[HacktionLab] foto and video documentation

Tue May 31 20:54:23 UTC 2011

Hey,

Oh that's me! I said I'd take some pictures.

I'm intending to bring along a couple of cameras, one of which can make
videos.

I was going to do a general shout out each day to make sure I don't take
photos of people who don't want photos taken and generally to refrain
from taking photos that may make anyone look disreputable in a bad way.
And to delete any that I take by accident securely[*]. I obviously won't
make pictures of workshops which participants don't want photographed.

I'll make the good pictures available on the interwebs under creative
commons, probably on flickr even though its evil because its also
convenient. I'm happy to put pics on activist friendly photo hosting
services too.

If people would like to make an informal photo/video group, come and
grab me. I'm thinking I'll be there from wed or thu.

[*] I was thinking delete the actual pic, then dd the device with
/dev/random, then with /dev/zero then reformat. There is a period of
time before I can wipe the card, which would be a potential attack
vector. But I avoid making pics of anyone who was unhappy with it in the
first place. And it'll probably come out blurry anyway...

On 31/05/11 20:30, penguin wrote:
> My views, FWIW ...
> 
> 
> On Tue 31 May 2011 20:09:19 BST, mara [mara at aktivix.org] emailed
> subject: "[HacktionLab] foto and video documentation" saying ...
> 
>> Hiya,
> 
>> just managed to sign up (thanks for the reminder), and saw that tick box
>> about video and foto documentation. I'm up to help with this, is there a
>> general plan?
> 
> There's a general plan that it would be a good thing. No specific plan.
> There's already someone up for doing photos, but no one for video AFAIK.
> 
> 
>> Like, I'm not sure how people feel about video and foto documentation of
>> random events, or general discussions. Especially video can be very
>> intrusive as well.
> 
> I'd like to think BarnCamp was a bit more that a random event ;-)
> 
> The way last year's photographer handled it was to be very upfront about ...
> # He would be taking photos.
> # If anybody didn't want their photo taken, say so.
> # If anybody's photo was taken by mistake, he would very securely delete
> it. That seemed to work well. Can you do the same (esp. the secure
> delete) for video.
> 
> IMO, it's worth remembering that this is a fluffy gathering - I for one
> wouldn?t feel that being filmed at Barn Camp would be incriminating
> evidence against me (although filming my drunken state on Saturday might
> be, that's a social - not legal - consideration)
> 
> 
> 
>> Maybe, if there are some talk that introduce certain issues, or
>> presentation style things, people could say whether they want it to be
>> documented?
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> 
>> If there's some cool practical shit happening, like the laser painting
>> last year, that could be an opportunity.
> 
>> Let me know if anyone has any ideas, I'm up for bringing equipment and
>> doing some filming (and potentially editing, depending on how much and
>> how soon that would need to happen).
> 
> I normally reckon the quicker the better - even taking some shots
> earlier on in the weekend, and editing them on Sunday as a bit of a
> workshop / let people see what your doing?
> 
> 
>> Oh, quick thought: It might be interesting to have a chat about some
>> 'educational' videos, about computers and activism. To see if some of
>> the stuff from the booklet can be put into short, entertaining and
>> engaging videos. Depending on ideas, we could come up with some ideas,
>> or make some storyboards, or even make a short video... If anyone else
>> is interested, as a kinda free brainstorm session that might turn
>> practical, maybe we can add it to the wiki?
> 
> Sounds good
> 
> 
>> Cheers,
> 
> Ditto
> 
>> Mara
> 
> G
> 
> 
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