape. Will that do for tape? I don't think there's any sharpies around, may need to bring some.
Kaiyen:
You know more than I do. Maybe you could lead and as folks get comfortable we could explore what Dave was getting at. Let me know what you need by way of room, microphone, projector etc and I'll see if we have it at the church.
Question(s):
Do we need the entire gym (all 3 basketball courts)?
Do we want the carpeted gym or the wood floor gym?
Do we want potluck or BYO lunch/snacks and drinks?
I must say I look forward to taking my photography to another level, thank you all for being so willing to meet and educate one another.
Regards, Ayden
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