Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Ignite Portland 8 at Portland’s historic Bagdad Theater. The Ignite events are always fun, with a variety of fast-paced presentations on all sorts of crazy subjects. This event lived up to that description with topics including barbershop singing, makerbots, and pants-less comedians.
Ignite at the Bagdad is always a photographic challenge – the theater is very dark and I’m shooting without any strobes. Here are a couple images from the event, as well as my sponsor message. The event sponsors are featured in 30 second videos… I came on board rather last-minute, but I was able to put together a quick video for Hockley Photography.
Wednesday night is the eighth iteration of Ignite Portland. If you’ve never been to an Ignite event, I definitely recommend finding one in your area and attending. The presenters have five minutes to give their talk, accompanied by a slide deck of 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. It’s a challenging format for the speakers (I’ve given two Ignite talks… one on social network terms of service and one on railroad photography) and the presentations are nearly always top-notch.
I’m excited to be the in-kind photography sponsor for Ignite Portland 8. This will be the fifth time I’ve been the official photographer, and it’s always an interesting event from a photo standpoint since the theater is very dark with a variety of lighting in play. If you’re at the event (and especially if we’ve never met in person), be sure to say hello! I’ll be the guy wandering around with the cameras…
Rabbi David Kominsky talks about Spirituality in Community at Ignite Portland 4
I’m excited to be the official photographer for Ignite Portland, now in its sixth iteration this coming Thursday at the Bagdad Theater. Ignite events (held worldwide) feature a fast-moving format with interesting speakers on a variety of topics… all exactly 5 minutes long. Portland’s events are held at the Bagdad which provides a great setting (and some photographic challenges with interesting lighting).
one of the presenters at a past Ignite Portland eventHaving an event, ceremony, or presentation? Contact me about having it documented with some great photography.
