Meetups

Each year we organize a weekend-long meetup in a major city somewhere throughout Europe. If you've ever been to a conference, you've probably noticed that it's afterwards, normally over dinner and drinks, that the social networking and collaboration really takes place. That's why it was decided early on to use the term "meetup" instead of "conference".

The city is really the first deciding factor in picking where to meet - it has to be somewhere that we know will have plenty of great photo opportunities.

Equally important is someone to help organize the event. Normally, he/she is a fellow photoblogger who volunteers their own time to help out.

The local photoblog community is really the third part of the puzzle. People would love to meet in the Alps, or on the coast, but it wouldn't be to meet other photobloggers!

Meetup list

Interesting facts

• Each year we recognize the person who traveled the longest distance in order to make our meetup:
• 2005 - Brandon flew over from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• 2006 - Alex flew over from Seattle, Washington
• 2007 - George drove 20+ hours from Bucharest, Romania
• Our very own Onno was featured in a commercial produced by Canon and MTV Europe, called "The Shot"
• Most of our photobloggers bring obscure or unique cameras to our meetups - toy cameras are still popular, Lens Babies (who always sponsors us!), Lynn with her Great Wall, Chrys with the TtV technique, cellphone cameras, Lomos, etc.
• Eric has literally walked every street in London, and has it documented on his photoblog.
• Many of our photobloggers don't just shoot as a hobby, we have professional photographers making a living at is, such as Rachel, Dave, John, Mark, and more...
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