Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Flickr Slideshow of my Santacon NYC 09 photos
Here I am. I’m holding my north pole, which usually had my camera mounted on top. Photo by Santa Becky Nordmann.
I started out with the multitude of Santas in Greenpoint, inside and outside the Warsaw bar on Driggs Avenue.
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
1/8/09: I can’t figure out why this post is getting so many hits. Leave a comment if you know.
This is the Santa pole that so many Elves and Santas admired. It is obviously less exciting up close.
I took a bit more care giving my lightweight monopod the ability to tilt. But [...]
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Update: Now with more Santas, part 2 of the video is embedded below.
Both videos are mildly NSFW, mostly for language.
I regard Santacon and other roving gatherings as street art, people expressing themselves in public. I was torn between capturing the event on video and dancing down the street. This year I pretty much [...]
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
The annual Santa invasion happened this past Saturday, mostly in Manhattan. I walked a tricky line between participating and shooting the video. You lose a lot of the sociability of such events when you are constantly on the lookout for the next good shot. So you better watch out for excellent hula hooping, fantastic Santa [...]
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