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What do you do with all those photos?

by Randy Stewart on September 15, 2009

in Conferences, Ignite Seattle, Photos, Video

What do I do with all those photos? This is a question that I frequently get asked from folks at events I photograph.

At the last Ignite event, I took 1600 photos and posted 46 of them (just about 3%). Not all of the unposted photos were duds, but they weren’t as good as the photos that I did post. While I want to thoroughly cover an event, I try to post only the best photos of the night.

Portraits in a Dark Theater

Taking pictures at many events (especially Ignite) are challenging due to unique and difficult lighting situations. Couple that with people who are moving around a lot and talking about something that they are passionate about, capturing a passable photo, let alone a good one can be hard.

I aspire to always 1. make the person look as good as possible and 2. capture the essence of the speaker and their material. Occasionally, I succeed.

Looking over my shoulder

Here’s a quick, three minute video (really a super-fast slideshow) that shows you the photos I posted among all the pictures that I took. Hopefully it conveys the pruning and curating process I go through before I post a photo set.

You can watch the HD version on YouTube and the final photo set from Ignite Seattle 7 is here.

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Gnomedex 9 Recap in Photos

by Randy Stewart on September 4, 2009

in Events, Gnomedex, Photos, Pictures

Filed under: better late than never.

Gnomedex 2009 marked my 4th Gnomedex and it seems that they get better every year. Gnomedex has always made me think in ways I hadn’t thought, meet people I had not met and do things I wouldn’t otherwise do. I view going to Gnomedex as a kind of engineered randomness with known constraints.

Gnomedex is also a place for me make new friends and to catch up with friends that I don’t get to see all that often. This year was no different (although I did miss one person in particular). Drop me a line if I haven’t said hi after this year’s Gnomedex.

Words, rather than photos

If you’re looking for a wrap up or summary of Gnomedex 2009 in words, rather than pictures, here are few of best that I’ve read.

Gnomedex 2009 Pix

Here are my favorite pictures from this year’s Gnomedex (some of which have been posted over on my photoblog).

Frank Eliason (@comcastcares) - Gnomedex 2009

Frank Eliason – ComcastCares

Betsy describes Bing's ad budget - Gnomedex 2009


Betsy Aoki

Gnomedex 2009

Printed head from Bre’s Maker Bot 3d printer.

Lee LeFever and Kris Krug - Gnomedex 2009


Lee LeFever and Kris Krug

Fierce Buzz - Gnomedex 2009

Danielle Sipple (@fiercekitty) and Buzz Bruggeman

Mark Horvath - Gnomedex 2009


Mark Horvath

Amber Case - Gnomedex 2009 (crop)


Amber Case

Beth Goza (crop) - Gnomedex 2009


Beth Goza

Thanks

Big thanks to Chris Pirillo and all the folks that put on Gnomedex every year. Their tireless hard work that makes Gnomedex very special to me every year is very much appreciated.

More photos from my Gnomedex 2009 photoset

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Ignite Seattle 7 in Photos

August 4, 2009

Here are my favorite pix from Ignite Seattle 7. See more about Ignite Seattle here.

Seattle PI’s Big Blogger, Mónica Guzmán implores us to put down the iPhone

Todd Sawicki talks about the beauty of ballet

Jessica Hagy on Lies to Ignore

Mehal Shah tells us how to Fight Dirty in Scrabble

Scissors beats paper

More pictures after [...]

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The Naked Truth in Photos

July 10, 2009

Here are some of the pictures that I took and notable quotes from The Naked Truth event in Seattle on July 9, 2009. The event was held by Redfin, Madrona, Fenwick & West and Square 1 Bank.
Fred Wilson

“what’s the worst kind of failure? one that takes a long time and costs alot of money” [...]

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Pictures from Social Media Club Seattle June Meetup

July 2, 2009

Had a great time at last week’s Social Media Club Seattle meetup. Met lots of interesting folks and took a number of photos.
Little known fact – I was the first to give it a go as a Social Media Club organizer here in Seattle, but life got in the way of me doing it [...]

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Pix from the npost demo event

June 24, 2009

Here are some of my favorite pix from last night’s npost event. Thanks Nathan for organizing gathering of so many good startups.
More pictures are in my npost Flickr set.

TA McCann points to the future

The Crowd

Jeff Lawson

David Jennings

Amplitude measures the response

More pictures are in my npost Flickr set.

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Seattle 2.0 Awards pictures

May 12, 2009

Here are some of my favorite pix from the Seattle 2.0 Awards on May 7, 2009.

Jonathan Sposato

Glenn Kelman

Danielle Morrill

John Cook

Greg Huang

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Pictures from Ignite Seattle 6

May 6, 2009

Here are my favorite pix from April 29th’s Ignite Seattle 6 event.

How and Why to Give an Ignite Talk – Scott Berkun

Intangible Method – Scotto Moore

The Psychology of Incompetence – Ron Burk

Geek Girl: A life Story – Maya Bisineer

Decoding Sticks and Waves – Ken Beegle

The Sanity Hacks of a Stay At Home Mom – Jen [...]

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Ignite Seattle’s Triumphant Return

April 15, 2009

After it’s globe stomping success, Ignite Seattle returns to Seattle on April 29, 2009. From its humble beginnings here in Seattle, Brady and Bre’s 5 minute talks, with auto-advancing slides (aka a night out at the bar with geeks) has expanded to a world wide phenomenon (and a show from O’Reilly).
There have been Ignite [...]

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Gnomedex 2008 Aftermath

August 25, 2008

Actually, other than being tired from having a four week old child at home and shooting 1000 pictures (thankfully, I didn’t post all of them), this year’s Gnomedex was distinctively lacking in an aftermath.
No controversy (I think) and lots of great speakers, ideas and attendees wrapped this year’s meetup into the best Gnomedex yet. [...]

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Heading to Maker Faire 2008

May 2, 2008

About to get on a plane and head down to the San Francisco Bay Area for the annual Maker Faire this weekend.
This is the first Maker Faire I’ve attended and I’ll be bringing Heather and Olivia in tow for the event. We’re all pretty excited for some hard core nerdery this weekend.
What is the [...]

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Seattle Social Media Club Meeting Tonight

May 1, 2008

I’m doing a talk tonight at the Seattle Social Media Club Meeting tonight about using Twitter for business purposes.
Here’s the skinny:
Seattle Social Media Club
A Published Stream of Consciousness: Do Business and Micro-blogging Mix?
Thursday, May 1, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Text 100 Office
Micro-blogging services such as Twitter are continually growing in popularity, but many business people are [...]

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SXSWi 2008 in pictures

March 13, 2008

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
I’ve been taking pictures of events for almost a year now and SXSWi was clearly the biggest event that I had undertaken. South by Southwest is both rewarding and grueling in the sense that meeting great folks, learning new things, trying to upload photos in somewhat real time while trying to [...]

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Ignite Seattle pix

February 20, 2008

I’ve posted my pix from last night’s Ignite Seattle event.
Ignite Seattle is a tech geek meetup held semi-irregularly that brings out some of the best and brightest in the Puget Sound region.
Had a great time and hope the next one isn’t so far off in the future. Wish my pix were better, [...]

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Ignite Seattle 4 – Hot night in Seattle

August 9, 2007

Ok, so it was a smidge warm inside. Why I thought wearing a long sleaved shirt was a good idea, I’ll never know.
I try very hard to not be one of those people who incessantly compare this to that, saying it was better when blah blah blah. I remember lamenting at Ignite 3 [...]

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Ignite Seattle tonight (with a special Social Media Club half-time meetup)

April 5, 2007

See… I’m back on the bike. Really, I blog regularly… really.
Tonight in Seattle for one night only, Ignite! If you are a geek in Seattle and haven’t made it out to an Ignite Seattle event, you are truly missing out.
Bre Pettis and Brady Forrest from O’Reilly are brilliant hosts for what has been [...]

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