What is a strobist?

Strobists are basically geeks, er people who like to light things with off camera flashes (strobes). The name comes from the site at strobist.com, where a community of like minded individuals can converge to learn new techniques and find out about what other photographers are doing. There is a small group here in the Portland area that meets up about once a month with a group of models at various locations for some hang time. The models and make up artists come do their magic with the condition that every photographer that works with a model provides an image for that model's portfolio. We geek out about equipment, argue about pocket wizard and skyport channels, and have a good time. Here are a couple of images from the last meetup at the Treehouse in the Beaverton area. It was a sweet location.