Friday, August 04, 2006
How to Survive a San Diego Comic-Con
(1) First determine ahead of time what you want
to do at the convention. The convention web site
within a week or two weeks of the convention has
a listing of all the activities that will happen at the
during the four days of the convention. Take time
and go through this listing and determine the seminars,
panels, films, shopping time that you want to do. Write
down your schedule with times and room numbers.
Think through what is important to you. If you go to
a comic book company or motion picture film studio
presentations you will get promotional hype as to their
upcoming products. If that interests you, fine. If you
want to learn skills or specific knowledge chose
other options.
(2) Pre-register: This will speed up the entry into
the convention. Waiting in line is no fun went you want
to be involved in the convention.
(3) Consider taking a back pack and have some
food and drink. There are onsite food concessions
but they are expensive, limited and more waiting in lines.
(4) This year was the first year I didn’t have my faithful
old Yashica TL Electro X 35 mm SLR camera with me.
I recently purchased a new digital camera and am
still learning its limitations. Perhaps the most annoying
thing is doing telephoto/zoom shots that come out fuzzy.
Perhaps I’m not giving it enough megapexils. I lost a
lot of good shots because I’m still learning the new
camera. Maybe the my old faithful Yashica still has
some uses. I like taking candid photos they are usual
much better that posed shots. Lesson: Know you camera
equipment if you want to record your experiences.
(5) If you can room with other people do so. The summer
hotel room rates are expensive that this will help defray
that expense and can also provide for memorable fellowship
with folks of like interested.
(6) The Gaslight District in San Diego has a mall called
Horton Plaza with an outdoor inexpensive food court.
For those on a limited balance this is a good option.
There are, of course, numerous restaurants in the
Convention Center area.
(7) Try to budget before hand how much money you
want to spend on publications and other convention
merchandise. The options are virtually unlimited.
Think about what you want to buy before and even
get the artist/writer to autograph it for you.
(8) If you have special friends or associates you want
to met there try to plan before hand where and
when to rendezvous. Otherwise it may not happen.
(9) Let your imagination zoom. Have fun.
Enjoy yourself.
# posted by Dino Don @ 9:40 AM 
