Sydney: Chix portrait session

Sydney Chix want to play around with photography, and we're having an afternoon where we will take portrait shots of each other. We want this to be a fun learning experience, where we can practice being photographer and subjects, and hopefully end up with some nice shots of ourselves too.

If you're interested in using another medium (eg ink, paint, video) for portraits and similar things you are also invited to come along and ply your trade.

Please note that this event is for women only.

Event details

Location: Centennial Park, Sydney.

Wet weather: we will have alternative plans for bad weather, please RSVP so we can let you know.

Date: Saturday 8 November 2008

Time: Meet at 1pm at the corner of York Road and Oxford Street. (This location is very near Bondi Junction train station.)

If you're late we may have moved into the park, so we suggest making sure you RSVP and have a mobile number to use to find us. The photography session will begin with a quick intro to portrait photography techniques, by Alice Boxhall.

Bring:

1. picnic food and gear for lunch
2. a camera you want to use, and spares if you have them and are willing to lend them for the day. If you don't have one you can come anyway: others will lend you cameras. (You are not required to lend equipment, and if you are please make sure you have a good way to identify any equipment you bring!)
3. a large USB stick, USB hard drive or memory card so that we can give you copies of other people's photos of you.

RSVP: rsvp.sydney@au.linuxchix.org

Rules of play

We know that portraits are sensitive for some people. We'd like to make this fun for everyone, which means a couple of special rules for both photographers and subjects. (If you're using another medium, the equivalent rules apply.)

1. No observers. If you come to this event, you must be willing to get BOTH behind AND in front of the camera. We know some people dislike being photographed, and we hope this is a nice friendly environment you can be part of, but if you are not willing to be photographed at all please do not come.
2. Allowing for the no observers rule, photographers: ask participants before photographing them and stop photographing participants as soon as they ask you to.
3. All photographers agree to give the subjects a digital copy of all the photos that were taken of them, for non-commercial use by the subject. (We'll try and sort this out on the day for people who use digital.)
4. Photographers agree that any subsequent publication of the photos (including on the web for free) will only happen with the subject's consent.

If anyone wants to waive 2, 3 or 4 by all means let the photographers know on the day!

The portrait session will be followed by a movie night.