GeekFest 2009 St. Pete, FLA
September 17th, 2009 by Rob Hart
Last weekend I ventured down south of the Mason-Dixon Line for GeekFest 09, a gathering of rabble rousing visual journalists that need a place to commune. Corey Perrine called it Camera Camp. Officially it’s the annual gathering of members from the AphotoAday community. Melissa Lyttle always drops some inspirational speakers on us: Sam Abell, Bryan Moss, Damon Winter, , Allison V. Smith and her Superficial Snapshots, Pat Farrell, Dai Sugano, Bob Croslin, Nicole Fruge, and many other geeks I dearly love.
My friend John H. White always talks about the the need to recharge your batteries, to build your photographic armor, to bask in some PJ love. (video here) These are all people who have a common goal, to document, to tell stories with their cameras, to be awesome visual servants. Everyday in newsrooms it gets heavy, everyday my phone goes nuts with car crashes, shootings, fires, stabbings. You gotta find the small slice that lifts your soul and makes you want to be better. To tell better stories, to effect more change. I love my geeks. I miss them already. But it’s nice to be home and working.
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September 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Oh how we miss you too, Rob.
Let me know when the Chi can fit in two more.