Fanime Fail

[howeird]

Thanks to crappy lighting, the pix I took at Fanime masquerade are grainy and blurry and too contrasty to make pretty, so they won't be posted on Flickr.

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In other photo news, it looks like I will be doing two shoots the weekend after this, with two different Meetup groups, one of which is new, run by one of the better photographers who was at many of the other shoots I went to.

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Thought about going to Little Shop of Horrors at the Bus Barn tonight, but decided their prices don't justify the production quality lately. And I needed a nap.

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Turned the pilot light off on the furnace this morning and shut off the thermostat. Tomorrow when I change the litterboxes I'll leave the covers off. That'll make it easier for Pumpkin, and the crystals will stay active longer. Opened the sliding door to the balcony and pulled the screen door into place on the computer room side. Will be taking the cat door out tomorrow morning.

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Long boring day at work, till almost the end, when I figured out that a network traffic shaper program which I thought was an in-house project is actually built into Ubuntu. It is an arcane command line app, not intuitive and the man pages are more confusing than the app itself.

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Plans for tomorrow:
Litterboxes
Manicure
Palo Alto, pick up 8mm film to DV Tape transfer
Go to Greek dinner and a play with a Meetup group
Maybe read some more of the voters' guide

Comments

[mistymarshall.livejournal.com]

Oh too bad the pics came out grainy. I have been enjoying looking at the costumes on flicker. Those guys have some serious imagination. I not that costume creative but they were really cool. Totally love little shop of horrors too! So random question, how do you like the photo meetup groups? What do you find helpful about them. I am considering joining one but I don't know my time is at a premium right now.

[howeird]

The photo meetup groups have been pretty good. There are two kinds out here, studio shoots and social/informal outings. The studio shoots are organized by photographers who have studio space who hire a model and maybe make-up, wardrobe and hair stylists, cost between $75-150 per photographer with up to 10 photographers. It's a chance to shoot for 3-5 minutes at a time with professional lighting, backdrops and models for a reasonable price. You also get to see how the other photographers work. The informal ones sometimes just meet in a coffee house to show their stuff and compare cameras and lenses, and sometimes schedule group shooting outings to all kinds of places. Those are free except when the venue charges an entrance fee. I enjoy both kinds.