RubyConf 2006 in pictures

24. Oct, 2006 3 Comments

This was a RubyConf to remember. I finally went public about my move to Microsoft, and it felt so good to get that off my chest. RubyConf this year was in Denver, and we even got a nice dusting of snow!

Snow in Denver!

I shot quite a few frames, and here are the best of the lot.

Tim Bray, who was quite the character:

Tim Bray

Charles Nutter of JRuby fame:

Charles Nutter

Ryan Davis:

Ryan Davis

Glenn Vanderburg:

Glenn Vanderburg

Laurent Sansonetti from Apple who was the other bridge implementer in the house:

Laurent Sansonetti

Nathaniel Talbott, who gave his usual thought-provoking talk:

Nathaniel Talbott

Ani Babaian, “the Microsoft gal” who took a lot of good-natured ribbing during the conference:

Ani Babaian

Here’s a couple of pictures of Matz, who was his usual gracious self:

Matz

Matz

Masayoshi Takahashi, the famous inventor of the famous Takahashi presentation method on the history of Ruby:

Masayoshi Takahashi

And last but not least, Rich Kilmer:

Rich Kilmer

and Chad Fowler, our most excellent hosts:

Chad Fowler

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3 Responses to “RubyConf 2006 in pictures”

  1. Tim Bray 25. Oct, 2006 at 12:29 am

    A lecture, please, on how you get those great-looking pictures in that crappy light? -Tim

  2. John Lam 25. Oct, 2006 at 5:35 am

    Technology helps – a LOT. Buy a camera that takes an external flash and bounce flash off of the ceiling (I use a Nikon D70 with an SB-800 external flash). In all of my pictures you’ll notice that you don’t get the harsh direct light from a flash pointed directly at the subject.
    Some of the shots (the laughing Matz and your photo) were shot without flash, but at high ISO (1000). I have an f/2.8 telephoto lens (big aperture means big $), which makes it possible to shoot those kinds of shots in available light. I used a monopod to minimize camera shake from hand-holding the lens. The subject can’t really be moving though, otherwise you’ll get subject motion blur. In the case of Matz, it was pretty bright in the room that first day, and I kind of got lucky (that helps too).
    All in all, if you spend more $ and you know what you’re doing you’ll get good shots. The second is more important than the first point, but in tricky indoor lighting you need all the technology you can get!

  3. Laurent Sansonetti 27. Oct, 2006 at 10:19 am

    Very nice photos!
    Shame that I couldn’t manage to talk to you after your great presentation. Your work is very interesting, I will grab the code and check out how you did manage to bridge some stuff. We might want to share some ideas after all :-)