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Everyone Loves a Good Show

We love it when you come to Web414, we really do, but we know you can't always make it, heck sometimes we can't make it, but we try...

You probably know we have what we like to call a "Staff Photographer" in John December, and we thank him for his efforts, but hey, we welcome anyone to come and take photos, and share them with the world under an open license. It's all good...

While photos are a great way to document the show/event/meeting, whatever it is - we also love to broadcast it live to the world, and that's where you come in. You've probably seen that Gabe and I set up cameras and record the show, and we usually try to stream it as well, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, so we're looking for people to help with these tasks. Do you want to be in charge of a video camera? Moving it around, pointing it at things? Do you want to stream it live from your laptop so someone (besides Gabe!) can keep an eye on it? Do you want to follow the IRC channel for people not there, in case they have questions/comments? Do you want to bring some mics and give us actual audio for the stream watchers to hear?

We'd love for people to help out with these things... just show up, and let us know what you want to do, and we'll try to accommodate you, and thank you, and love you.

So... what can you do for Web414?

good media experience

I'd encourage anyone who wants to build their skills in photography or video to participate as Pete describes... It is a great opportunity to experiment, learn different techniques, and have a real, live event to record. I've learned more about photography at web414 meetings than anywhere: I've gained advice from other photographers and tried new techniques. Web414 is where I learned about flickr for the first time! I've improved my low-light photography of people. I've learned about creative commons licenses. And more! I'm glad to see photos in the pool showing the people and places of web414 over the years...

So if you are interested in improving your skills, you can produce media to record and immortalize web414 meetings plus be creative at the same time... join in for video or photography work .. a great way to learn.