It was a geek blogging heaven this past weekend in Vancouver when the annual Northern Voice blogging conference stormed the campus of the UBC. Highlighting its sixth year of existence Northern Voice came back bigger and better than ever. Two days with multiple tracks and over 500 attendees, this conference showcased some of the best and brightest in the blogosphere of Vancouver.
Citizen journalism is nothing new to our world of available technology. It has become second nature for people to capture their experience, events or news in their environments on their phones, cameras or computers. We live in a world were journalism is an action and all of citizens have stepped forth into that call to action.
So this week has been full of exciting news for Static Photography! We got the confirmation that we are going to Shanghai, China June 11-22 to work on a book called "China Influence" with Christine Lu. We will be shooting portraits of innovative thinkers and business leaders in China and Christine will be writing about them.
The book will be distributed free online that under a Creative Commons license as well as in other traditional formats.
