Yep! 2-3pm on Friday, I am hosting a panel on the logistics of shooting analog photography in the modern world, and the basics of manual photography.

I decided, what the heck, since I have been shooing exclusively film at all the cons I go to, I would see if AZFC, usually desperate for programming, would approve it.

So, come and learn about all the cool cameras and film that is still avalable, and also how affordable and fun it can be!

Since this year's theme is "Noir" I will emphasize a lot of moody black and white photography you can do with film to give that 1950's look (as well as cameras from the era)

Hopefully see you there! And throughout the convention, just look for the dude with the huge old camera!

Uploading as fast as FA can handle!

Met some really awesome photogra-furs at Arizona Fur Con, such as  thedesertfox and  tesla-zeroz
DJs/the rave was also the best I have yet seen at a con, so I got mostly cool rave photos with swirly lights!

Anthrocon exceeded all my expectations. Being the second furry con I have attended (if you can count the tiny, first-year Arizona Fur Con), I really did not know what to expect. Is all the travel and cost of going cross country worth it?

I think AC offered exactly what I wanted – I got to meet the artists, writers, and musicians I have only heard of online, and buy some cool autographed loot!

The size of AC is really advantageous, giving me more than enough to do, even though I wasn’t looking to hang out with any particular people. It was particularly cool to see how many other analog photographers are in the fandom! It was great to meet  velantian and  tech_base in person. Also, I heard several fursuiters express shock or confusion as they saw my Polaroid camera as they walked by in the fursuit parade.

The best part for sure is just the culture of downtown Pittsburgh. Even compared to the much larger comic cons I have attended, AC in Pittsburgh is on a whole different level. The whole city goes all out to entertain and spectate the con. The hospitality was amazing, and it really helps to build up the illusion of actually being a whole furry city for 2-3 fantastic days.
Finally,  Rexraccoon and  demuto were gracious hosts, and I am glad they let me share their room (and bed (lol)) despite being much more experienced con-goers.

What is next for me? Well for now I need to focus on completing my Master’s, so don’t expect any other con appearances until next year’s Phoenix Comicon. In any case, I will absolutely consider attending any future Anthrocons whenever possible!

1)Twitter seems to be the best bet for communication, so find me at BluYote

2)And I am flying in overnight on a "redeye" Thursday night (because  rexraccoon  demuto and I couldn't get Thursday off at our respective jobs...). So I will be at the con starting ~1030am Friday

Yep! see you all there!!!

That is right! I will be at AC next week!

Flying in super early Friday Morning

Most excited about Kyell Gold's new book and Fox Amoore's new album.
...and meeting all of you, of course!

Gonna be in the Hampton Inn with  rexraccoon and  demuto

I know plenty of you photograFURs will be out in full force!
Including myself, as I will be bringing my entire stock of fp100c and some fp3000b instant film.

If I am distracted, the best way to get my attention is to wave any sort of ridiculously large, old, or famous camera in my face.

You will recognize me by my own ridiculously large/old/etc camera(s) http://www.furaffinity.net/full/12365929/
And my Coyote tail which lights up blue/teal at the raves!

See ya there!

I feel bad not updating this for so long... Expect a life update next week, but for now just letting everyone know that I will be at Phoenix Comicon all day Saturday and Sunday. I will be hefting along the Polaroid for most of the event, so come and bother me if you want a free photo!
Really excited to see what the event is like, as this is my 5th consecutive year and they are actually approaching the maximum capacity of the convention center!

until next time,
Shear

Yep, my first fur con and the first year of this con! Should be a blast! What has really prevented me from going to cons in the past is my insane school schedule and/or internships. In any case, I just found out that this brand new local con is at the same time as ASU's fall break!

So i set myself up with a Saturday membership. I suspect that many of my watchers, other than  rexraccoon and  demuto are not in AZ and thus are not going, but it would be really awesome to run into other cool people too.

I am planning to bring my polaroid camera: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11744189/
So just look for the guy lugging around this huge camera. I will be happy to take a photo of you in your fursuit...and I will even let you keep the polaroid! (Disclaimer: I can only feasably carry 4 packs of film (40 photos) so it will be first come first served!)

Anyways, see you there!

I decided to go to Phoenix Comicon with  RexRaccoon,  Demuto, and others. It was the fourth year I have attended and, wow, was it huge. Rumors are that the attendance was 20,000+ people, up from 13,000 last year. It was pretty insane trying to navigate Rex and Connor through the crowd. Other than that, it was very cool. Panels were a lot better than last year, the presenters were better prepared for sure.

This is also the first year I visibly went as a furry (wore a character badge). I was aslo wearing the Nordguard uniform from  Blotch 's comic and card game that I made last week. I will post photos as soon as I get them developed.

I also created an account just for my film photography. It contains some of my previous stuff now, but will also contain comicon photos as soon as I get them developed. Unfortunately, I took some photos with 110 film, thus I have to go to Tempe Camera to get that developed. Anyways, the other account is at  CoyoteWithACamera

Yo. First journal here. I feel like I should update this at least once a semester to give a life update...
Anyways, I finished up my last final exams on Friday and am so excited for what is come this summer!
Naturally, I wont be any less busy!
I got an internship with W. L Gore, one of the top companies for materials engineering, so needless to say I am super exited to get started there in June.
I'm squeezing in a few camping trips to Woods Canyon Lake and I got reservations for the north rim of the Grand Canyon (a great chance to use all my film cameras!)
I got accepted to graduate school at ASU, so I can continue on to my Masters degree right away.
In mid-June, my robotics team will be competing in Seattle at the MATE competition.
I'm attending Maker Faire San Francisco in a few weeks.
I MAY attend Phoenix Comicon in a few weeks too.

So yeah, fun times all around. Maybe I will start posting photos in my gallery too, so show what I am doing.

Keep it cool this summer, furries!
-Shir