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My own personal Photo Walk/Sit

Posted by Paul on October 14, 2012
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Yesterday was the World Wide Photo Walk. I had planned to go to Charleston, but decided to give the knee a rest, which by the way, it is doing quite excellent now! :) I’d say we are back to 90% and I will attend a Tai Chi class this week, but will still take it easy. As a matter of fact, Hobbs and I went for a very short walk on Friday, and I went for another one yesterday! Almost back in business!

I went to the lake, again, and walked just a small portion of one of the easily accessible trails, in other words, very close to the car. This trail meanders about and goes up and down hills. I decided to just stay on the flat part. After it started to head downhill, I decided turn back towards the lake and have a look around there. All in all, I spent about an 75 minutes walking and sitting and enjoying the view of the rapidly changing leaves. I say rapidly because I’ve been to the lake almost every day and they seem to be getting more and more vibrant every day.

I’m still working exclusively with the Nikon P-510 because it is lightweight and has an extensive zoom. Sure, I want to get out there with the D700 and get some full-frame sensor love going, but I don’t want to carry the camera and the tripod just yet. I’m thinking that maybe I’ll take a day off this week, board Hobbs for the day, and make a day of it on The Blue Ridge Parkway. I imagine, though, that it better be soon given how fast things are changing down here … maybe I’m already too late, but we’ll see.

Actually, this whole knee thing is working out. I had said that I wanted to photograph McDowell Nature Preserve in all of its seasons and, by default, I’m getting to do exactly that! :D

Guess the backyard will have to do.

Posted by Paul on October 9, 2012
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Friday morning while waiting for Mr. Hobbs to finish his ‘business’, I was basking in the sun. It felt good. I watched a butterfly float effortlessly with the breeze. He decided to land in a tree. I went and got my P-510, zoomed all the way out to 1000 mm, and caught quite a few photos of him resting on a branch. I also noticed some flowers along the neighbor’s fence as well as a few other interesting things.

I started thinking about how nice it would be to be on the photo walk on the following Saturday; however, with today being Tuesday and my knee still having issues, I doubt, sincerely, that I will be heading to Charleston, or anywhere else for that matter. Man it sucks to be getting older. Healing takes a long time! :)

Oh well, at least I have lots of interesting things in my backyard, including a small rose bush. I hope to put lots more interesting plants and flowers in next spring, that way I wan’t have to drive so far to take photos of a nice garden.

Photowalk 2012, anyone?

Posted by Paul on September 11, 2012
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From one of my daily photo walks – Hipstamatic in effect!

I’ve attended the World Wide Photowalks just about every year for the past few years. I think that my first one was in 2009, in Charleston. Last year, I walked in Charlotte, which was actually, kind of boring. I suppose that I’m not a big fan of buildings, though I do like to photograph them sometimes. That’s more of Tom Dills’ forte and he’s really good at it!

My friend, Chuck Boyd, who I met while I was living in Charleston, says that they will do 2 photo walks on that day. The first one, in which he is the walk leader, will start at 9:45 AM in downtown Charleston. That, as a matter of fact, was the first walk that I ever attended. I shot film that day, had a great time, had some good food, and took some nice photos. Certainly a win!

The second walk starts at 5:30 PM and will go through the old navy base in North Charleston. This was my old stomping grounds. I used to go here and take my lunch break, watch the container ships and dolphins cruise up and down the river. It’s very picturesque, especially in the evening when the shadows get long. It’s a great time to go, too, because the mosquitos will not be out!

So, if any of you locals, Tom, Earl, Michael, want to join, I’ll probably be heading down there in the early morning on the 12th, doing the walk, spending the night, then returning on the 13th. If you want to do just one walk, then it would be a long day-trip, but certainly doable.

Anyone else planning on doing the photo walk this year?

Photowalk 2011

Posted by Paul on September 15, 2011
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I attended my first Worldwide Photowalk in July of 2009, in Charleston, SC. I didn’t attend the one in Charlotte last year; however, I do intend to walk this year on October 1st.

The only question that I have this year, is which one to attend. Within a ‘reasonable’ driving distance, of say about 2 hours, I have my choice of Charlotte, Greenville, SC, Asheborro, NC (NC Zoo walk), Asheville, NC, or Spartanburg, SC. So many choices.
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I think though, that this year, I’ll skip Charlotte and head over to Greenville, SC. Quite frankly, I love that downtown area. It’s build for meeting, greeting, and mingling. It’s a beautiful town.

I first went to Greenville on January 6, 2008, with my friend Stephen, who introduced me to the place. Since then, I’ve been back several times, taken different friends, and love to photograph the place. Both of the photos in this post are from that inaugural visit.

Even though the walk starts at 8:00 AM, I think that I’ll be in attendance, which means that I will need to leave home at about 6:00 AM to get there on time.

Anyone else planning on doing any of the photo walks?