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Re: first day of the conference
qsecofr88888 2007-Jun-16 12:57:00
nice report... keep coming :-)
--- In #removed#, "G. Donald Bain" <dbain@...> wrote:
>
> I hope everyone is doing well with their efforts on the theme
> "community". Some of us have been fortunate enough to be in the
midst
> of our own special VR community, at the International VR
Photography
> Conference here in Berkeley.
>
> The conference kicked off last night with dinner for some of the
> IVRPA board and others at my house. Today was a long and
entertaining
> day, with VR-101 most of the day, then Beer on the Balcony. It was
an
> unusually hot day (for Berkeley), but the fog came rushing in
just
> before sunset and cooled it down.
>
> It was great to see old friends, and to meet in person so many
that I
> have known only through e-mail. Most of those in attendance were
in
> fact WWP participants. The number of cameras, tripods, VR mounts
and
> other fancy gadgets was really amazing. There was hardly a moment
> when someone wasn't taking a panorama.
>
> My computer lab was open until 9 and a number of panos have been
> finished and are already on-line. Tomorrow there will be more -
lots
> of views of the VR community, gathered together here.
>
> The panos are being posted here:
> http://conference.ivrpa.org/gallery
>
> The first one, taken by Ian during dinner at my house, stars our
new
> 6-week old kitten, Pilgrim. There is only one cat, we just passed
him
> around - no cats were harmed during the making of this panorama.
The
> people are (from opening shot, going left) Tessa Hoeben, Aldo
Hoeben,
> Kat Bennett, Landis Bennett, Maura Cheatham, Mike Quan, Bob
Fisher,
> myself, my wife Nora Weldon, Jan van der Woning, and Ian Wood.
> Pilgrim appears eight times.
>
> The one of all of us in a circle under the oak trees, taken after
> lunch today by Gary O'Brien is just the first of a series - half
a
> dozen people in turn shot the group like this, with variations in
> equipment and style.
>
> Only about half the participants arrived today. Tomorrow we have
> vendor demonstrations during the day and the WWP Reception in the
> evening. Since the computer lab will be open all day I expect to
see
> a lot more panos appear on the site. Enjoy!
>
> Don
>