Sleepless in Seattle
Man, am I whupped. But what a great weekend.Highlights: Both seminars, the after-hours conversations, meeting lots of new friends, the white-knuckled ride in Chase Jarvis' 911. (And noting the fridge full of Red Bull at his office.)
Lowlights: The simultaneous alarm clock/cell phone alarm/wake-up call to ensure that I could drag butt out of bed early Saturday and Sunday mornings. Also the one-hour, stop-at-every-intersection 174 local bus ride each way to downtown Seattle. (What was I thinking?)
Longest item: Plane ride to Seattle. Or maybe Knottyy's hair.
Scariest site: What Ogalthorpe (left) saw through the umbrella on Saturday. (Today's word is "caffeine.")I can't tell you how much fun it is to meet you guys in person on these road trips. Matching faces and conversation with the Flickr names and the site's regular commenters really enhances the enjoyment of being part of this community. It really is a diverse and interesting group of very special people.
After-discussion is available here. Please drop any lingering questions/rants/etc in the Seattle thread.This one-city-at-a-time stuff is too slow. We ought to all meet in some reasonably priced location and have a big party or something.
BYOPW's.
(And yes, they did punk my flashes with their Pocket Wizards while I was setting up...)
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by David, at 2:42 AM.
18 Comments:
David:
We were so lucky that you chose Seattle. Thanks so much for coming. One of these days I might type up something about what I learned. But really, the valuable thing. The part that was worth so much more than the cash. Well, that was watching you work. Not only work behind the camera, but work the crowd. You told us about repore-building with the subject. But it was right there in front of us, the whole day. And even more so as you were working with each of the subjects.
Thanks again.
Nice to see you had a good time!
I assume you're not dropping by northern Europe anytime soon.
Anyway, I can't figure out how the post appears as posted Tuesday, when it's barely Monday yet in your time zone.
/Anders Petersson
Danny and I talked about it the whole way home, and agreed. The one thing you really can't get from the website is the chance to watch you work through your ideas and setups. Peeking into your brain for the day gave me both tons of ideas and a lot more confidence that I can pull them off.
I'd like to echo what Jeremy wrote above. Totally worth attending just to see you in action and hear you talk about your workflow. Everything I've been reading on the site fits together much better now. The bits about working with subjects, building rapport, were some of the best parts of the seminar. Seeing you actually use what you explained to us was invaluable. Thanks again for a great Sunday.
Also, it's fun to know that even people outside of the Seattle Flickr Meetup group know me as "the jumping guy". :)
It's a 3-hour time difference, I'm surprised you weren't up before the sun, with no need for an alarm clock.
A big Strobist get together. Vegas baby. There is plenty of space, the flights are generally cheap (and the hotels can be too) and there is no end of interesting things to photograph.
David,
I want to express how much I got out of yeserday, but I can't. Words don't describe the level of immersion in the whole process I took in. Well done.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
JR
Okay, we are jealous here in Phoenix. Not only is it supposed to be 110 degrees several days this week, but I don't think you have current plans to visit this desert oasis. We would love to see you here perhaps when the mercury dips below 90 (for your sake - we desert rats don't let triple digits bother us!). October through April is relatively safe, and I am certain you would have a lively group!
Libby
I second the Vegas Strobist seminar!
David
Again, a million thanks for the opportunity to participate in the Seattle seminar and to meet you in person. It was GREAT!
Tony
David:
Thanks a lot for sharing with us in Seattle. I agree with the others that the best part was just watching you apply your strobist techniques in person.
By the way.....next time your in town, take the 194 express bus from seatac to downtown.
Thanks again!
David:
Thanks a lot for sharing with us in Seattle. I agree with the others that the best part was just watching you apply your strobist techniques in person.
By the way.....next time your in town, take the 194 express bus from seatac to downtown.
Thanks again!
Hi David,
It was awesome to meet you this weekend and watch you teach and work. As promised, I put up a blog post with my take on Saturday.
You've probably done more to help me improve as a photographer (and not just lighting wise) than any single person.
Thank you!
I'll echo what jeremy, brit, and danny have already said - it was amazing to see your thought process in setting up shots and deciding what look you wanted and how to accomplish that. And watching you interact with all of us really drove home the importance of connecting with your subject, and making the whole experience enjoyable for them.
It will take some time to sift through all the knowledge that was pounding into my head in such a short amount of time, but I already feel as though my comprehension of how light works and how i can work the light has increased 10 fold.
Thanks so much for coming to Seattle!
How about coming to Canada. Maybe Toronto, Ontario. Put on your mukluks (http://www.muklukscanada.com/) and come on up!
Atlanta should be your next stop !!!
** Short flight-same time zone
** Lots of Stobist live here
** Lots of places to shoot
"I'm just saying"
I hate to be a nitpicker, but the pictures in this post all look kind of dull and underexposed to me. Don't get me wrong, they're fantastic portraits out of my current ability, but they look like they need a curves adjustment.
I nominate Houston (or Dallas or San Antonio) as a future stop. Or, how about Austin and get folks from all of the "big 3".
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