What's Up Guys: My Experience at the Sony Condo Event in Monterey, California

We've finally made it to beautiful Monterey, California, and I'm thrilled to be here for the Sony Condo event. This event is a unique opportunity where Sony brings together their artisans, the collective, press, and other attendees for a series of workshops, shooting opportunities, and more. I'm particularly excited about the interviews I've scheduled with Neal Lifer and Eli Reed, two heavyweights in the photography industry. These gentlemen are known for their incredible work, and I'm eager to share their stories with all of you.

As we take a look around this conference center, which is actually located on the water, it's easy to see why this event is so special. There's also a mini trade show going on in here right now, which adds to the excitement. We're heading out to the bus, and then we'll be visiting the Monterey Aquarium. I've never been to the aquarium before, but I've heard wonderful things about it. Manny Ortiz, my friend, has been telling me all about its greatness.

As we make our way back to the room after a visit to the aquarium, I have to say that this event has been absolutely amazing so far. I've had the pleasure of conducting five interviews today, and I'm excited to share them with all of you in future videos. I've also been using my trusty audio recorder and microphone, which are mounted on tripods to ensure high-quality sound. For camera work, I've been using the Sony A7R III and the A6300, switching between them seamlessly to capture the perfect shot.

One of the highlights of this event has been getting to interview some incredible people in the photography industry. Eli Reed is an African American Magnum photographer from the mid-80s or early 80s, making him a pioneer in his field. Neel Lifer was a successful hunting and sports photographer who worked for Sports Illustrated and Time magazine. Brett Culp is another talented individual who has created some amazing documentary series on Netflix. And then there's Jason Lanier, whom I've had the pleasure of meeting briefly before, but now I'm excited to delve deeper into his world and learn more about building a successful brand in photography.

For me, this event has been an inspiration to create my own content. The idea behind Condo is quite unconventional for a camera company to extend such relationships with their community, making it not only a great learning experience but also an enjoyable one. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to shoot some footage and make some videos while surrounded by like-minded individuals who share a passion for photography.

As we wrap up this video, I want to thank all of you for tuning in. It's been an absolute pleasure sharing my experience with all of you, but unfortunately, it's not without its challenges. The weather here is quite chilly, and there's a lot of wind and noise, which can make recording audio a bit tricky. However, despite the occasional rumble of the mics, I hope this gives you a glimpse into the amazing world of photography and the incredible people behind Condo.

Over the next week or so, I'll be releasing five interviews that I conducted during this event, shot using two cameras to capture a unique perspective. These videos will showcase the passion and dedication of these individuals in their craft, as well as the importance of building your brand and creating opportunities for success in photography. Stay tuned, subscribe, and hit the alarm bell so you don't miss out on any new content. Until next time, I bid you farewell from beautiful Monterey, California.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys so we made it to beautiful Monterey California and I'm down here for the sony condo event which I'm really excited about so if you never heard of this condo is this event where Sony brings together their artisans the collective as well as press and there's a whole series of workshops shooting opportunities it's pretty amazing and today I'm particularly excited because we've got some interviews scheduled that I'm going to be doing with people like Neal lifer and Eli Reed and if you don't know those folks you're gonna see the interviews in this channel in future videos but I'm super excited these guys are heavyweights by putting together a set back here for shooting later and you can't beat California this whole thing is at this conference center which is actually on the water you'll see that later and there's like a little mini trade show going on in here right now we're headed to the bus we're gonna go to the Monterey aquarium which I've never been to but I've heard it is fantastic Manny Ortiz the man and then the guys from the the deep preview D preview and to come back to the room to put stuff back because we're gonna go down to the little event dinner thing a little behind the scenes I did five interviews today and I slept all this audio recorder and microphone this it's on a tripod another tripod with the a 6300 this is the a cam or B cam I switched them in and out and this camera the sony a7r three which sounding were nice enough to loan me to do my interviews with this week got like a garage here could a brother g2 long address take the secret path here Sonique all condo quote your most inspiring and fulfilling creative experience this year I really love the idea of condo and I think it's quite unconventional for a camera company to extend a relationship to its community in addition to bringing together press artisans and the collective it is also open to the public to enjoy their our panel discussions classes shooting opportunities social events a trade show and you get to play with some really amazing equipment I had an absolute blast and got to do some interviews while I was there that you will get to enjoy too as soon as I have them edited the best part of kondu is getting to see my colleagues and friends as well as make new ones I get to do some shooting in a beautiful part of the country and make some videos it's a lot of things to do but it's such a worthwhile time full of great people who share a passion for photography so I was thinking this would be a really good location to wrap this video up but it's kind of cold there's a lot of wind and noise so sorry if the mics rumbling I don't have a thing fix them right now a little less exotic but definitely quiet anyway some of the things that you guys are gonna see over the next week or so as I go through the footage I did about five interviews up here that I'm gonna be releasing and I film these with two cameras and stuff so it's kind of hard to vlog around that and I wanted to be really good but anyway a couple people we have Eli Reed who is incredible he was the first African American Magnum photographer mid 80s or early 80s actually Neel lifer who was a very successful hunt acclaimed Sports Illustrated photographer and then later worked for for Time magazine gentle named Brett Culp who has some docu-series is that he's done on Netflix that are amazing really positive guy super upbeat and then also my friend Jason Lanier who I've met briefly one time before and we had a very brief hangout and then this time I told him I would like to interview him because I want to do a piece on like building your brand and creating your opportunities for success in photography because I think he's done that extremely well there's other stuff too I'm super excited about this this has been an amazing time here and I wanted to document just a little that for you guys to see you'll be seeing these videos released in the next week or so and as I get them edited anyway it's time to start heading back to Texas and this has been amazing I love California and the weather here is just amazing even though it's overcast today nice light for filming anyway remember to subscribe hit the alarm so you'll know when this stuff comes out I'll see you guys in the next video until then later\n"