I’ll start by saying – please note, this is Sydney, not Melbourne, we kept our clothes on. Mostly. (Thanks to J.R. for pointing this out)
We started off just before sunset – so everyone could shoot that pretty little boat that was in. Hoping for a sunset…not much happened in the sky unfortunately.
Then we moved up, as it got dark. More views of the bridge, and boat, and opera house.
Andrew had his own ideas about where everyone should sit – here he is now filling us all in
Then there were jazz hands – Andrew again
We came across a red carpet, for which there seemed to be no event
We stopped for some refreshments at a local place – they quickly recognized our celebrity status and gave us a table for 12 – ahead of a long line of people. Cool.
John let me play with his 70-200 f2.8. I must say, size does matter, and yes I enjoyed it.
There were some interesting characters on the trip
But eventually we all got so tired…it was time to go home
EDIT: Excellent suggestion from David below – tag your work from the night with RBSYD0208 so we can all find it!
David Lay, 6 months ago
Awesome – thanks for taking us along!
skunk, 6 months ago
Looks like everyone had fun. Good stuff!
Lee Burgess, 6 months ago
Nice work Sara!!!! :D
Good to see you guys got home safe!!
Gino Iori, 6 months ago
Sara, thanks for organising the shoot – it was great meeting up with other Redbubblers & having some fun together
Lorraine Creagh, 6 months ago
Looks like you guys had a good night.
bodymechanic, 6 months ago
i was there in spirit,hey u started and finished here!! i was no more than 500m from u guys at all times! and yes the QE2 is huge i seen it dock early in the morning,it woke me!
David Iori, 6 months ago
Thanks for organising the shoot Sara, was great to meet everyone, and we should do this more often.
Hey Sara just a thought,why don’t we tag our shots of the night shoot… say RBSYD0208 so its easy for all to see all of our crazy work on the night.
Brett Keith, 6 months ago
Well put together Sar’..Looks like Michael had a relaxing night….
Mark German, 6 months ago
Ha :)
Nice one Sara. That 4th shot is great, by the way ;)
Glad you guys had fun.
Andrew Bosman, 6 months ago
Pushy bastard aren’t I?
Sara Lamond in reply to Andrew Bosman’s comment, 6 months ago
You make an excellent artistic director
champion, 6 months ago
Thanks Sara for making last night happen. It was fun to meet some of you. I enjoyed it.
Sara Lamond in reply to champion’s comment, 6 months ago
Glad you enjoyed it – hopefully the next meet won’t be so long in the making!
mayuphoto, 6 months ago
Congrats for a successful night short tour! Hope to join for the next time – around Oxford St area : )
Sara Lamond in reply to mayuphoto’s comment, 6 months ago
yes…. Oxford St / Kings Cross is calling…
ozlat, 6 months ago
i’d say you’ll get plenty more interesting characters round that part of town
David Mapletoft, 6 months ago
Hi RBer’s…..
I’d like to say thanks for organising the shoot and appologies for not staying with the group.
The reasons i went the opposite direct are that neither I nor my friend and brother were keen on the huge crowds around the quay; for me the backstreets of the rocks would have been finer on such a busy evening, i didnt know about the boat being in;
May I suggest a bit of a mud map (to be shared pre shoot) for the next meet-up; i’m all for exploring, but for me the opera house and bridge have been done to death over the past 30 years of taking pics; we actually ventured over to the north side, kirrabilli, where the crowds were non existant. My friend had NEVER been over to kirrabilli, in all 30 yrs of her life living in Sydney !! We shot around luna park and the cityscape looking south.
I am keen to come out and play again, and dont mind a bit of organising the event…watch this space!
Have fun, catch some of you sometime soon.
Regards,
David
Sara Lamond in reply to David Mapletoft’s comment, 6 months ago
No problem David – we only spent a while around the quay, then we wandered through the rocks – got really good locations – you should’ve stuck with us!
Sara Lamond in reply to David Mapletoft’s comment, 6 months ago
pssst – we did have a plan by the way, which I sent out via email and posted in the forums, and told everyone about the ship being in….And actually we followed that plan pretty closely, other than loosing a few people – it’s difficult to organize people when not everyone keeps up with what’s going on.