Photowalking.org

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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I’d like to invite you all to attend the next photowalk in Ventura County. The photowalk will be on March 15th, 2008 and we’ll meet at 3:30 pm. We’re going to head out to the Santa Susana Mountains for a more landscape focused photowalk. The majority of our events have been somewhat urban, and quite good. However, not all photographers get excited about urban photography. Some would love the opportunity to capture nature as well.

So we’re going to head to the western end of Ventura County, in Simi Valley, and shoot in and around Corriganville Park. The Santa Susana Mountains are a unique mountain range that is loaded with beautiful large rolling rock hills. I’ve shot it before, as you can see in the photo.

The tags for this event:

• photowalking031508
• upcoming:event=434127

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Photo by Brian Auer (CC) [by-nc-nd]

Brian Auer (Epic Edits Weblog, Flickr) and I have setup a photowalk in La Jolla, CA for Saturday, February 9th starting at 1:00pm.

Meet us at the Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla to start off a great afternoon of photowalking. We’ll use the gallery as a gathering place so we can browse the photographic art as we wait for everyone to arrive.

From there, we’ll walk down Girard Avenue for some street photography. At the end of Girard, there’s another gallery that we can optionally visit called Images of Nature by Thomas D. Mangelsen. We’ll then turn our attention to the busy sidewalks of Prospect Street as we make our way down toward the beach. Once near the water, we’ll explore La Jolla’s scenic shoreline and maybe even visit the tide pools if the tides are in our favor.

Join us or else! (Well, or else nothing, really. Just join us.)

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Ventura’s photowalk had a beautiful afternoon. The sun was shinning with a few clouds in the sky. We had a great turn out with 28 photo walkers. We all met at the base of the Ventura Pier. We decided to take a group photo.

There were many different groups join our photowalk from Flickr, Zooomr, Betterphoto and the Ventura County Camera Club. After everyone got to know each other, we then walked down California St to the San Buenaventura City Hall. After the city hall, we walked down Main St. to the San Buenaventura Mission. We then walked down Figueroa St to Surfers Point. We ended the photo walk at the Ventura Pier for a great sunset and the start of a chilly evening with the wind kicking up and providing a little wind chill.

I would like to thank all that joined us on the Ventura Photowalk and really enjoyed talking to all.

Photo Tag Searches: Flickr 1, Flicker 2 & Zooomr

• Leigh - Flickr, Zooomr, Blog
• Carrie - Picasa
• Timothy - Flickr
• Julianne - Flickr
• Al - Website
• Patricia - Flickr
• Nancy - Flickr
• Shad - Flickr
• Henrik - Flickr, Website
• Bernie - Picasa
• Rick - Website

If I missed anyone, please comment with link to your photos and I will update the list.

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Some pals from the Ventura County flickr group have planned a pretty cool photowalk in Ventura, CA. They’re meeting at the Ventura Pier on January 20th @ 2pm. Make sure, if you’re around, plan on attending this one.

The plan is to meet at the pier and then wander towards the downtown area.

• Upcoming link.
• flickr group discussion.

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Back on the 26th of December, 2007, several of us swarmed the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. It was a mighty cold day, and standing around for the last few stragglers started to get uncomfortable. The wind was blowing a bit, and I figure that effected how many photowalkers showed up.

We quite simply, took off from the Theater and headed east on Hollywood Blvd. for a several blocks and then crossed the street for the walk back. It was fun bouncing from group to group as we slowly moved down the sidewalk. Capturing the unique people was fun, but so was the standard urban landscape that is LA.

Here’s the list of photos at Flickr.

Here’s the list of photos at Zooomr.

Also, Bryan Villarin recapped this photowalk quite well. Below is the incomplete list of those who attended. I’m horrible with names, so help me fix it in the comments.

• Thomas Hawk, Zooomr, Flickr, Blog
• Thomas Hawk’s wife, Zooomr
• Trevor Carpenter, Flickr, Zooomr, blog
• Brian Auer, Flickr, Zooomr, blog
• Bryan Villarin, Flickr, blog
• James Corsini, Flickr, blog
• Jean Ma, Flickr, Blog
• Randy Carranza, Zooomr, Flickr
• Alexis Carranza, Zooomr, Flickr
• Pete Clark, Flickr
• Ron
• Nathan
• This guy
• Mike Dunn, Zooomr, Flickr

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A few folks, some of them new to me, have organized a photowalk in Los Angeles on January 12th. They’re meeting at 8am at a Starbucks on 6th Street. Check out the Google Map below for the details.

Also, here’s the Upcoming.org link.

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Wow, what a great time I had on this one! I took along the Princess and we arrived about 10 minutes early. Leigh was already there. Ron, Jason, Brian, Jessica, Bryan, James, Norman and Patricia arrived not long after that. Later in the afternoon, some of Bryan’s friends joined us too.

We started at the end of Olvera Street, nearest the plaza, and each spread out, moving at our own pace. The Princess and I wandered down Olvera Street, focusing on one side down and one side coming back. The weather was nice and overcast, give us great diffused light.

Once back at the plaza, we regrouped with several photowalkers and headed through the plaza to catch Los Angeles’ first firehouse, just before it closed. The Princess was most excited by the brass pole that the firefighters used to slide down from the upper floor. A few more joined us and we decided to head over to Union Station.

Just inside, the large spacious area where travelers used to purchase their tickets, you’ll find a large empty room. Apparently this isn’t used anymore, except for movies and television. We spent some time there, shooting the expanse and enjoying the beautiful ceilings. You may recognize this area from many movies.

Winding throughout the long hallways we headed towards the tracks. Hoping to get their in a direct route, we were forced to exit and circumvent Union Station to the end of the tracks. This proved to be fruitful, however, because we shot some nice modern architecture along the way.

Once at the tracks, we shot for a bit and were tempted by the sight of the New Union Station’s dome. So we headed underground to follow the hallways again. Arriving underneath the dome, we looked up and saw its beauty.

It wasn’t long before we realized that many of us were quite hungry by now, so we paused to reorganize. Not all of us were ready to eat, and it was nearing the end of a nice photowalk. A few decided to head home, and the rest set our sights back on Olvera Street. It was there, where we began, that we ended a great day with some great Mexican food, especially the chips and salsa.
Speaking for myself, I had a great time! Below are a few links to take a better look at what we did…

• Tagged on Zooomr
• Tagged on Flickr

Attendees:

• Trevor, Flickr, Zooomr, blog
• Brian, Flickr, Zooomr, blog
• Leigh, Picasa, blog
• Bryan, Flickr, blog
• James, Flickr, blog
• Patricia, Flickr, personal
• Jason, Flickr, blog
• Arnold, Flickr

Did I miss anyone? Did I miss anything? Comment!

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Don’t forget about the Olvera Street Photowalk coming up! On November 25, 2007, we’re meeting at the entrance to the Placerita, in front of the cross, at 2pm.

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Come join us just after Thanksgiving, on Sunday, 11/25/2007, as we photowalk beautiful old town Los Angeles. Olvera Street is traditionally considered the birthplace of Los Angeles. There is rich history contained within a short walk from this place in every direction.

We’ll meet at 2:00pm, at the end of Olvera Street, where it empties onto the large Plaza, or Placita. There’s a cross to mark the place, as seen in the photo above. The map below marks the spot with a camera, you can’t miss it. Here’s the Upcoming link.

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