Inspired by @ValeriaA_'s WorldWide 360° Photography meet up, @SalmaanN from Bangalore organized the Bangalore chapter! We had a low RSVPs of 4 people and finally just the two of us, Salmaan and I made it to the event!
I was looking forward to meeting the others as I had brought some Connect Live goodies and chocolates and wanted to share it. ? Another time perhaps!
The meet up started at 10:30 AM and Salmaan and I clicked a few photos of the exteriors of the Government Aquarium building, which was the starting point of the meet up.
To click the interiors of the store, we had to take permissions. A few of them declined, but the rest allowed us. Our last stop was Deepam Silks, a famous saree store. A very funny thing happened. When we enquired for permission, the receptionist asked us to give the store a 5-star ratings and then let us proceed! There we met the store manager who took us to his cabin and we explained who we were and the purpose of clicking pictures. We discovered that the owner himself was a level 6 Local Guide! After a few minutes of talking, we clicked a few photos of the store and thanked the owner and left! Throughout our photo walk, we were met with curious eyes asking what this equipment was.
The meet up ended at 12:15 pm. It was a simple and short event. This event wouldn’t be possible without our Theta V received from the Street View team during Connect Live 2018. Thank you once again!
It was so great to meet you again Salmaan and i enjoyed our meet up. ?
From my personal experience, it is indeed a bit tricky when needed permissions to capture photos or videos at premises. As the case of your last stop at the saree shop, the owner have made a really interesting exchange, kudos to all parties on that case!
Regarding the exchange - please make sure to review the Local Guides Rules, as Local Guides should not accept sponsorship in exchange for contributions on Google Maps. For example, you shouldn’t agree to write positive reviews about a business that sponsors a meet-up — or negative reviews about its competitors. This applies to the Local Guide hosting the meet-up and to all attendees.
P.s: Really fascinating photos you have managed to capture!
Congratulations @vvbellur for hosting a meetup and from the looks of it, it was successful no matter the size. I loved the quality of the pictures, seems you are a pro in a short time
Can’t wait to see more pictures in the 360 photo album!
@Tula , Thanks Faraz. It was @SalmaanN who hosted the meet up! I really enjoy clicking 360 and leaning each time. I need to figure out the correct angle, right height, etc to improve the quality of the pics.
Surprisingly @vvbellur , ALL my meet-ups were well attended. Therefore I salute your gut and that of @SalmaanN for going ahead with your meet-up in spite of non-turnout of other Local Guides in that community.
First of all, thank you so much for supporting me to host the meetup, @vvbellur . I truly appreciate your effort asking many stores for allowing us to take 360photos. I totally enjoyed explaining about this 360camera when people asked about it on streets during meetup. Finally, I learned it is not numbers which makes a meetup successful, it is the effort what we do in the meetup to make it successful. Thanks again for all of your efforts. As always, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Looking forward to meeting you soon.
It was a wonderful experience in the Meetup. Walking on the streets with 360 camera which is mounted on the stick, taking it high for every reasonable distance, capturing 360 photos, explaining people about what it is. Enjoyed every bit of it. The interesting part was talking with store managers. Few didn’t allowed to take 360s as they are not aware of its benefits. I would love to participate/host meetups like this whenever I get chance. Thanks!
Thanks alot for your encouragement, @StephenAbraham Anna. Looking forward to the day when you will be exploring with us here in Bengaluru. Thanks again, Anna!
@vvbellur I too face the same problem, he exact techniques in taking the right quality photos, hopefully overtime with enough exploring we can get the hang of it