Last Sunday, myself and 46 other photographers from the Austin Strobist flickr group got together for several hours of chaos shooting.

We had pooled our money and rented a swank downtown nightclub, Vicci for 5 hours.

We divided into 4 teams, each with approx. 10-12 photographers. We then rotated through the lighting setups and the models.

I was lead for team #4, and we started with shooting Zion – a model I’ve worked with before, who is great fun to work with. Full of energy, and always ready to laugh.

Next up were Carole and Garrett, a modeling couple here in town. They were great to work with, you got some more freedom in composition and posing, since you had two people to work with. I actually spent a few extra minutes after shooting with them to get a shot I’d had in mind:

The third model we shot was Michelle, a new transplant to Austin. She’s originally from Brazil and moved here less than a month ago.

The fourth model we shot with was Jessa – she’s been to the Strobist meets in the past. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any good shots from the shoot with her – we were experimenting with the lighting and when I reviewed my photos afterwards, I wasn’t happy with any of them.

5-6 hours of hectic creativity later, we all ended up going to Manuels (sp?) downtown for some dinner.

Much fun was had by all.