Maximizing Your Photo Walk - and, our "Chimp and Chew"

As you prepare for our Wilmington Photo Walk this Saturday (July 18), think about some ways to get the maximum benefit from this photo shoot.

You may be attending our Photo Walk with family or friends ... or, you might be coming out alone. Perhaps you prefer to work alone. In any case, you have an opportunity to "network" with like-minded photographers. Many of us (including me), tend to stay within our own comfort zone when it comes to approaching others. Try not to limit your interaction to your friends or family members who accompany you - approach and talk to photographers that you don't already know! You might be surprised at some new perspectives, ideas and techniques you can learn from others - and, you can offer the same in return.

On Saturday morning at 9:15 AM, we will formally meet just in front Joe's Crab Shack at the Riverfront. You will then be let loose to walk around and photograph the area in and around the Riverfront.

To maximize your photography, I suggest you team up with others and into small groups. (Can you imagine 50 of us bunched up and walking around together like a giant amoeba taking pictures?) As you walk about the Riverfront, ask other photographers what it is they see in a scene they are shooting. Everyone has their own perspective and vision as to how they see the world - you can learn from them, and them from you!

CHIMP AND CHEW

At the end of our Walk - by 11:30 AM - we will meet at the Riverfront Marketplace. If you can make it, this will be yet another wonderful opportunity for you to "network" (sorry, about using such a tired expression). You can purchase a lunch and beverage from one of several vendors at the Marketplace, and we can all meet in the eating gallery on the second level mezzanine. This is a great occasion to engage in a "Chimp and Chew" - a perfect time to talk photography and review each other's photos from the Walk.

[If you don't know what "Chimping" is, ask me at the Photo Walk!]