Tuesday, March 18, 2008

April 20th!

DATE AND LOCATION CONFIRMED!
Cookout! Woo! Bring something to share with you, and we'll do an old fashioned pot luck. Mmmmm... eat all day, relax, network and shoot. Yay!

Wekiwa Springs State Park located in Longwood on Wekiva Springs Road on April 20, 2008. See link for driving directions.

One thing to note, if the park gets full they will turn away people until space opens up. Having the pavilion does not guarantee us entry to the park. So if it looks to be a gorgeous day, try to arrive as early as you can.

Our center of activity will be the Live Oak Pavilion (click here to see map of the park), a pavilion that can hold up to 100 people. There is electricity, water, a double charcoal grill and picnic tables in the pavilion. The Live Oak pavilion is ADA accessible and is located near the playground.




(1). NO ALCOHOL OR FIREWORKS Sorry folks, but you'll have to do your drinking outside of the park. Do NOT bring in alcohol and embarrass us and yourselves. It will make Erica give you her mean face.:








(2). This is a public park and there are families there and conservative ones at that, so basically that means that all shoots on the property under the guise of this event need to be PG rated, this includes no thong bikinis, transparent wet white t-shirts, girl on girl action and the like.

(3). No photos taken for commercial purposes, if you plan to use your photos for monetary gain you need to contact the park manager and secure permits and fees beforehand. We are shooting under the assumption that this is not commercial in anyway. Only money collected will be entrance fees and if anyone wants to chip in to pay Jesse back for the $80 pavilion fees.

(4). We do not interfere with normal guest experience of others. Jesse is working on permission to shoot in a separate area just downstream of the bridge (listed as the optimal shooting area on the linked map above). It is away from the swimmers and only knee deep. Ideal, but occasionally there will be canoes tying up nearby.

(5). All plants, animals and park property are protected. Collection, destruction or disturbance is prohibited. So basically no ripping up plants because they are in your way for a photo.

(6). CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES There will be a food (we're grillin' baby!) and shooting and mad fun, but I'm going to be your mother here and ask you to clean up your own messes. Someone has to, and if it's me, Jesse, George and James stuck with a big mess, you'll once again get the mean face, this time from Marliese








(7). I am sure there will be more rules but basically behave yourself. Lets keep our good reputation. Part of our permission hinged on the good recommendation we had from previous places we have shot.