{"id":6049,"date":"2010-07-26T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2010-07-26T08:12:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T13:12:27","slug":"weekend-photo-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/weekend-photo-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend photo walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/17332827@N06\/4825255015\/in\/pool-1459523@N23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/4825255015_d74ed69c13.jpg\" title=\"Terrell 2010 photo walkers\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrell 2010 photo walkers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This weekend, I enjoyed exploring neighboring Terrell, Texas with my camera and a few folks from around the area.<\/p>\n<p>We took part in a photo walk, organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasdailyphoto.com\/\">Brian Stout<\/a>, which is essentially a bunch of people with an interest in photography get together to walk around an area and take photos.<\/p>\n<p>There are no set rules and no certain skill sets required &#8212; just enjoy the views and snap away with your camera.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nUnfortunately, I didn&#8217;t have much of a chance to get to know many of the other photographers. I arrived just as the event was beginning and didn&#8217;t get to stick around for the meet-up afterwards since I had lunch plans with another friend &#8212; but it was a great time nonetheless.<\/p>\n<h3>Huge potential<\/h3>\n<p>I really love the idea of the photo walk. <\/p>\n<p>I think it has a lot of potential to be great for making friends out of strangers in communities of any size.<\/p>\n<p>I know of one blogger who invited other bloggers to join him for a photo walk of Las Vegas during a convention last year and he also used the photo walk as a chance to give advice and tips to other photographers.<\/p>\n<p>And I think this could be great fun for small groups, college groups or whomever.<\/p>\n<p>What group of folks could you organize for a photo walk?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps gather a group and do a photo walk around your neighborhood, a local park, or pick a particular theme&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>See my photos<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ve posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jdblundell\/sets\/72157624572787740\/\">all my photos on Flickr<\/a> or you can browse them below.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know which one&#8217;s your favorite and I&#8217;ll pick the top vote getter to submit for the National Photo Walk contest.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdblundell%2Fsets%2F72157624572787740%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdblundell%2Fsets%2F72157624572787740%2F&#038;set_id=72157624572787740&#038;jump_to=\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>You can also view other photos from the event on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/1459523@N23\/pool\/with\/4825259223\/\">event&#8217;s Flickr group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, I enjoyed exploring neighboring Terrell, Texas with my camera and a few folks from around the area. 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