Basel Strobist

Some of you probably know that I regularly visit David Hobby's webpage called Strobist. Amongst this page there exist a big photo community, attending and actively participating David Hobby's lighting tutorials. These photo communities meet and exchange photos and know-how in Flickr groups. The most popular is for sure David Hobby's Strobist Flickr group. Many local spin-offs exist and so also one for Switzerland, the Swiss Strobist Flickr group.

And the newest baby is the Basel Strobist Group. Jens Winkler, himself a strobist fan, brought this group up. He asked if anybody in the Basel region would have interest in doing David Hobby's Lighting 102 tutorials.

When I saw this announcement, I did not hesitate to sign in. It has been quite a time now since I was looking around for some photo friends in my living area.

Last Tuesday, we met the first time. It was a very cool evening where we introduced ourselves, discussed a lot and finally also took some photos. Thanks guys for that time, I'm looking forward to the next meeting!

So, here is one shot of our first meeting. I will keep you readers up to date about our further work (ehm, better said: fun). You can also find my homework in the gallery.

Photo by Jens Winkler. Strobist info: 430 on 1/32 with Tungsten gel and Kellogs Bag, 20cm away, bending from 9 to 11, Camera on 3500 K, IS0 100, f5,6, 1/200