Re: [AGA-mcm] Amano Demo Edit -- done!

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

> Well, that wasn't as bad as I'd thought.  Only about a week of evenings
> and sneaky time during Thanksgiving weekend to get the demo finished.
> Compared to 2001, it was SOOO much nicer to have the three cameras left on
> the entire time, and I think we got better shots as well.

Awesome!

> One thing I noticed very clearly, though, was just how many people were
> spending the entire demo snapping off picture after picture.  It never let
> up, just constant flashes, pre-flashes, red-LED pre-focusing, cameras held
> in mid-air, etc.  I suppose it's the whole mentality of "it's digital, so
> I can shoot the entire thing and throw what I don't want away", but on
> looking at the tape, it really detracts.  It was ironic that one of the
> LEAST distracting folks was our official photographer, who spent most of
> his time in the back of the room.  I notice this also happened during
> Amano's talk -- there was a guy shooting almost every one of his
> powerpoint slides off the screen, and his red pre-focus light
> distracted..well..maybe just me (who knew it was a red pre-focus light).
> I don't much care about quality loss on the talks, as the material is
> nearly all replaced digitally, but maybe some others did notice.

The guy with the pre-focus drove me nuts.  And you and I weren't the only
ones.  One lady came up to me after the talk, really mad because we had said
no "flash photography" during the talk, and he had done that.  I finally had
to say to her, "What would you like us to do?  Arrest him?  We asked people
not to do it, but it's like cell phones some people won't listen anyway."
As far as the demo is concerned, I don't think the flashes are as
distracting during the live presentation because the room lights are up.
It's too bad it's so distracting on the DVD, but the convention is, first
and foremost for the attendees.  I think many of them would have been
disappointed if they couldn't take pix during the demo.

Karen


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