One thing that strikes me about the photos I've flipped through so far, is being that LAN parties rarely have adequate sunlight, they're pretty consistently flash photography on film, and I think this effects how people respond (or are otherwise caught in the act) to having their photo taken. Nowadays phones have sensitive enough sensors to not need flash, and have infinite storage so you're unlikely to just take one 'snap' and move on -- so for anyone in the field of view of a person holding up their smart phone, you don't know precisely what moment was captured, or whether its a video being recorded, and I just think there's a subtle shift in behavior when you don't know whether an image is being captured or not.
Just thinking out loud, as someone who's recently picked up film photography again to see how it changes what pictures I get. Thanks for the effort collecting all these in one place.
> One thing that strikes me about the photos I've flipped through so far, is being that LAN parties rarely have adequate sunlight
That's because you'd want to be able to see what's going on on the monitor without the sun getting in the way. It also happens to be a fact that LAN party types tend to be part troglodyte and thus prefer the darkness of caves and such.
Just thinking out loud, as someone who's recently picked up film photography again to see how it changes what pictures I get. Thanks for the effort collecting all these in one place.