MonocerosMedia taking a break this year
Nov. 14th, 2009 06:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikJust to officially mention it in the journal: I'm not going to run the photoshoot this year at FC. Kyreeth is doing it solo this time around. Between my back issues of late and the unknown new hotel I figure it's just a good year to take a break from photography things. That's not to say that I won't bring the camera and snag random photos; just no huge studio setup for me this time around. I've never actually just attended FurtherConfusion; I've always worked it instead. The first year I hosted the Yerf! party, and I've been running a photoshoot every year since.
Next year my idea is to attend as a media services dealer instead of a photographer. By then I should have convention-portable versions of the laser engraving and fine art printing gear. My idea is to be able to do fine-art level prints for artists and attendees directly at the convention, as well as sell both wooden and metal tags (no plastics, though, due to the scent they generate during cutting) made-to-order. It's a more fun place I'd like to take Monoceros Media than just the portrait-studio work. My goal would be to make it reliable enough that artists could depend on me to be able to print work at-con if they couldn't travel with it, both for art-show quality stuff and print sales.
Of course, if any photographer-type wants to hook up with me and run a photo booth while we run the software/storage/printing ends behind it (an expansion of what we've done in past years), I'd love to hear from you; we could use a good cameraman! And yes, I'd let you use my camera gear, though you'd still need to rent flashes/backdrop (which I can assist with).
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Another side question. If I could find a way to bring just the mega-printer this year, would anybody make use of it? Or do you think it'd be better to just leave it home this time and try just being a normal con-goer instead?
Next year my idea is to attend as a media services dealer instead of a photographer. By then I should have convention-portable versions of the laser engraving and fine art printing gear. My idea is to be able to do fine-art level prints for artists and attendees directly at the convention, as well as sell both wooden and metal tags (no plastics, though, due to the scent they generate during cutting) made-to-order. It's a more fun place I'd like to take Monoceros Media than just the portrait-studio work. My goal would be to make it reliable enough that artists could depend on me to be able to print work at-con if they couldn't travel with it, both for art-show quality stuff and print sales.
Of course, if any photographer-type wants to hook up with me and run a photo booth while we run the software/storage/printing ends behind it (an expansion of what we've done in past years), I'd love to hear from you; we could use a good cameraman! And yes, I'd let you use my camera gear, though you'd still need to rent flashes/backdrop (which I can assist with).
Another side question. If I could find a way to bring just the mega-printer this year, would anybody make use of it? Or do you think it'd be better to just leave it home this time and try just being a normal con-goer instead?
