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Brief walking tour of DC

February 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in My Photos, PhotoWalking

You may have noticed that I didn’t post anything yesterday. Well, some of my Indian colleagues from work are in the country for two weeks and I wanted to make sure they go to see the major sights of Washington, DC. So, yesterday, we walked quite a bit… From Chinatown to the White House to the Washington Monument, and then up to Georgetown for a bite. I thought I’d share a few with you…

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The sky was pretty cloudy and hazy all day so I decided to take advantage of it with some HDR shots.

You can see the rest of this set here.

Tags: capitol, dc, lincoln, memorial, monument, PhotoWalking, washington, white-house

Photowalk: West Bank

February 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Featured, My Photos, Of General Interest, PhotoWalking, The Traveling Photographer

Back in 2005, I traveled to the West Bank to do some work with children on a refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Nablus. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. This year, in June, I am returning to the same camp. However, this year, I’m much more into photography than I was last time and I can’t wait to take some photos over there.

A Face of Palestine As it turns out, a friend of mine in the West Bank has also recently caught the photography bug. So, I’m planning on organizing a photowalk through the city of Nablus on one of the days where we are not working at the camp. I’m very excited!

You can learn more about the workcamp in which I will be participating here.

You can also see photos from my last trip here.

So, if you’re in Nablus or will be in Nablus between the 14th and the 30th of June and you have a camera, I look forward to photowalking with you! More details coming soon…

Disclaimer: I understand that the issue of Israel/Palestine is very controversial and that many people are extremely passionate about their position and beliefs. That’s fine. However, I can assure you that this volunteer work is non-political and non-violent in nature. This is about photowalking as a hobby, meeting photographers from other countries, and photographing a place not many people get to see first-hand. Please make sure your comments are appropriate.

Tags: photowalk, PhotoWalking, west-bank

Photowalk Wrap-Up

February 10th, 2008 | 3 Comments | Posted in Featured, My Photos, Of General Interest, PhotoWalking

Woohoo! The Bethesda Photowalk is in the books! We had a great turn-out! I don’t know for sure but it felt like there were about 20-25 photographers who showed up to participate. Many thanks to macmoov for organizing the event! (Check out his Flickr stream, website, and blog.)

I’ve posted a few of my favorite photos from the walk below:

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Check out Mark’s group photo here.

Photowalking Tips

February 8th, 2008 | 10 Comments | Posted in Featured, Of General Interest, Tips and Tricks

On Wednesday, I mentioned that I would be participating in a photowalk in Bethesda, MD with some local photographers. I’ve gone photowalking plenty of times by myself but I’ve never actually gone on a group photowalk. So I started thinking about what I needed to know and bring before I went. I’ve decided to share a list of things to bring and know for your first photowalk. I hope you find it useful.

What To Bring

Your camera(s) - This is an obvious one but I also wanted to mention bringing, perhaps, a small point-and-shoot as well. Most point-and-shoot cameras can easily fit in your camera bag or pocket and you never know when having a second camera might come in handy.

A small camera bag - Again, pretty obvious but you definitely want to make sure you bring a bag that is easy to access. I have a great Quantaray backpack that, inevitably gets loaded with a ton of gear that I don’t necessarily need. I’d stuff five lenses, all my cleaning equipment, and just about anything else I could fit. Why? Because I could. At the end of the walk, though, I found that I rarely went into my bag at all. Consider getting a small shoulder or holster-style bag that will hold your camera, one general purpose lens, and a few accessories. You’ll be glad you did.

A video camera - You might be saying “Huh? A video camera? I thought you wanted us to travel light?” Well, I do. But, recently, I won a small Flip video camera in a employee photo contest where I work. It’s pretty neat. It easily fits into my pocket or into a small compartment in my holster bag, records up to 60 minutes of video, and makes uploading to the Internet insanely easy. It’s nice to have when you’re confronted by some private security guard who claims you can’t take photos of a particular building. More on that later… If you don’t want to buy a Flip video camera, you’re cell phone or point-and-shoot might also have video capability.