Happy Holidays!

BEScavenger: A Photo Scavenger Hunt and Pub Crawl

Erin and I co-hosted a birthday party on Saturday night. Since we didn't have any experience with a mobile + tech event, I was worried about how it would come together. However, I was surprised to see how many people participated. And it was fun!

Here's how to roll your own mobile, real-time photo scavenger hunt:

• We bought several yards of fabric (one per team) and fashioned our own makeshift scarfs (this is an important if you want to be able to tell which team shot which photo, because that person or object could be shot with scarf in the frame)
  
  
• Before the event, we informed the guests to make sure they had the Flickr mobile application (and had an account ready to go)
  
  
• When guests arrived, we ate some appetizers and had a drink... then provided instructions on how to upload scavenger hunt photos to Flickr, and which tag to use (so we can aggregate the photos more easily)
  
  
• Once we assigned teams, we set off down Henderson Avenue, stopping by various bars
  
  
• At the end, we all met up at the same location to hang out and compare photos

Check out the results from our scavenger hunt, tagged BEScavenger. I shot some photos that night with my other camera and added them later.

You'll also notice that there are a few crazy ones that ended up in the pool, like Colleen and Tony's cat, who did not attend the scavenger hunt in real-time, but was later given honorary "red team" status.

Art Conspiracy 5

Art Conspiracy was neat. This was my first year to attend, and I was blown away at how many people contributed and how fun this event was. This even gets a strong recommendation from me!

Here's my first piece made with my new Canon 7D. Audio recorded with a Zoom H2.

Lessons Learned:

• Recording live audio in a warehouse is difficult. Don't move around because the location change picks up on the recording
• Stabilization is important. Waiting on help from Santa for some reinforcements
• Shooting with a DSLR is a little bit easier than the Canon HF10
• Don't buy memory for your camera from an overseas vendor. It's harder to return if you get a crappy dud (shame on you, flahsmemorymall and SanDisk!)
• Zoom H2 doesn't play nice with final cut. Conversion to AAC format required