Drew
Hi my name is Drew and I am the creator of the blog The BenSpark. I am an East Coast Photowalker and I asked Trevor if I could post here once in a while. He said yes and this is a recount of my first Photowalk.
I first learned of photowalking while watching an episode of the The Scoble Show, here was a guy following another guy as he walked around and took pictures. No, not quite that, Thomas Hawk and Robert Scoble created a phenomenon (or it will be soon). Robert filmed as Thomas took photos of tons of things and talked about what he was using for equipment, why he was taking certain shots and photography in general, all while walking around different locations with the sole intention of taking photos.
I thought to myself, that is an awesome idea. I asked myself two questions, how can I both photograph and be filmed doing so and why can’t I live on the West Coast and go on a Photowalk with these guys? The answer to the first question I have not found yet. I need to find someone who would be willing to film and ask questions as I took photos with a group of other photographers. This I will have to work on. The other question has yet to be answered and maybe one day my travels will coincide with a Photowalk. So until then, I can work on developing a Photowalking group in New England.
So I’ll start small. I’ll go out for a Photowalk with my favorite photographer, my father. My father taught me all I knew about photography as a child. He let me take photos on his Pentax 35mm camera. He explained the focus and light meter and many other important things. He always let me use the camera and take as many photos as I wanted. And this was when we had to pay to develop rolls and rolls of film. So I thank him for encouraging me in my love of photography. Well, these days he still has the Pentax but we decided to upgrade his camera. And bring him into the digital age. So we picked him up a Nikon D40. I shoot a Nikon D80 with a Sigma 28 - 70mm and a Sigma 70 -300mm with Macro.
[Go read Drew's first photowalking post.]
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