Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011

Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 Flyer

With 7000-8000 in expected attendance, I was on the fence as to whether or not I would be bringing my Nikon D7000 camera along for an evening of Ho Ho Ho’ing in downtown Reno for the 2011 Reno Santa Pub Crawl.  Well, I decided against it, having recently picked up an iPhone 4S and not wanting to trust thousands of drunk Santas (myself not excluded) with the well-being of my relatively expensive gear.  The iPhone 4S (fitted with Power Support USA anti-glare (front) / crystal (back) screen protectors) fit snugly in my front pocket and required a much less demanding schedule of maintenance on this alcohol-centered outing than the bulky DSLR would’ve any day of the week; and with the newly re-designed camera in-tow, I felt pretty darn confident with this as my go-to shooter of the evening … even if I wasn’t fitted with the freshest iPhone lenses from Photojojo.

For most (I believe all except for the screen capture of the map) of the shots seen in this post (and recently in my Instagram feed), I used iOS 5’s HDR setting when shooting the originals and began the editing process by combining the HDR image + the non-HDR (original) image in iCameraHDR.  The process continues in either TiltShiftGen, FX Photo Studio or picfx before finishing color and style and importing to Camera+ for part one of the border creation (round edges on a landscape-shaped image).  Part two of border creation (placing a non-square image neatly within the confines of a square) takes place in Squaready and the photos are (finally) uploaded to Instagram (no filter) in the format seen below.  This process was beyond horrendous using my previous device (iPhone 3G) and took nearly 15 minutes per photo.  With the iPhone 4S’ A5 processor stepping up to the plate here in late 2011, this process can now be completed in 5 minutes or less … which means more time for prancing around downtown Reno with our hypercolor plastic glasses and Santa hats!

Memorable Highlights: Santa’s Package Package at Strega Bar, Tortilla Toss under the Reno arch at midnight, BBQ + Hot Wings at Men Wielding Fire

In short, we had a blast … and will be back next year for more festive celebration!

Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
Starting in Reindeer Town = No Parking Hassle
Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
Disco Ball @ Pioneer Underground
Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
Getting Salty at Men Wielding Fire
Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
Viking Santa
Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
Free Hat in the Men's Room at Doc Holiday's
Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
A picture of people taking pictures under the Reno arch
Reno Santa Pub Crawl 2011 - Instagram
The crowd gathered for midnight caroling and marshmallow / tortilla tossing under the Reno arch

Photos: Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Tony L. Walker of Status-FLO delivering an energetic opening set on World AIDS Day...

About 10 days ago, Status-FLO (Joel “Jaybird” Cowell, Tsyoshi “Yosh” Curtis, Tony L. Walker, Mark Sexton + more) laid down their luscious and smoky grooves in preparation of Sage Francis’ headlining set at the 2011 World AIDS Day benefit concert at Knitting Factory Concert House in downtown Reno.  With a non-stop lyrical overdrive carefully laid atop soulful downtempo grooves, Status-FLO’s local blend of organic musical ingredients is a solid bet any day of the week, and it pleases me to no end to have the privilege of photographing a bit of the magic to share with the faithful readers here at I Shoot Reno.

Settings on the Nikon D7000 camera (using the Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens) were essentially the same as shooting Sage (and many other shows at The Knit), with shutter speed of 1/250th of a second, aperture set to 1.8 and ISO cranked up to 3200.  Editing took place in Lightrrom 3 and Lightbox by Photocrati is the theme used on IShootReno.com to present the final product.  Included in the full gallery (link below, in ALL CAPS), images include Status-FLO’s performance, breakdancers performing in-between sets, live art taking place throughout the night including such themes as ‘Zombie Bill Cosby’ and Eazy-E, as well as a very unique pair of sparkly blue jeans (under red light).  Yes, you read correctly, there’s a photo of a pair of sparkly jeans.

 

VIEW THE FULL STATUS-FLO GALLERY HERE

 

Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Tsyoshi "Yosh" Curtis pumping up the crowd during Status-FLO's opening set...
Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Joel "Jaybird" Cowell keeping it classy on the Rhodes...

Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01

Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Mark Sexton laying down a bluesy groove and vocals with Status-FLO...
Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Tony L. Walker aka "doodles" contributing to the silent auction on World AIDS Day...
Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
One of the many breakdancers performing in-between sets at The Knit on Thurs. Dec, 1st 2011...

 

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D


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Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01

Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Zombie Bill Cosby: Jello!
Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
RIP Eazy-E...
Status-FLO @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-12-01
Yes, those are sparkly pants...