January 21: Photowalking the Leonardo

By Ann Torrence

The typical January weather forecast for Northern Utah is cold. Really cold. Like no fun photographing outdoors cold. Out of respect for January's chilly weather, Photowalking Utah likes to play indoors. 

Join us this month at Utah's newest cool (yes, pun intended) place to hang out, The Leonardo - a science/tech/art museum located in Salt Lake City. Get your inner geek on and come make art out of science.

Details:

• Who:  Anyone is welcome.  Photographers are encouraged to bring their family
• When:  Saturday, January 21 - 11:00 am
• Where:  The Leonardo - 209 E 500 South, Salt Lake City

The great people at the museum have extended a discount to Photowalking Utah. The admission cost will be $7.00 instead of the usual $14.00.  To receive this price, you must enter with the group at 11:00 am (come early).

Tripods are perfectly acceptable, but please be mindful of those around you if you will be using one.

As always, this event is open to photographers of ANY skill level and with any type of camera.  Head on over to the Photowalking Utah Facebook Group if you have any questions or would simply like to say that you are coming.

I hope to see a great group on the 21st.

Photowalking Utah Article in the Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake Tribune featured a nice article on Photowalking Utah in today's edition.  You can read it here (link):  New camera produces the same old bad photos? Go Photowalking Utah

Photowalking Utah - Christmas Lights at Temple Square 12.20.11

By Rich Legg

Yes, it is time again for Photowalking Utah to make its annual trek to Temple Square in Salt Lake City to photograph the holiday lights on display. This will be the 5th year in a row to hold this event.  It really doesn't seem that long ago that we heldå our first Holiday Light Photowalk.

This year's event will be held on Tuesday December 20th beginning at 7:00 pm.  The group will meet at the statue located at Main Street and South Temple.  From there we will venture onto the Temple Square grounds to photographically capture this year's wonderful lighting display.

It probably doesn't need to be said, but PLEASE dress WARMLY!  Nothing can take the fun out of this event quicker than a frozen extremity.  Tripods are also highly recommended.  For those photographers who do not have a lot of experience taking nighttime photos, there will be several Photowalking Utah volunteers on hand to assist in capturing a great shot.

As always, there is absolutely no charge to participate in this event. Photographers of ANY skill level are invited to join in.

Head on over to the Photowalking Utah Facebook group if you have any questions or would simply like to say you're coming. I hope to see a great group on the 20th.

Fall Colors Workshop and Photowalk!

Fall Foliage Workshop Photowalk!
Saturday Oct 29th from 3-5 pm

UPDATE: The workshop/photowalk will be held at the base of the Temple Quarry/Little Cottonwood trail at the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon. There is a decent sized parking lot right at the base just off of Little Cottonwood road (on UT 209, just south of UT 209′s intersection with UT 210) that we can all meet at at 3:00pm. This spot is beautiful with lots of trees, color and great walking paths. People can email me at Stacy@stacymariephotography.com if they need directions or more info.

3-4 pm will be the ‘teaching’ portion with more time to wander and explore and take photos into the evening light. Stacy Nish from Draper will be leading the teaching session with a few other veteran Photowalking Utah people helping out as needed.

We will be touching on a few basic photography techniques such as lighting, angles and framing as they apply to landscape and portrait photography. People will also be given the opportunity to pair up and practice some portraiture using the techniques we'll go over in the workshop. But most of all it's just going to be a fun opportunity for photographers of all skill levels to come learn, network, and take photos of the beauty Utah has to offer during the fall season!

The workshop portion is being catered to beginners and we will be teaching natural light photography using a digital SLR, so if people are coming to learn, they'll be best off bringing a DSLR, otherwise bring any equipment you might have and want to use to capture the foliage.

Of course, anyone is welcome to join in and socialize and hang out with the rest of us. Even if just film cameras or point and shoots!

We’ll pick a spot in Salt Lake County in the coming few days as we watch the colors up on the hills. Watch this space for exact location details.

If you are on facebook, rsvp at:
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235107539875667

August 13th 8pm - Balloon glow Photowalk!

August 13th - 8pm to 10pm!

Sandy City's annual balloon festival is THIS weekend. Saturday evening they have an amazing 'balloon' glow where they keep the balloons on the ground but light them all up once it's full dark. There's food and music and other things going on, plenty to keep us having fun.

details:
sandy.utah.gov/government/community-events/balloon-festiv...

MEET UP 8pm on the back-side of the Target building. The event itself is at the South Towne Promenade in front of Sandy City Hall, 175 West 10000 South. So we'll meet up on the east side under the big Target symbol on the backside of their building.

as an ADDED bonus, Sandy city is also running a photography contest of photos from the balloon festival. Let's enter! sandy.utah.gov/government/community-events/balloon-festiv...
1st Place: $75
2nd Place: $50
3rd Place: $25
Mayor's Choice: gift certificates

September: Photowalking with Nicolesy

If you're in the neighborhood, join me for an evening photowalk in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, September 3rd. This is the last photowalk I'll be leading in Utah and I thought I'd be all sentimental and lead the same walk I led just over two years ago when I first moved to Utah. Here are the details:

Who: Anyone and everyone! All levels of photographers are welcome, from beginners to seasoned pros.
What: A photowalk! :)
Where: Downtown SLC, near the Exchange Plaza
When: Saturday, Sept 3rd at 6:30 PM
Meeting Location: Northeast corner of S Main St and W 400 S (map). We'll group up in between the buildings for a group photo and then start the walk.

Rumor has it that there might be a few giveaways at the start of the walk, too ... Brian Matiash, EDU manager at OnOne software will be at the walk (with software giveaways), and we'll have some Peachpit books as well! Hope to see you there!

Save the Date: September 3, 2011 Photowalk

Nicole Young will be leading a photowalk on September 3rd, location and time to be determined. This will be her last photowalk while in Utah before she moves to Seattle. So ... save the date! Hope to see you there.