Do photographers get together and have photo taking outings, like cyclists have group rides? Or do they just go out on their own and get together and talk about it afterwards?
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Do photographers get together and have photo taking outings, like cyclists have group rides? Or do they just go out on their own and get together and talk about it afterwards?
I suppose you would look like students all wandering around together taking pics. Although the thousands of pounds worth of DSLR kit would give the game away - you usually see students out with vintage film cameras.
I'm a long time member of ephotozine - a friendly photography forum which seems to have grown massively over the last five years to the point where almost all sense of community has been lost, which is sad...
That said, I've organised a couple of meets through the site - one in Kinloch Rannoch, and one just last month on the Isle of Skye. I've also been on meets organised by others.
The group tends to split up into four or five smaller groups through the day - folk all have different ideas and agendas. In the evenings, it's usually a case of eating, drinking, messing about with studio lights / remote strobes, swapping ideas, learning PS / LR tricks and did I mention the drinking?!
There used to be a cracking meet at Rowrdennan youth hostel - the warden was a member of EPZ and block booked the whole place out so about 30 EPZers would turn up and basically get lashed for three days, occasionally going off to take photos....
Hoping to attend the Southern Ireland meet next year - a good crowd go to that one!
Of course they do; but, in relative terms, I can think of few more awful ways to spend a day.
When a photographer says "let me put you in the picture" he/she isn't talking about plants. 😳
Of course they hang together.
Do they do risk assessments 😆
My father-in-law does this with his U3A Photography group.
Days trips out to somewhere photogenic followed by some time looking at each others shots.
30 EPZers would turn up and basically get lashed for three days
So do they end up with loads of blurry bleached out self-taken shots of themselves and their mates gurning at the camera, like everyone else? Or are their drunken shots much higher quality? 🙂
There was a group(club?)at last years Kirry 10
Is this a precursor to the inaugural STW Photography Meet?
(I'd love to attend but I don't have anything to store my camera in...)
[url= http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/ ]Yes. Group outings on a regular basis[/url] 😉
If your into that sort of thing.
I dunno Cougar, I was ruminating over it.. like the motorbike one recently but with less risk 😉
I wonder what a good venue would be?
"30 EPZers would turn up and basically get lashed for three days"So do they end up with loads of blurry bleached out self-taken shots of themselves and their mates gurning at the camera, like everyone else? Or are their drunken shots much higher quality?
There is usually a 'pap-shot' gallery for the comedy drunken photos, and photos of six people all trying to set up Manfrottos / Gitzos, Lee filter kits in the same place....
It's actually a lot more fun than you might imagine. Honestly, I really do shy away from clubs or large groups but on these meets you're totally free to do your own thing, perhaps meet up with some folk at lunchtime, or just disappear on your bike for a day. I've met some proper good types on such meets.
I was thinking it'd be nice to be able to fart about taking photos with other people - I'd feel like less of a tit I think.
Is this a precursor to the inaugural STW Photography Meet?
There've been meets already, Sheldon came up to our neck of the woods last year for instance
edit - early last year at that, I'd forgotten how long ago it was!
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