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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wait what happened to the weapon triangle??? I haven't played a game since path of radiance lmao

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Excited to check out this fire emblem game everyone's been talking about

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

do i have to find a way to pack my switch along with all my camera gear now

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bold of Nintendo to assume I have 8 friends, let alone having them all be available to play at the same time

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(GDHitless) PT @pleasantlytwstd.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026

All I want in life is for my teammates to play to objectives

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ahh thanks cass! But also what?? Did you dye your hair midweek??

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Special SO to all the Fatales for being so welcoming and whoever ran over to the photo station to drop off the ratales badge (sorry I didn't get your name!) 💜

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If you had told teenage Fish they'd be traveling to take photos and would be connected enough to get 4 badge ribbons in the future, he would have self deprecatingly laughed it off. If you stopped me to say hi, walk around the venue, or share a meal together, it means more to me than you know 💜

My staff and photographer badge for SGDQ2026. The staff badge has four badge ribbons on it that say:
1) Have you eaten yet?
2) Fatale
3) BBQ Thirst Trapped
4) Ratale

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Nice! Always love some crunchy colors

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Nice! Always love some crunchy colors

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Also I only found out on the last day of SGDQ that you're into insect photography?? Would love to see some of your work 👀

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It def takes some practice to push photos out that quickly. I always have to derust a little Day 0/1 at every event but getting a handle on the white balance throughout the venue ASAP and making presets def help speed things up through the week.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ok two hours later and i'm still falling asleep after a viet coffee so I will leave you with some of my favorites from the week 🫡 see you all in Atlanta!

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I say it every event but we have a really good team of photographers that are consistently coming to events now and it's always great to see them all growing and practicing their craft! It's so easy to coast now that we're doing well but I still need to find ways to push myself to improve as well!

Delphi walking around the crowd in the stream room holding a camera

CountGooby taking a picture of me taking a picture of him

Bungied2TheTree taking photos on the interstitial set

Lowex taking photos on the interstitial set. Fletcher is in the background also taking a photo of Lowex.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The MSF mini-doc was really powerful moment and the photo team quickly agreed that this one of those rare moments that didn't need to be captured. bsky.app/profile/fish...

Greta from MSF and Sent standing next to each other watching MSF's mini doc on life in Gaza on the interstitial set monitors.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Conversely, there are times when you stick around but then nothing happens or like friday night went we were hoping the $2mil milestone would get hit but it didn't happen. It's times like those where I'm truly grateful to be working on a team and can cover for each other.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One of the toughest part of event photography is deciding when to stick around in hopes that a good photo opportunity will come along. Sticking around for an entire run or for milestones completions meant I got some awesome shots but who knows what you missed out on elsewhere (cont.)

SpikeVegeta and ZakTheRobot popping off after completing their run

Ryan McSquid and his friends popping off after finishing his pinball run

Fletcher standing at the host desk making an emphatic pointing gesture to a cheering crowd since the bonus game was met!

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Unrelated to anything, I really like this picture because something about the ever so slight smile on Jon's face makes me think he's having the time of his life getting this camera set up for the pinball run

Jon and PhoenixCaptian finagling around with a C-Stand behind a pinball machine.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One "trap" that I sometimes fall into is getting a really cool shot one event and then trying to replicate it at future events, even though it usually doesn't end up working out/looking the same. Guess it doesn't hurt to practice 🙃

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Speaking of arcade, I got some of my favorite arcade shots in a long time! The first WACCA shot is something I've been after for a while, showing hand movement blur along with a seemingly complex pattern (usually people really static or blocking the screen). The other photos are just cool lol

Someone playing WACCA with their left hand stretched to reach the right side of the circle with a seemingly complex note pattern on the screen

A very dark but high contrast photo of Fletchisafurry and JRisJunior playing Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead. Their faces are lit up by the arcade cabinet screen.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tried something different in the arcade and tried shooting through/in between as many objects as I could. Most of them didn't really turn out but it was a fun experiment. I think these two photos were the only two that turned out.

JohannVonVorst playing on the F-Zero AX machine

Bryonato playing pinball. You can see the lights from the pinball machine in the reflection of their glasses.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

artist alley still confuses me. It's this weird "in between" where I can't do my standard hang back and zoom in because there's too many people in the way but don't want to get all the way up in people's faces either. I sorta found a sweetspot using a 12-24mm this time around

A couple people perusing Limpachi's artist alley booth

A close up wide angle shot of all of the switches laid out at TheKittenBomb's artist alley booth. People are picking up various switches.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

... There were so many times were I was on the opposite site of the stage when I could have been focusing on getting reaction shots of the live run but then you might miss out on little things going on on the other side of the stage.

Jon, Floofa, and another volunteer discussing camera angles

Argik, sitting on stage, turned around taking a picture of the current running on his phone.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An underrated soft skills of photography is being aware of your surroundings. Not just so you're getting out of people's way but so you can grab photos of things that might go unnoticed. This is why you might see a series of photos from a run broken up by a seemingly random shot (cont.)

Screenshot of the GDQ photo album showing photos from the Stardew Valley run, broken up by a singular photo of a cam ops volunteer(Bird650) backstage

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Stage lighting improved a lot this year with octo and rectangle boxes and the center divider being removed which allow me to get a few cool blacklit shots from the other side of the stage during runs. I don't think I took advantage of the center curtain being down as much as i would have liked

A picture of one half of the GDQ stage, the table the runner sits with is in the center with a large octo box light to the left and a large rectangle box over the desk.

Steev and Jon working on setting up a camera, backlit by one of the octo box lights.

Adef deep in thought during his Balatro run, backlit by an octo box.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'm half asleep and have nothing planned by we doing it live! 14735 photos taken with 1701 good enough to save and 1079 making it into the album, a solid 7.3% hit rate. Previous couple years were: A26 6.5% S25 8.4% A25 8% S24 9.8%

Screenshot of Adobe light room showing how many photos I took each day

Total of 14735

7/3 33 photos
7/4 367 photos
7/5 1206 photos
7/6 1399 photos
7/7 1474 photos
7/8 1395 photos
7/9 1996 photos
7/10 2658 photos
7/11 3019 photos
7/12 1188 photos

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I was gonna work on my photo recap thread this weekend but some sort of cold got me so i will be sleeping instead 😴

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

May I present for your consideration, The Photographer Hunch

Hib holding the camera viewfinder up to his eye, slightly hunched over, ready to take a photo

Fish holding the camera viewfinder up to their eye, slightly hunched over, ready to take a photo

CountGooby holding a camera up, slightly hunched over, ready to take a photo

JalBagel, Zeb, and Fish all slightly hunched over, holding up cameras, ready to take a photo

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey wait why are there so many pictures of me in the album?? That's not how this works!!

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sadly no 😞 it was only like... 2-3 photos for each day, so they might be hard to find 😅

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just snuck a few more photos into the GDQ photo album 🤫

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

12+ hours in the airport system 4 flights (all delayed or rescheduled,all scheduled to take off within 20 min of previous flight landing) Finally .done (except my checked bag is still in Nashville 🙃)

My bed with my backpack, blajah, and velocity plushies on top

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Looking like I'll have 12 minutes from landing to sprint halfway across a terminal to catch my next flight

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This Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning House

Alt: This Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning House

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Well I'm on a plane to somewhere out of Nashville and the WiFi isn't being filtered so that's something!

My laptop on the tray table inside of an airplane with GDQ photos open in Lightroom.

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Boy howdy I guess some of that @eddaket.bsky.social travel luck rubbed off on me, we'll see if I make it home tonight 🙃

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 11/07/2026

@doctorswithoutborders.org is the embodiment of compassion knows no borders. When we say we're here together, we mean it. Here to stand for what is right and together as a collective to help those in need. Don't underestimate the impact of your support making this world a better place ❤️ #SGDQ2026

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Fish @fish866.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The streak has come to an end 😭😭