Monday 26 September 2011

Photographing Online Celebrities at YouTube's European Creator Camp



YouTube's Creator Camp is a week-long event which brings together emerging hot talent with existing YouTube creative partners to share ideas, learn how to get the most from the latest technology, and most importantly how to create inspiring & entertaining content to grab the attention of YouTube users worldwide.

After a hugely successful Creator Camp in US earlier this year, YouTube held a competition called NextUp 2011 in Europe to find the best new talent to invite to a European event in London during September. The lucky winners were:

www.youtube.com/tyrannosauruslexxx
www.youtube.com/einAstronaut
www.youtube.com/DxDutch
www.youtube.com/jpelirrojo
www.youtube.com/itsrushsmith
www.youtube.com/Peepholecircus
www.youtube.com/GiR2007
www.youtube.com/ShooRaynerDrawing
www.youtube.com/MarcusButlerTV
www.youtube.com/Khyan1
www.youtube.com/DirectorToby
www.youtube.com/TanzbaerundSimon
www.youtube.com/SceneTakeTV
www.youtube.com/danslapeaudemartin
www.youtube.com/IDTC
www.youtube.com/juliusfhan
www.youtube.com/enricozerodx
www.youtube.com/zizzomagic
www.youtube.com/CreativeByMind
www.youtube.com/TheRHExperience
www.youtube.com/daaruum
www.youtube.com/iBlali
www.youtube.com/faireset2
www.youtube.com/booksandquills
www.youtube.com/clipsetvideo

These talent creators came to London last week to join a whole bunch of existing YouTube celebrities, including iJustine, Charlie McDonnnel (charlieissocoollike) and MysteryGuitarMan. At the end of the week there was a massive party in central London to which fans of both the old & new YouTube celebrities were invited. The US fan party attracted about 100 fans; the London party was completely overwhelmed by close to 500 fans who were queuing round the building to get in.

I was asked to be the official photographer for the event, capturing some of the filming during their Creator Camp workshops and the fan party. See how any YouTube celebs you can spot at www.simonbirkenhead.com/nextup2011.

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