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Let me just say, that I appreciate all who came out and joined us in Santa Monica for the photowalk. We had a great turnout, with at least 20 people. We met up in front of the Apple Store in the Third Street Promenade. After all arrived, we headed down Third Street towards the pier. We got to see some pretty unique looking street performers along the way.

Once at the pier, we spent some time wandering around the Palisades Park, which overlooks the PCH, beach, and the pier. We gathered up the troops and next headed over the walking bridge and on down the boardwalk towards Venice Beach. We didn’t quite make it to Venice, but we did get to shoot several skateboarders strutting their stuff.

We headed back to the pier, but we still had plenty of time before the it began to get dark, so we decided to get some sustenance at the Pier food court. Yum.

As the sun began to set, we realized that our beautiful sunset wasn’t going to happen. A cloud bank rolled in and blocked our view of the sun setting. So we rolled with it and adapted. We regrouped and headed onto the sand for some good lower light beach shooting. It got dark and we were in the prime location and prepared for some of the best shots of the event.

Many of us, myself included, learned more than we can retain watching some great photographers like Thomas Hawk, Noeltykay, MikeHedge, and RandyMan shoot the pier all lit up.

By the time we were finished, the majority of the group had headed the responsibility of getting home at a reasonable time. So, with the few that were left, we headed back to Third Street for a drink and debrief.

I must say that this photowalk was a great turnout, with some really engaging attendees. Thanks to everyone one of you who made it. Our tag on Flickr and Zooomr is “photowalking080407“, so as everyone gets around to processing their images and uploading them I’ll get them linked to here.

***I’m still compiling all the contributing photographers’ account URL’s at Zooomr and Flickr, so bear with me. I’ll get them added to the bottom of this post soon. Additionally, it became clear to me while wandering around the group, that many of us are self declared “Thomas Hawk fanboys”. So, in light of our obsession, I have set up a nice little gift we can get ourselves. Get two, one for a friend!

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