CONFIRMED- 28th of june meet/get to know the group

[Haim]

Okay, the meet will be on the 28th of this month which is a sunday at 2PM SHARP.

we meed at the winter garden car park thing (at the toilet end of the parking).... here is a map/photo


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3643560106_d7e958472d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/haimsadia/3643560106/)

what we would do there i might say since it's the first meet and it's not a car meet i think is just meet up people maybe exchage numbers and things and then maybe find something to shoot. or just walk around and see how it goes lol

IF it's raining i think that we should still meet but do something cool inside??

[David]

Good idea :D the 28th is good for me - this will be in Auckland? - we could possibly set up a group on meetup.com this will also attract new members to the forum :)

[arsenal69]

I am keen :)

Hopefully I am able to attend, will good meet some new people

[David]

hrrrm, actually that costs money and im saving for a motorbike... haha. if people are keen for this let me know and I can email out reminders / updates etc closer to the date.

[Fabolous]

Hey good idea, where would we meet though? I'm used to parking lot meets NZhondas styles but I guess we could do this indoors, maybe get something to eat...

[David]

I sent an email to Michael Provost the organiser of the Auckland digital photography meetup (http://www.meetup.com/The-Auckland-Digital-Photography-Meetup-Group/) asking him if he might want his group to get involved. They have about 57 members and usually around 10 people will show up to their events. Hopefully they are keen, the more the merrier :)

[Haim]

exactly guys! lets do something like this. and yes it will be on the 28th! Also It will be in a in-door place then we can decide or even throw up ideas here. i would like it to be somewhere around town so it will be close for everyone! also town has many spots to just shoot around.... but yeah.... lets see how we go... try to bring some more people out!! :)

[EGD]

i am pretty keen if i am still in auckland by then, was planning to go down to south island on 27th but hasn't confirmed the ticket yet.

[thirdkid]

sounds good..ill be keen on the holidays..

[James]

I'm used to parking lot meets NZhondas styles but I guess we could do this indoors, maybe get something to eat...
Parking lot meets ftw.
Possibly keen.

[weka2000]

Would be keen but that weekend I will be down Mt Maunganui

[Haim]

oh well, that's ok next time... i will orginise many other meets in the future.... ;)

[creepdontsleep]

haha, i'm keen :)

[Haim]

^^ As always!! :)

[creepdontsleep]

^^ As always!! :)

Hurry and get those exams over haim!

[Haim]

anyone got a locartion in mind?

[creepdontsleep]

Foodtown carpark in the city? being central, easy to find and plenty of carpark space.

[availablelight]

whats around that location to shoot? and do they get antsy about ppl parking there who arent shopping? 3 weeks ago i watched someone's car get towed out of a supermarket carpark for that exact thing...

[Haim]

that's downtown.... some city scapes and things like that..........

[availablelight]

hmm. be good to maybe come up with a specific location or two? some interesting buildings or such?

[Haim]

Okay, here are the ones i have in mind:

1) Somewhere around Princess Wharf - a whole lot of nice locations around there before sunset and after....
2) Some beach possibly mission bay of even Pt. Chev (personal favourite) it is close to town then we can possibly do some sort of a sunset thing...
3) Domain and winter garden?

The meet would be after mid-day.... either for the afternoon or something or just a little before sunset.

those are my ideas... i would like to finalise this by prtobably sat/sun this weekend so that we will have a week to have everyone see the location / times as apposed to having to decide on the last minute!

[availablelight]

im liking #3

[Haim]

anyone else happy with this or are there more suggestions?>!>!

[thirdkid]

damn..wont be able to make it till after 5 cos of work..sounds like itll be fun

[Haim]

yeah we might still be around or i will be so in that case u can text me we could meet up then.

[creepdontsleep]

#3 sounds sweeet.

[Haim]

CHECK PAGE 1 (http://www.photographersonline.co.nz/showpost.php?p=284&postcount=1)

[talan]

Awesome. See you guys there!

[availablelight]

prolly wont be there, got lunch at a g/f new house
have fun

[Haim]

Bump,

meet tomorrow!

[talan]

OK,

Hopefully the weather will hold up tommorow. If its foggy like today we may get some quite surreal shots.

We will still meet at the proposed location whatever the weather is like. If it's raining we can go to the museum or something like that. Maybe bring some warm clothes and crappy shoes if we go walkabouts on the grass.

2PM!

[smurff]

ill be there! :)

-smurff

[arsenal69]

Sweet I should be there too :)

[Haim]

See you all there. Hopefully we can have a good chat / yarn lol

[thirdkid]

so howd this go??wanted to come but work owns..well money owns haha

[creepdontsleep]

it went good actually!

we've decided that we'll have another meeting in 2weeks time.
Haim also suggested that we should all head out one day/night to shoot something all together at the same time. should be fun :D

I'll post some photos from today in the other topic folders and link it.

http://www.photographersonline.co.nz/showthread.php?p=807#post807 LINKED..

[talan]

Hey everyone. It was an awesome meet even when we had attrocious weather! Good to put some faces to some names.

At work now so hopefully will have some photos up tonight (Y)

[smurff]

carnt wait to see ur photos talan :)

-smurff

[David]

was good to meet you guys, and got some good pictures i might post some up later in the week.

Also that night i tried to get some shots of the lightning storm but it was too foggy so i just got flashes :S - first attempt. anyone know a good tutorial for taking pictures of lightning?

[thirdkid]

in 2 weeks huh??hmm hope ots not a weekend..really want to go but work both weekend days

[EGD]

was good to meet you guys, and got some good pictures i might post some up later in the week.

Also that night i tried to get some shots of the lightning storm but it was too foggy so i just got flashes :S - first attempt. anyone know a good tutorial for taking pictures of lightning?

What shutter speed were you using? i have read a decent topic about lightening photography once, and the guy was sayin use small aperture with really long shutter speed (ajust ur iso to suit) and just wait for the best :p

[David]

i had a quick look on some random website to find out what settings are best.

They said use low ISO 4 - 8 aperture and 30 seconds - bulb exposure

I tried this and got a couple shots with the lightning in it, but it just looked over exposed and i couldn't see the lightening bolt... possibly because of the fog?

[Haim]

it was real nice to meet everyone.... especially david and talan.....any way.... i didnt really get cool photos... i was more concentrating on talking to people i guess.... the next meet is in two weeks. i'll open a new thread!