Antelope Island Photowalk Suggestions and Tips

The following tips are provided by Scott Smith, host of the Photowalk at Antelope Island tomorrow.

Here are a few suggestions/tips for the photowalk tomorrow

There is limited space on the viewing platform where the bison are released from the holding pen. Two photographers will be able to shoot at a time so please be mindful of others and give them an opportunity to get some great shots.

You will be shooting into the sun so bring your lens hoods.

If you are bringing a tripod it may be best to leave it in the car when we are are at the pens. The space is limited and I don't think they would appreciate a big group carrying tripods.

There are bathroom facilities at the pens but no food or water.

There is a ranger available for tours at the pens, it's very informative and she walks you through the process of what everyone is doing there.

For those who want to go to the pens early and bypass our meeting place at 9:30 we will be taking our group photo at the pens around 10am.

See you all there!

Photowalking Antelope Island this Saturday

There are only six more days until the next Photowalking Utah event. As our event host Scott Smith posted in the announcement post, we will be checking out the Bison (among other things) on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake.

If you've never been involved in a photowalk, now is the time to start. These events are open to photographers of all ages and skill levels. Regardless of what type of camera you use, you will be greeted with open arms at one of our events.

For all the details on this 'walk, read the announcement here. And be sure to chime in on the RSVP discussion thread over in the Flickr Group.

Please Change Your Bookmarks and/or Links to Photowalking Utah

As you might of noticed, we made a slight change this week here at Photowalking Utah. We no longer have the site at photowalkingutah.blogspot.com but fully on the domain of http://photowalkingutah.com. If you have previously linked to us or have the site bookmarked in your browser, please take a moment and make sure that you aren't linking to the "blogspot" address but the new domain. This will help ensure that you are getting the most current information about the events.

Other great ways to keep in touch is to follow our Twitter updates or subscribe to the RSS feed. To follow on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/photowalkingut. To subscribe to the RSS feed, add http://feeds.feedburner.com/PhotowalkingUtah to your feed reading program.

Thanks to everyone who has participated in making Photowalking Utah one of the premier photographic clubs in Utah.

November 8 - Ladies Special Photowalk

By Ann Torrence, hostess of the 8 November Photowalk

Sometimes, the girls just want to have some fun. Bring your camera, ladies, to the Salt Lake City Cemetery on Saturday 8 November to hang out and make some pictures. Some folks have suggested costumes, so bring whatever seems to fit.

Salt Lake City Cemetery is the oldest in the valley, dating back to 1847. Over 120,000 people are buried there, including many figures prominent in Utah history.

Meet up at 3:30. We'll do our group shot first, then head out. There is a great sunset location on 200 N if the weather cooperates.

Last minute updates will be on our Flickr discussion thread. See you there.

Quick Tip: An ID Tag for Your Camera

The following tip is provided by Rich Legg. Rich is a full-time photographer and a founding member of Photowalking Utah. You can find him on the web at www.leggnet.com.

Here's a quick and easy tip that could pay for itself a thousand times over.

While at a recent Photwalking Utah event, I noticed that photographer Ann Torrence had a small ID tag attached to her camera. When I asked her about it, she told me that it was a tag designed to put the owner information on pet collars in case the animal is lost. I immediately thought "What a great idea!".

I made a trip to my local PETCO store and used their machine to have a tag made for each of my cameras. I opted for the smallest version (about the size of a penny) and it is completely out of the way on the camera body. The total cost to label my gear: $12.

Now, let's just hope that if my camera is ever lost that the person who finds it is honest (fingers crossed).

November 1 - Antelope Island Photowalk, Bison Roundup

By Scott Smith, host of the November photowalk

The November 2008 Photowalking Utah event will be held at the Antelope Island State Park in Syracuse Utah on November 1st. Antelope Island is home to one of the largest and oldest publicly owned bison herds in the United States. The Bison will be corralled into pens starting Oct 22nd and then will receive their health checkups starting October 31st.



The photowalk will be held at the Buffalo Pens where the rangers will be giving the bison their health checks. This is a great opportunity to get up close to the Bison and hopefully get some great photos. We can then proceed to Garr Ranch when we are finished at the pens.

Dress accordingly and bring plenty of food and water.



Here are the details for the November 1st event:

Meet in the parking lot west of the entrance gate in Syracuse. There is an entrance fee to the park $9/per car, we can break up into groups and share rides for those interested.

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Antelope Island
State Park
4528 West 1700 South
Syracuse, UT 84075

Map from Salt Lake to Syracuse.

Park Entrance Fee: $9.00 per vehicle

As always, these events are open to photographers of ANY SKILL LEVEL. We have everyone from first time shooters to seasoned professionals join in. If you've ever wanted a chance to hang out with some friendly photogs, this is the chance to do it.

Be sure to let us know if you are coming over on the flickr discussion thread.

October 18 - Gardner Village Halloween Photowalk

By Ann Torrence and Jeremy Hall, hosts of the October photowalk

Ghosties, Goblins, and Photowalkers!

Please join us for the next Photowalk Utah event, Saturday, October 18th at 3:30pm. We will wander through the witches, ghosts and goblins of Gardner Village in West Jordan to enjoy the Halloween festivities and atmosphere.



This month’s photowalk will be a family affair. Bring your family and especially the kids! While you capture images, your family can enjoy the shopping, events and activities sponsored by Gardner Village.

Check out this link to see all that is happening at Gardner Village.

www.gardnervillage.com/events.php

No fee to enter Gardner Village, but you might want some cash for caramel apples and other junk food.

Please meet at Archibald’s Restaurant at 3:300pm to start the photowalk. To conclude this month’s event, at 6:00pm we plan to reconvene at Archibald’s for food, warm drinks and share our captures.

Watch the weather forecasts and dress accordingly.

For those not familiar with this location, Gardner Village can be found at
1100 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT
www.gardnervillage.com

More being discussed over on flickr, and be sure to post if you are going to be able to join us so we have an idea of how many will be there. Come one, come all!

How to Join Photowalking Utah

Joining Photowalking Utah is very simple. In fact, it is so simple that it involves only one step: Show up!

This is a group run by volunteers that charges no fee to participate. Each event has an "Organizer" that plans and hosts the event. It is announced ahead of time on both this site (PhotowalkingUtah.com) and the Flickr Group (flickr.com/groups/photowalkslc). All that is required to attend is a willingness to hang out with fellow photographers and have a good time.


Photowalking Utah member Dale Welcome at his first event.

Attendees at a Photowalking Utah event range from brand new shooters with inexpensive point-and-shoot cameras to seasoned veterans with digital SLRs. It doesn't matter what type of camera they have or the amount of photographic experience they bring, everyone is welcome at an outing.

Many of the participants share their photos from a Photowalking Utah event on the Flickr group. Flickr is a free photo-sharing site. The group can be found at flickr.com/groups/photowalkslc.

For those photographers that want to be prepared and might have a few questions about what a photowalk is, founding member Harley Pebley has written an excellent post called "How to Prepare for a Photowalk". It can be found by clicking here.

For further information, feel free to contact group founders Ann Torrence at ann@anntorrence.com, Rich Legg at rich@leggnet.com or Bryan Jones at bryan.jones@m.cc.utah.edu

Active Members

Thanks to all of you that make up Photowalking Utah. This "group" is all about the gathering of like-minded individuals for learning by practice, sharing and fun. We appreciate everyone that helps to make it a success month after month.

Founders
We would like to recognize the founding organizers of this great idea here in Utah:

• Bryan Jones
• Rich Legg
• Ann Torrence

Group Organizers
All members of Photowalking Utah are invited to help with organizing "meetups" as well as other aspects of this group. There are some current active organizers that you can contact to get more involved:

• Bryan Jones
• Rich Legg
• Harley Pebley
• Ann Torrence
• Michael Calanan
• Jeremy Hall
• Dale Welcome

Flickr Group Members
You can see a complete list of group members on flickr.

Contact List
The following is a shared contact list of currently active members to help facilitate communication between each other. Scott Myler originated the list on flickr with the following comments:

It was mentioned recently that there were a few people that arrived late and couldn't find the group. There was another time we were looking for a number to reach someone to return a lens after one of our events.

I can see times in the future where, due to overbooking dates, or needing a second shooter, we might need to ask for other photographer's assistance with a wedding or something else and it would be nice to have a phone list for those in the group.

Are you interested in being a part of that list?

We would like to encourage all those actively participating in Photowalking Utah to share their info on this list. To have your name and info added updated on this page, please contact Jeremy Hall using jhall [at] greatproj.com.

Note: The list is alphabetized by last name (where available) for easy reference

Mark Abercrombie (801) 440-7514 mark [at] mga-media.com Aaron Barker 801.633.0638 aaron [at] aaronbarkerphotography.com blog.aaronbarkerphotography.com Kelly Branan 801-913-3410 kbranan [at] gmail.com kellybranan.com/blog/ Gregory S Brown 801-391-3650 gbrown [at] yesco.com Melissa Brown 801-413-4000 melissabrownphotography [at] gmail.com Michael Calanan 801 413 3008 info [at] calanan.com Brian Coleman (801) 815-3243 brian.coleman7 [at] gmail [dot] com Elizabeth Foote 801-654-1059 footepath [at] hotmail.com wibbet.blogspot.com John Freeman 801-360-7808 john [at] jafman.com Michael Frye 801-554-3734 fryeme [at] comcast.net www.photocapm.com Kim Guanzon (801) 367-1207 kim {at} kimguanzon.com kimguanzon.com Jeff & Karrie Haddon 801-510-5173 jhaddon84015 [at] mac.com Jeremy Hall 801.318.8889 jhall [at] greatproj.com whatsgottastay.com Eric Hamilton 801-735-9606 dilvie [at] dilvie.com dilvie.com Tamra Hyde 801-712-0510 modernmother [at] comcast.net todaysmodernmother.com Scott Jarvie 801-362-6372 jarvie [at] jarviedigital.com / jarvie [at] gmail.com jarviestudios.com/blog Jeremy Johnsen 801-776-4661 jjohnsen [at] gmail.com johnsenclan.com/wordpress Justin Johnson 801-652-1477 authalic [at] gmail.com Bryan Jones 801 859-1470 bryan.jones [at] m.cc.utah.edu prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones Sarah Keitz 801.317.1622 bandersnatch3 [at] hotmail.com Ben Kuhns 801-884-7089 benkuhns [at] gmail.com benkuhns.com Rich Legg 801.259.3500 rich [at] leggnet.com Nathan Marx 801-540-6712 nateperro [at] yahoo.com nathanmarxphotos.blogspot.com

Jeff McGrath 801 - 937 - 4274 jeff [at] jmtc [dot] biz Bob Mertlich 801.376.9763 b_mertlich [at] yahoo.com Scott Myler 801-427-1110 scottmyler [at] comcast.net scottmylerphotography.com/blog Jenna Nelson 319-4853 jennanelsonphotography [at] comcast.net Carl Nielsen (801) 694-0326 carl [at] carlnielsenphoto.com www.carlnielsenphoto.com Preston Norris 801-520-6180 preston_w_norris [at] yahoo.com www.zoneviiphotography.com Ed Paz 801-361-9827 edpaz84 [at] yahoo.com Harley and Diane Pebley 801.253.9756 (home; no cell) harley3 [at] pebley.org www.pebley.org Avery Pince 801.814.0358 american_papillon [at] yahoo.com Robyn Poarch 801-949-2281 photogirl66 [at] gmail.com rlpimage.com/PhotoBlog Vladimir Shnayderman 801-856-6503 vshnay1 [at] yahoo.com Scott Smith 801-540-3947 scott [at] scottosmith.com Jerry Staton 801-230-3628 sta57ton [at] yahoo.com Jacom Stevens jacomstephens.vox.com Jessica Szerszen (801) 773-3228 Cell: (801) 603-4393 Anna Tenney (801)587-5120 anytka232my [at] hotmail.com David Terry 801-699-3427 david [at] dterryphotography.com blog.dterryphotography.com Ann Torrence 801-557-0611 ann [at] anntorrence.com anntorrence.com/blog/ Charles Uibel 801-573-1668 Charles [at] GreatSaltLakePhotos.com David Ward 801.739.1821 dave [at] remember4ever.com Chad Webb 801-860-2567 radchad [at] mac.com www.chadwebbphotography.com Jenni Young (801) 391-1984 jenzbox2 [at] gmail.com Ryan Young 801-391-0605 ryguy77 [at] rocketmail.com John Yrungaray 801-446-6453 yrungaray [at] gmail.com www.johnsebastianphotography.com

Photowalking Utah - One Year Later

(This is a re-print of a post originally written by Rich Legg on his blog at leggnet.com)

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the very first Photowalking Utah event. Six brave souls ventured out on a rainy Saturday night to capture the sights of downtown Salt Lake City.

Roll the clock ahead a year and we have now had over a dozen events and have nearly 300 photographers who have joined the group. It has been a great year and I now count as close friends many of the photogs that I have met through these events.

I anxiously await the future of Photowalking Utah!

Pictured in the image (left to right): Harley Pebley, myself, Diane Pebley, Bryan Jones, Ann Torrence and Scott Smith.