Social Media Day Phoenix
July 1, 2010 by Brad · 1 Comment
This afternoon I attended the inaugural Social Media Day, as proclaimed by Mashable. The local incarnation was spearheaded by SocialMediaAZ.org and hosted at MADCAP Theaters in Tempe. I was as much a participant as I was an impromptu photojournalist. It just happened that my camera bags were packed as I was headed out the door, so I took a portion of my stuff with me. I have posted a small gallery of more images online at this link. As the photos show, I was particularly enchanted by the band, Bears of Manitou.
Other sponsors included SmashBurger, Mill Avenue District, City of Tempe, GoDaddy, and Social Media Club Phoenix.
* for the techies and photogs: If you were there, you may remember that the theater was never this bright. In fact is was downright dark! So how did I get this image? Here’s my recipe: Nikon D3s at ISO 5000, 1/30th sec shutter speed, f4.5, 24-70mm f2.8 lens at 32mm, 0 E.V., Manual Mode, with the camera actually resting on the projector that’s casting the image on the screen behind the speaker. In post: Lightroom 2.7 + Topaz Labs DeNoise4 + Topaz Labs Adjust4. The DeNoise4 was probably overkill, but I figured that this would be the key image of the evening, so I made sure it was as clean as it could be.