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Strobes popping from every direction. Be careful of the ladder–someone’s shooting from 10′ up. Never seen a ring light before, here’s how it works. Energy meter hovering between disco at 2 am on a Saturday and the opening bell on the floor at NYSE. Everyone is smiling, and shutters are clicking madly all around.

A mob of 75 photographers squeezed into Gateway Community Church in Draper. We had 8 set-ups and 9 volunteer models. Assembling a softbox, hoisting a backdrop, plugging in a sync cable–these were brand new experiences for at least half of our team. The newbies more than made up for experience with enthusiasm and got some great shots. No one was hurt by falling lightstands, everyone got to play, and the kid models left with $31 each in tips (Dad, can I go to the mall?) Thanks to Pictureline for the Canon and Nikon goodies for door prizes.

View before things got hopping, from the telescoping monopole vantage point.

Our Flickr pool already has many photos and an interesting discussion on the various set-ups, a ton of photos. Rich’s blog has a wrap-up; I offer some hard-won experience for other groups who want to plan a similar event.

On the way out, I overheard, “when we do this next year…”. Yikes! Let us recover from the Red Bull hangover before we start planning the next one.

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