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As its meant to be summer now with everyone finishing uni and quitting their jobs to spend time on the beach, people have been talking on IRC of a photo forum meetup. There aren't any dates or places yet but we are basically looking for a big event with lots of things to photograph. My initial thought was the Mersey River Festival. Why? Simply because it had planes, boats, people, events, etc. There was a whole host of things for people to shoot. However its cancelled :D So we're looking for really great events. There are a few cool things happening in Liverpool this summer.

Hub - Urban Street Festival - July 22/23rd

An open street course for BMX, skate and inline, amateur competitions held
Live bands, DJs and breakdancing competition
New for 2006 - Dirt Jump track
55 Graffiti artists from the UK, Europe and USA create 250m of street art
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Matthew Street Festival - August Bank Holiday Monday

Lots of bands and live music. Great street photography. I'm hoping to get a press pass for this event so I'm not sure how available I would be. I'm just dreaming at the moment though :)
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Brouhaha International Street Festival - 29/30 July I think

Lots of people dancing and things on stage in Liverpool. Theres meant to be a bollywood performance at the Met Cathedral. Great for street photography and things.
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Anyone got any other ideas? Try not to limit people to a certain type of photography or something that requires certain lenses. Its just about meeting everyone and having a good time.
 
Any ideas for something a little more central that perhaps a few more people may be able to attend? Just liverpool is quite northern, wouldnt be that much of a problem for me but people who are much further south of here would be having quite a hefty travel on their hands.

I do like the idea though :)
 
Is this an over 18 meet only? Or are under 18s allowed (I'm only 17, its only if your all off to the pub etc)
 
Cool idea. I could make liverpool financially (book in advance and train tickets aint so bad) - but with it being about seven hours either way, I'd have to leave as soon as I arrived!
 
love the idea of meeting up, allways wanted to meet you guys, i love all of your different styles of photography. I would really be interested in the skate boarding/hip-hop/breakdancing event at the urban street festival.

Ive heard that Liverpool is a great place to go to and i have always wanted to go.
May have a new 70-200L with a 1.4 coverter to play with also :)
 
Gamefreak ~ By train it'll take you about 3 hours.
If you book in advance a return will cost ~ £50 - two singles are cheaper if you can manage to get the cheap tickets, but they're scarce. At best you're looking at two singles at £17 each, but you're more likely to only be able to get the £23 singles.

You can knock money off that if you have any sort of railcard.

Hope that helps.
 
lukechad said:
Any ideas for something a little more central that perhaps a few more people may be able to attend? Just liverpool is quite northern, wouldnt be that much of a problem for me but people who are much further south of here would be having quite a hefty travel on their hands.

I do like the idea though :)
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I picked Liverpool simply because I know the place and the events coming up. The events offer a variety of types of photography and oppourtinities being located in the city center. If anyone knows of any better events coming up we could goto then I'm all for it :)
 
howell80 said:
love the idea of meeting up, allways wanted to meet you guys, i love all of your different styles of photography.
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agreed. would be nice if it could be more central though, as said it would be easier for most people to get to i would imagine.
 
hoodmeister said:
Gamefreak ~ By train it'll take you about 3 hours.
If you book in advance a return will cost ~ £50 - two singles are cheaper if you can manage to get the cheap tickets, but they're scarce. At best you're looking at two singles at £17 each, but you're more likely to only be able to get the £23 singles.

You can knock money off that if you have any sort of railcard.

Hope that helps.
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Cheers, thanks, that helps!

3 hours ain't so bad!

Any idea when it starts? Wondering whether I should set off on Sunday or Monday
 
Sounds like a good idea. I've just been on another forum-type photo meet and travelled from Southampton to Whitby which is more northern unless you're Dod and it's still southern...:D

It was a great weekend too. Good weather, great pics and good to meet the others. And we all stayed up Friday night for the Saturday morning dawn shoot.
 
milou said:
Sounds like a good idea. I've just been on another forum-type photo meet and travelled from Southampton to Whitby which is more northern unless you're Dod and it's still southern...:D

It was a great weekend too. Good weather, great pics and good to meet the others. And we all stayed up Friday night for the Saturday morning dawn shoot.
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id think about this but its a looooong way up norf from here :D

I really enjoyed the london meet (apart from the cold!)
 
Train tickets from London to Manchester are £12.50 for singles if you book enough in advance, but limited to morning/evening travel. I think some of them trains go onto Liverpool too probably for a couple of quid extra, if not then it's about £10 return to Liverpool from Manchester. With a railcard that works out at less than £30 :)

I'd be interested in meeting up definately!
 
I would say a definate yes to Liverpool, but we are in the early throws of selling the house and buying a new one, so timing is probably going to stop me! The August one is out cos I'll be in Ireland or on the way back at least.

If a date is set by you guys, I may be a late decider!

Sorry I can't contribute to places, unless you want to come to Peterborough...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! :D Cathedral is nice tho!

AB
 
AndyBorzi said:
I would say a definate yes to Liverpool, but we are in the early throws of selling the house and buying a new one, so timing is probably going to stop me! The August one is out cos I'll be in Ireland or on the way back at least.

If a date is set by you guys, I may be a late decider!

Sorry I can't contribute to places, unless you want to come to Peterborough...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! :D Cathedral is nice tho!

AB
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Nowt wrong with boro ;)
 
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