Now the countdown gets serious as we plan & prep for Kumoricon 2011. This will be my third consecutive year running PhotoBooth at Kumoricon.
The first year I offered free time in PB & charged for the images online. I got swamped with people & had a blast. But did not turn a profit.
The second year I charged for PB time & gave away the images. PB got slow & borring at times but I was able to spend a great deal of time with a few really interesting subjects. I still lost money.
Both years I had a lot of fun, got 100's of great images, and met really cool people. What I have in mind for this year is again new. Free PB time & free images with a tip jar in PB. My photography is my hobby so anything I earn goes into new equipment to make future PhotoBooth's even better. If 10% of con comes to PhotoBooth & half of them donate $10 - $20 each, then next year I will have more lights & more ways to make PB even better. If I dont make money then "oh well" I had fun, met cool people, & got 100's of great images. Also, a fellow photographer experienced at running PhotoBooths made a impression with me that boiled down to "If there is no profit, there is no reason." That impression gave me a very clear view of somthing I do not want to emulate. Thus, This year in PB at Kumoricon is all about the fun.
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This year I will also spend the majority of my time at con in PhotoBooth rather than trying to shoot the whole event and PB. I will shoot a few of the sub-events (opening / closeing, Cosplay chess) but you will find me in PB most of Kumoricon.
Please bring a USB drive with you with at least 3gig of free space if you want to play in PhotoBooth. I should be able to put images on your USB drive within about 30min of your time in PB*. You will get the original RAW file of each image as well as a full size jpg without watermarking (suited for printing) plus a small jpg with watermarks (Kumoricons' & Mine) suited for online use. If PB gets super busy me & my team may need more than 30min to give you your images. I will have some blank DVD's I can burn for those that forget a USB, but that can get spendy on top of other con costs.
Please remember your USB drive. At con I will be on the 2nd floor of the Hilton in the "Birch" room. I have been told by Jamiche that I will really like the space the con has in mind for me. Props to Jamiche for making PhotoBooth possible at con for three years now. Hazzah Jamiche!!!!!!!!
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Here is my "Studio Samples" gallery on my web page with many images from cons past
http://www.seespottprint.com/My-Work/Studio-Samples/12961583_CkWMu#1017602890_8vBZMMy latest gallery on my On The Spott PhoTography Facebook page is "Cosplay'n with Spott". Take a look, this & more are coming with me to con.
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