This weekend, I'm down in Springfield, MO, photographing the Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America youth conference (which is on its second weekendâmore than 6,000 teens participate in this event!).
I'll be posting my pictures in near-real-time to Flickr ( on stlyouth's photostream â here's a link to all the pictures from the weekend ), and I'll hopefully have time to do a writeup on the gear I'm usingâtwo Nikon bodies (including a rented D7100!), two Eye-Fi cards, and a 4G hotspot.
Here are two of my favorite shots from the tonight (Eucharistic Adoration is always a highlight):
You can follow along the entire weekend on the OYM's Live Blog , or via any of the OYM's various social media accounts (listed in the right column of the live blog). Jennifer Brinker, of the St. Louis Review, has already written a story about the use of social media during the conference which is worth a read. She and photographer Sid Hastings will be working some stories throughout the weekend (it's always fun to shoot alongside a more seasoned photographer!).