The “Hamburgers” to Guide the Egalers’ Hunting

Photo by Setia Nugraha

“Photographers Meet Hamburg” is a gathering held by the Indonesian photographers living in Germany, the Egalers. They could finally make it happened on Saturday to Sunday, June 5-6, 2010.

This event, as it were, held in Hamburg, a leader for each group was chosen, and the committee named them the “hamburgers.” They were appointed to guide the hunting groups doing their task on the first day.

Photo by Setia Nugraha

“On the first day, the agenda was hunting around Hamburg; the city, the harbor, etc. The event was begun at 14:00 (local time), after lunch,” said Setia Nugraha, an Egaler who was also one of the members of the appointed committee. “There were about forty photographers, from Netherlands, Sweden and Germany, participating this event, and to handle the hunting more easily, they were divided into some groups. Every group performed one special theme that brought them to a particular composition technique,” said he.

The hamburgers, on the first day, were to guide the participants to accomplish one general theme, “Hamburg in Your Eyes,” plus some specific themes, like how to deal with pattern, frame, line and curve, and symmetry.

Setia said, “The first day’s hunting was ended at 22:30, or until the blue hour.” How about the second day?