Rebekah wrote: > Well guys, > > this year will be my first year at GFM. (yeah!) > > So, if anyone would kindly take the time....
Hey, I don't have anything better to do. > What do I bring? I've been known to bring photo chemicals. Most people bring a digital camera or four and every freakin' lens known to man. It's a prime opportunity to try out new gear, so if there's a lens/body/flash/etc. you'd like to manhandle, just ask. Someone is probably willing to drag it up the mountain for you. Bring clothing suitable for cool weather and rain. It always rains. Try to layer. It can get warm during the day and below 50 at night. > What do I leave behind? Leave behind your inhibitions, acrophobia, and any desire to smell good on Sunday. > When should I arrive? Friday afternoon is best. Check the GFM site for check-in times. > Where do I go to find you guys? Go up the hill, turn right at the Fuji blimps, follow the drunken revelry. > Should I bring food? YES! > What kind of food? We're not picky. > How much camping gear do I need? Make sure you have something warm to sleep in. Honestly, with all the crap we bring along you shouldn't really need much. > What are you packing in your camera bag and what do you suggest? Well, I'm packing a 645 and maybe a digital P&S. GFM offers a plethora of opportunities for macro, flora, fauna, landscape, wide-angle, telephoto, and goofball portraiture photography. If you can't decide whether to bring a lens, bring it. We're pretty much outside all weekend, so make sure you have the necessary stuff to keep your equipment clean and dry. If you follow the mountain goat on the death march, you might want to bring a camera bag suitable for climbing up very high and then falling down very low. Bring a tripod or a monopod. > Should I bring a laptop? If you are entering the contest and/or want to edit your photos on the mountain, you should bring a laptop. Otherwise, it's probably dead weight. Don't expect internet access. For that matter your cell phone probably won't work for shit, either. > Basically, can anyone tell a first-timer how GFM goes, what to bring, > and what to expect, and where to go? 1. Sign in. 2. Drink. 3. Welcome session. 4. Drink 5. Drinfk 6. poasldk out.l 7. Wake up late, miss the sunrise. 8. Breakfast. 9. Take photos. 10. Heart attack while trailing the mountain goat. 11. Drink. 12. Drink. 13. Dinner. 14. Drink. 15. Evening seminar, 1st session. 16. Evening seminar, 2nd session. You'll probably skip this one so you can go take sunset photos and/or drink. 17. Drnk 18.dirnk 19, e48hi 20. pass OOUT 21. Breakfast (miss another sunrise) 22. Morning seminars and awards ceremony (catch up on sleep and/or nurse hangover 23. Eat some lunch and pack your stuff. 24. Drive 8 hours after sleeping a grand total of 4 over the course of the weekend. 25. Spend the next year looking forward to doing it all over again. > Thanks....I'm so excited!! You should be scared. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
