Wikipedianer unter Profis

Wikipedian among professionals

Events you cant catch every day:

• Youth Olympic games in Innsbruck, Austria
• Royal Wedding of the Swedish crown princess in Stockholm, Sweden
• Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholn, Sweden
• International Soccer Match Austria vs. Romania
• Outfitting of the german olympic team for London 2012

Yield

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  slow sports - nice motives
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  m,any pictures to habe one good shoot
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  national anthem is a good time to take portraits
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  Opportunity: 1-2s
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  we all have the same shirt
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  30 kg of glas and metal
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  ISO 200 is impossible
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  the tubes of the others
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  utilities for identification
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Stockholm

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  Better view for Press
• Wikipedian at work
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  Somtimes you should dress up
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  Preparation: days. Opportunity: 3-5s
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  A good tele lens...
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  ...is really necessary, and a step ladder, too!
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  Find your space between the others
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  Fixing the last small issues...
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  Wikipedian at work
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  Press privilege
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  non-optimal light
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  Accreditaion

some useful hints

• be prepared
  • memory cards, batteries
  • memory cards, batteries
  • memory cards, batteries :)
  • umbrella, rain protection for everything
  • sunscreen
  • food, seat pad, something to read :)
  • talk to colleques
  • invesigate setting/place (pictures from last year?)
  • step ladder (2-3 steps)
  • 2nd body (you should be able to use it blindly)
  • be in time
  • protect your lens with tape
• accrediation
  • look for deadlines, last minute is too late
  • Wikipedia vs. Wikimedia Commons
  • letter from editor
  • Presscard?
  • other support: mail adress
  • printouts of important mails, telephone numbers, ... (security may be not informed...)
  • build up relationships
• No-gos
  • new, unknown technique
  • Flash
  • telephone on