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Photographers
Oddball:
Hi. I'm new here but I've been hanging around the fringes of furrydom on and off for a while. I am going to EF with a friend who is a bit more 'fur' than me. I am mainly going along as a bit of a break and the furry stuff is just a bonus. I do have a penchant for wearing a tail though hehe. I've been to one big con in London last year and a few furmeets. My main interest is photography and I am continually trying to hone my skills (Or lack thereof).
I know there will be plenty of people taking cameras along both still and video. I'm trying to get a bit more 'serious' with my photography of late. Although I am still an amateur and a lot of my stuff is snapshots. I am still trying to get to grips with things like use of camera settings, composition etc. It's a learning curve.
So I would not mind meeting up with or just generally chatting about what others are up to on the photography front. I am guessing there will be an 'official' furry photographer at the event. But I'd prefer to get to know more people than that with an interest other than just carrying a compact and leaving everything on auto ;)
I hope to be able to get some nice landscape and nature shots whilst there. As well as some good furry fun stuff of course :)
Ay others out there into polishing their lenses (DurrHurr)?
Nightfox:
Just a tip
If you want to spontaneously meet other people who are interested in photography just use our blackboard, its located at the main entrance.
Fawks Beaumont:
There is also the possibility of finding a SIG (similar interest group) during the con about photography. Although, I'm not sure there is one this year. If you'd like to hold a roundtable, basically an open-forum discussion about everything in photography, try contacting Riffuchs (events@eurofurence.org) as see about setting one up. If would be a good chance to meet both amateur and professional photographer.
It might be too late for that, but it's at least worth a shot as I know there quite a few photographers in the fandom. And, as Nightfox said, there will be a message board in the lobby that is open for anyone to post public meeting places.
Tekumseh:
Actually there was only one SIG about photography until now (that I am aware of) and I'm not going to host one again soon (I don't know about Batian though - we did it together on EF13). Still it would be nice to have a SIG or roundtable again to get new ideas how to abuse those 1.5 kg of equipment...
Riffuchs:
There is no Photographer Panel yet. But feel free to change it and add one :)
But you have to be fast. Deadline's ahead. So send me a note at events@eurofurence.org