ShootFest 001 Unconference Overview
April 27th, 2009 by Grace Tan. Posted in About ShootFest |
What on earth is an unconference? And what’s this ShootFest about?
These are most likely the first 2 questions on your mind. An unconference is an informal gathering of likeminded people with a common interest. It’s a participant-driven conference, meaning everyone must participate in some way or another. We encourage everyone to present a topic or engage in a discussion during the 2-day sessions.
Each ShootFest is a media unconference primarily for photographers and videographers. This first one that is organised is themed The Wedding and is meant for professionals, freelancers and anyone interested in wedding photography and videography.
The benefits of ShootFests are knowledge-sharing, networking and raising the bar for the industry. If you feel you don’t want to share any of your kung-fu, then the unconference is probably not for you. We want to breed improvement for everyone, and need you to share your thoughts too.
When, Where, What???
Date: 6th & 7th June 2009 (Saturday & Sunday). We start at 10am. Register at 9am on Saturday.
Venue: Integricity office, Centrepoint Bandar Utama
Dress code: Casual. Do bring a jacket or scarf if you’re prone to get cold in air-conditioned spaces
Fees: RM50. And you’ll get a limited edition, never-printed-before T-shirt!
What should I bring?
- A water bottle. We are going green, and will not be providing paper or plastic cups.
- Name tag from a previous conference or talk. If you REALLY don’t have one, we’ll provide you with one.
- Notebook, if you have one.
- If speaking, bring the necessary VGA connector to hook up your notebook to the projector.
- Equipment (camera, camcorder - do take care of your own equipment, we will not be held liable for anything whatsoever)
- Namecards, bringing more is better than less.
FAQs
- Yes, wifi will be provided free.
- We are opening the conference to 80 participants.
- Lunches and dinners will be at your own expense. Light refreshments will be provided.
- We want to save the environment, and as such notes from sessions will not be printed. Slides will be uploaded online.
- If you’re coming from overseas and need accommodation, let us know, we’ll try to place you with someone (yes, someone nice).
Tagging
To reference anything about the ShootFest, we suggest we standardize and use ShootFest to tag content on Flickr, Slideshare, Facebook. For Twitter, do use the hashtag #ShootFest.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:46 am
yo yo yo… i coming and look for you for yamcha ya?
April 29th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Hey Jon ! Glad to see the blog is up. Thanks a lot. Guess I will start spreading the word around. CHeers n enjoy your Jerry session !
April 30th, 2009 at 8:50 am
looks interesting *faster check calendar*
April 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Argh…..I really reall really want to go to share and learn from everyone…. but engage with a job de…..
When is the next one? Please do another one….
April 30th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Would’ve loved to participate, but I’ll be in KK for a wedding shoot
Guess it’ll have to be the next one then. Just wondering, is it poss to have the next one on a weekday? I think many wedding photogs and videographers would be busy during weekends due to shoots no?
April 30th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Thanks everyone for your feedback.
Anna: We wanted it on a weekend so that we will also be able to get freelance photographers to participate. Not everyone is a full time photographer and able to come on weekdays. But it’s a good point, and we’ll take that into consideration for the next ShootFest.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I second Anna. 5-7th june is the busiest weekend for wedding photographers this year (i wonder why…) really love to join, but i’ll be busy during the weekend.. but its a good effort, i really support it.
April 30th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Great! I will be attending
April 30th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
cool! eh. Can a non wedding photographer and an amateur join in?
April 30th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Hi Wen Sen, sure you can if the topics are of interest to you. This event is for professionals and amateurs alike, so do come along!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
great news to share, will inform all my friends to support
Cheers
Stephen low
May 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Had registered!! Looking forward.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Hi Grace,
Im jackie,i really intrest to come for the shootfest, but i only free on 7.june.09 morning.
can i just drop by for 1/2 day?
-How much do i need to pay?
-Do u have any slot for morning sessions?
Regards,
Jackie
012-2122872
May 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Hi Jackie, Sure do come, some people cannot make it on Saturday or Sunday because of shoots. You would still need to pay RM50 and register yr details online. As for morning session slots on Sunday, we’ll see how we can rearrange things. What would you like to talk about?
May 14th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Goodness, just saw 6th June too. Won’t be free, is this 2 days occassion or we can pick any days?
May 14th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Jackie Jackie, how u been? same here la, Sunday will be OK for me to… C u there if there’s no changes.
May 14th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Hi, may i know what is the ending time for both days?
May 14th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Hi Maye, Please view the schedule here: http://shootfest.org/shootfest001-sessions/
William G, you can come for 1 or both days, it is up to you.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
when is the nxt conference?