Photowalk, Melbourne CBD, January 17th

Photowalking is a recent idea where a bunch of photographers get together at a pre-agreed location, and walk along a common path, all taking photos, and usually ending up at a cafe or gardens or some similar gathering to talk about photography and compare photos. It can be anywhere, urban or parkland, and there’s no cost.

Who wants to do a photowalk meet? I’ve already started promoting the idea among my Manifest buddies, but I’d love to get lots of people involved. If anyone knows friends who love photography and might be interested, invite them along, and send them to this post.

This meet is all about meeting new friends, learning photography, asking each other questions, getting ideas and inspiration and having fun with our cameras.

Where? Starting at Fed Square (We’ll meet near the big screen), working around Southbank and ending up in Fitzroy Gardens – approx 3kms
When? Jan 17th – Sat, 1pm
Who? Who’s up for it? Leave a reply in the comments and I’ll add you to the list. The first few people listed are my Manifest buddies who are already coming along.
Discuss: http://neil.creek.name/forum/index.php?topic=25.0

Update: Melbourne is in for a scorcher this week. If we decide on the day that it’s too hot for an outdoor photowalk, we’ll get on the free city circle tram, and walk the short distance to the Museum and do our walk indoors there. The museum has an entry fee: $6 for adults, free for children, concession card holders and seniors.

neilcreek (organising)
kei24
Patryn
jaken_cosplay
Life’s Blade
Kobayashi Shiki
nakey
UniKoRn

Here’s the route:

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Starting in Fed square, under the big screen, we walk North to Flinders St station, West along the front of the station, South underneath the station to the footbridge over the Yarra. From there we turn East along southbank, till we reach St Kilda road. There we cross the Yarra back North, before heading East, past near our starting point, through Birrarung Mar, over the walkway across the railway before turning North to Wellington Pde to enter Fitzroy gardens, finishing at the hothouse. Once at the gardens we can explore the beautiful locations there as a group or break up into small groups and explore in our own time.

The whole route ends up being less than 3kms, and we get to see a wide variety of environments: city street, underground, riverfront, bridges, open parks, inner urban and a botanical style park.

I’m not expecting there to be any trouble from the authorities or any of the photo walkers on this meet, but it’s always wise to be aware of your rights. I highly recommend everyone visit the Street Photographers Rights page at the Arts Law Centre of Australia – http://www.artslaw.com.au/legalinformation/StreetPhotographersRights.asp – and read the page there. You should also download and print out the PDF. I keep my copy in my camera bag. I’ve never needed to use it, but I know I’m prepared to answer any question about my rights.

Stay tuned to this post for updates!