Come one, come all, to the first Neon Photowalk.
On October 3rd, 2008, we’ll be meeting up in downtown Sacramento, CA to shoot some sweet neon. This one will be better with more people, as we’ll be shooting after sundown.
We’ll meet at 7pm, and the location will be updated shortly. For now, put it on your calendar and plan on attending.
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PhotowalkingUtah at the Great Salt Lake (photo by calanan)
Metrics on PhotowalkingUtah outing #10: 40 photographers, 2 dresses, Heidi in the water for 2 hours, 293 images in our Flickr pool, 10 billion brine shrimp, and at least $1,000 in waterlogged gear.
Behind the scenes (photo by jeremyhall)
The Great Salt Lake, 60 miles long, 30 miles wide, far saltier than the ocean, produces brine shrimp (sea monkeys) and brine flies in abundance. Birds stop to refuel on the beasties during migration. Morton Salt has evaporation ponds. A few people sail and scull. But mostly, beyond the water’s edge, it is expansively serene.
Rich keeps camera dry, but soaks the Blackberry in his pocket (photo by PureLancelot)
Forty photographers make a certain amount of noise, but occasionally on a photowalk, it becomes disconcertingly quiet. Deep concentration of photowalkers leave room for no conversation, only the clicking of shutters.
Charles Uibel, our guide (photo by rustlingleafdesign)
Charles photographs out here all the time, and set us up in a location devoid of other photo sessions (the GSL is popular for bridal photos - we saw a shoot going on down the shore but otherwise we were alone).
That dress is officially trashed (photo by schwabacher)
Heidi, our model, got the dress from her sister, made by mom and grandmom. Best not to mention it to mom until it comes back from the dry cleaner.
Thoroughly wrapped-up on several blogs:
Mike Calanan - Calanan Photography
Jeremy Hall - What’s Gotta Stay
Rich Legg - LeggNet’s Digital Capture
Scott Smith - Scott [o] Smith’s Digital World
David Terry - David Terry Photography
Ann Torrence - the Annalog
The next PhotowalkingUtah outing will be on July 4, to the Freedom Festival Balloon Launch. It’s a dawn launch for participating photographers. Watch www.photowalkingutah.com for updates.
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As many of you know, my wife and I planned on celebrating our 10th anniversary on a trip to the UK and Ireland. Due to circumstances outside our control, we had to downsize our trip. So, we have set our sights on Washington DC.
This brings the discussion my desire to photowalk everywhere. So, on August 22nd at 6pm all those who can attend should arrive at the Lincoln Memorial, on the National Mall, in Washington, DC. We’ll be catching the sunset there, and wandering on down the Mall. As the evening arrives, my hope is to capture as many of the wonderfully historical monuments and memorials in the dark night. Most of these sights are well lit in the evening, so we should have a great opportunity. I’ve constructed a nice map, shown below. This photowalk should be about 3 miles, so be prepared to walk a bit.
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And as usual, afterwards, we’ll hit a local pub for a drink or coffee.
I’d love to meet any of my photowalking cohorts in the Washington DC area, so please make sure to mark this one on your calendar!
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Jeff Revell quickly pointed out to me that the majority of the National Mall is a part of the National Park System. This means that the sometimes ill-informed security aren’t just security guards. They’re real, genuine cops; The Park Police. I’ll go toe-to-toe with a security guard any day. A real cop though, no thanks. So, head over to Jeff’s article about getting a free permit for using a tripod in the National Park, and another one for using it on the Capital grounds.
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The Photowalking grandfather, Thomas Hawk himself, will be leading a photowalk in Seattle on Friday, July 11th, 2008. If you’re in the Pacific Northwest of the US, you should try to be there. Read more at Thomas’ blog, and at the Upcoming.org event page.
I sure wish I could participate in this one.
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Bright blue skies, cotton candy clouds, and mid-70 degree temperatures supplied the background for the May 24th Photowalk in Gettysburg PA. There were many Memorial Day activities in and around the city for the weekend and the weather couldn’t have been better. We had 21 people attend the photowalk and they came from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. The group was comprised of people from various local photoclubs and Flickr groups:
Central Pennsylvania Shutterbugs Flickr Group
Gettysburg Flickr Group
Gaithersburg Camera Club
FONZ Photoclub
Additional photos from others in the group can be found with with the following Flickr Tag search: Gettysburg-20080524.
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I’m a bit late with this announcement, but I figured you’d at least want to know about it.
Last night, in Paris, France, a large group of Londoners set out for a full night of photography. They took an evening train from London and arrived after dinner time in Paris. The goal was to shoot all night, following a predetermined path.
I’m excited to hear back from the few I know who attended. Maybe we’ll get a recap here, soon.
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Well, we had a decent turnout for the first VC Strobist Meetup. I’m really not quite sure what to call it. I’ll most likely continue to blog about these events here, even though they’re not really photowalks. Since all the same people are in attendance, and I use all the same promotional methods, it just makes sense.
It was great to see many returnees, and all the new faces. I’m horrible at remembering names, so if you attended, I’d really love it if you’d comment and include a link to your photos from the event.
I learned quite a bit from this event. The largest lesson was in my planning failures. Now, I still feel like the event was a success. However, I did drop the ball, and it wasn’t as good as it could have been.
The largest issue was with the models, or the lack there of. If Patricia hadn’t brought her friend, and co-worker, along, we’d have been shooting each other. Speaking of Patricia’s friend, her name is Stephanie Hoops. Stephanie came prepared to model and she even had a few props. She obviously has had experience in modeling, and her own contribution aided the rest of us in getting better shots.
If you attended, make sure you email Stephanie at least one of your best shots. That was her deal. If you don’t have her email address, just comment here and I’ll get it to you.
Thank you to all who attended, and to Stephanie for allowing us all to photograph her.
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I know this is last minute. I’ve discussed the possibility of an indoor, studio lighting based event on the Flickr forums for a few weeks. I just now secured a location and so I’m going to go ahead and try to make this happen.
The location details are at the Upcoming page for this event. We’ll meet at the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, East County Station, at 1:30pm, this Saturday, April 26th, 2008. If you think you can make it, please try. I’d love to have more than a handful of people.
We’ll all bring any lighting gear we have. The goal is to have us all set up our “studios” around the room and practice shooting. I’m going to try and get a couple of volunteer “models” to help keep everyone busy. The real learning will come when we can help each other learn a bit more.
Even if you can’t attend, please spread the word to anyone in our area!
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Several photographers in the Boulder area will be meeting on Saturday, May 3rd at 9:00 AM for a photowalk of Boulder, including the famous Pearl Street Mall. We will meet at the East end of Pearl Street Mall, corner of 15th and Pearl.
The route is about 2.15 miles long. Our path takes us through Pearl Street Mall, an outdoor, open-air mall with brick walkways, flower beds with Tulips, store fronts, sculptures and people (though not at 9am) and Boulder architecture. Check out this link for a sampling of the Tulips on Pearl Street.
From Pearl Street, we head south for a few blocks to Central Park where there’s more bike paths, sculptures, flowers and Boulder Creek.
Then further South to University Avenue. Turning East takes us into the Northwest section of the University of Colorado - Boulder (CU) campus. We’ll have views of the campus architectures, bridges, Old Main, Mackey Auditorium and various other campus buildings, grassy areas, creek paths, etc. plus views of the Flatirons almost the entire route.
From CU, we’ll head north back to our starting point where we’ll stop for lunch, conversations and I’m sure lots of sharing.
Contact information: gregg (at) lowrimore (dot) com and Gregg’s cell phone: 303-356-4575
Additional information can be found at Upcoming.org.
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****Update****
I have some bad news friends. My attendance at this photowalk won’t be happening. I’m still hoping that you all will attend and have a great time. Our anniversary trip has been forced to remain in North America. We hope to make it out next year, though.
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This summer, I’m taking my wife to Europe to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We’ll be in London for several days, and I’ve decided to join Phill Price in organizing a photowalk.
On Saturday, August 16th, 2008, we’ll be meeting at the Wellington Arch, in St. James Park at the Hyde Park Corner. (just look at the map below). Be there by 1 pm, or you might get left behind.
This will be my first time to photowalk in London. I’ve been there before, years ago. However, I’ll also be meeting a few of my online photography friends for the first time.
I really hope you make the effort to attend, if you can. Please comment below if you’re going to make it. Also, head over to the Upcoming event page and indicate you’ll be attending.
Upcoming link.
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