User:Geraldshields11

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Activities[edit]

Hello to all. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:31, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

This should link to my EN Wikipedia user page. See that user page for COI statements.

I participated in numerous photographic competitions. I participated in the various edit-o-thon. Several of my photographs have been used in non-profit, commercial, and non-commercial publications.

Photo Policy[edit]

I have a photo policy: If you are in a photograph that I take, and you do not like it, you can propose to delete it and I will not contest. Just tag it as {{delete|per w:EN:User:Geraldshields11's photograph policy}}. Please add appropriate captions to my photographs. I am trying to fight systemic bias on Wikipedia or WikiCommons.

Wiki Event Photographs[edit]

Do not turn the photo into something it is not.^[1]^[2]
Capture context.^[3]
Take photos at different angles.^[4]
Take multiple photos of the same subject.^[5] One of the photos is bound to be good.^[6]
The need for speed and the poised pose in front of no one.^[7]
Eyes.^[8]
3/4 turn to the camera.^[9]
Talk to subject.^[10]
Capture the best side or, at least, the context.^[11]^[12]
Up Close is an event.^[13]
When in all else fails, break these suggestions.

GLAMwiki Toolset[edit]

Projects[edit]

Feel free to comment on the w:en:User:geraldshields11/sandbox/Wikipedia_Summer_Of _Monuments_2014 at the sandbox talk page.

Feel free to comment on the Gerald Shields' Grant for Wikimania 2014 at the sandbox talk page.

Feel free to comment on the Wikimania 2015 Grant at Gerald Shields' Grant for Wikimania 2015

As part of the 2014 WP Idea Lab, I started a project discussion at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity .

In 2015, I rewrote my proposal to send Wikimedia into outer space. Please feel free to comment and see w:meta.Grants:IEG/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity 2015 at this link.

Gallery[edit]

Gallery of photographs by Gerald Shields
The Wikimedia DC Board of Directors in nice clothes standing in front of the Encyclopædia Britannica (with Gerald Shields far left).
Alice Backer (right) of Afrocrowd at WikiConference USA 2015
A neo-feminist photograph, during the Women in the Arts GLAM event, inspired by Djembayz and used by Bathlander and Sarasays, theWikimedia District of Columbia activity report for the second quarter 2012–2013, and was used in the magazine Business Insider, when the magazine discussed Women in Wikipedia.
A statue admiring two Wikipedia editors at the Luce Center during a GLAM event.
The 2013 annual meeting group portrait, was used by the Wikimedia DC chapter Meetup.com webpage.
President G W Clough (standing right), Sarasays (standing left), and another Wikipedia editor at Luce Lunder Wikimedia DC edit-o-thon. Sarasays use a different one of my photographs of her on her user page.
A Wikipedian joining the festivities in the picture behind her at the DC Museum of Women Art Wikimedia DC Edit-o-thon.
Wikipedian Slowking4, at the lectern, discussing Wikis and digital freedom.
Paelo-feminist, at the 2014 Feminism and Arts Edit-a-thon, and other DC Wikimedians at the National Museum of Women in the Arts at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center.
At the WikiConference USA 2014, Kirill Lokshin (left) and James Hare (right). President Hare uses a different one of my photographs of him on his professional page.
At the WikiConference USA 2014, Jennifer Baek (left) and Sumana Harihareswara (right).
Prof. Andrew Lih giving a presentation at the WikiConference USA 2014. Prof. Lih used this photo in one of his social media messages and the photograph is used on the EN Wikipedia article about Prof Lih.
Uncommon fritillary, on 10 May 2014, at the Wikimedia DC Asian Pacific American 2014 edit-o-thon to increase the awareness of articles about Asian Americans. She uses this photo on her Wikipedia user page.
The presenter, in the middle of his speech, about D.C. VITO.
Impromtu breakout session at the WikiConference USA 2014.
Standing: Wikimedia DC President Harej and 2014 Feminism and the Arts Event Organizer Heatherslania.
Sarasays with another Wikipedia editor in the background.
Wiki Editor Levendowski, in the middle of her speech, at the WikiConference USA 2014.
The Space Law Business Meeting during the ABA Conference.
the group photo at the 2016 Earth & Space Edit-o-thon at the American Geophysical Union
Nora Atkinson, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, during a discussion of the Renwick Gallery.
The oak trees at Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana
Dr. Carla Hayden and Ms. Lynda Carter at the Library of Awesome event. Ms. Carter used this photograph on her official Facebook page.
Street artist Jan Pineda in front of his work.
In October 2016, at the Wikiconference North America 2016, the organizing group.
At the 2016 Earth & Space Science Edit-a-Thon at the American Geophysical Union, a cosmetically attractive and real scientist who does not look like or act like wːenːSheldon Cooper.
Attendees of the Saving the Web: The Ethics and Challenges of Preserving What's on the Internet at Room LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, United States of America; (left to right)W:en:David Mao w:en:Ramesh Jain w:en:James Hendler w:en:Wendy Hall w:en:Vinton Cerf sitting down at the beginning of the Saving the Web event at the Library of Congress on June 16, 2016.
In Iceland, Ms. Emilía Björg Sigurðardóttir displayed her creation, Next Soil, as part of product design art.
At the 2016 Color History Edit-a-Thon with the Smithsonian,
At the 2016 Color History Edit-a-Thon with the Smithsonian, a Wikimedia scientist
At WikiConference USA 2015
The presenter of D.C. Vito during his speech.
The group photo of WikiConference North America 2016
Three Wikimedians who listened to Geraldshields11's instructions on how to pose for the camera.
This photo was used in an article at media in a post-truth world
This photo was entered in the USA Smithsonian Institute 2018 photo contest.