Walking down a street in San Francisco and this sign for Tsingtao Beer caught my eye.
This was taken in 2007, during an Automattic meetup, which later became known as a Grand Meetup. In 2007, the company was so small, it wasn’t so Grand, but it was Great!
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
The Automattic logo on our old offices reflected in a building across the road.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
At the Automattic Grand Meetup in 2018 the company hired out The Wizarding World of Harry Potter which was an amazing evening. Lots of over priced merchandise but also a fire breathing dragon and these fabulous entertainers!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 20000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
September 2016 at the Automattic Grand Meetup in Whistler, Canada.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 28mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
The 2008 Automattic Grand Meetup took place in a small ranch in the Arizona desert. It was mid January so it was nice and cool, maybe even cold at night!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
A statue in the middle of Whistler, Canada. I love the contrast between the black statue of the fruit and cup and the bright red of the bush in the background.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 146mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
All the fun of the fair at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida.
| Aperture | ƒ/14 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 3.2s |
Just one of the many trees we saw and lovely blue skies around Quebec at the 2009 Automattic Grand Meetup.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
A STOP sign, by any other name, in Quebec, during the Automattic Grand Meetup of 2009.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
The Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in Florida was the location of the last Automattic Grand Meetup in 2019. of course there wasn’t a Grand Meetup in 2020, and there won’t be one in 2021 either.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 22mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 2s |
Stinson Beach, California. July 2007 at the Automattic Grand Meetup that year. A much smaller affair than recent years.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Disney Springs, Orlando, Florida. October 2018.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 45mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 2s |