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| Phoenix Photowalkers 2012 at Turf Paradise |
On Saturday
13 October, 2012 I led my fourth International
Photowalk 2012 sponsored by NAPP,
the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, this time at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Arizona.
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| Photowalker and Former Student Isabella, a Great Photographer! |
We had a
smaller group of people this year, maybe because there were so many other
photowalks in the area. But that’s not a
bad thing. The folks we had were really
into photography.
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| Mike Chamberlain, Track Announcer and NICE GUY |
Probably the highlight of the experience was how darn nice Turf Paradise people were to us! In groups of three, they let us photograph from the track announcers booth high above the grandstands and also let us get at track level for some of the closeups I have of the horses.
We enjoyed
meeting Mike Chamberlain track announcer; Jorge Estrada, association steward;
and Mike Scerbo the social media guy (here’s an interesting article here on Turf
Paradise’s use of social media in the Phoenix
Business Journal). Jorge actually
invited us to a future polo match at Westworld.
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| Horse and Handler Before a Race |
Seeing me
setting up the group shot, Mike Scerbo the social media guy came out to greet us. That set a nice tone for our visit. Later on the track announcer Mike came out to
invite us to go in small groups to visit him and take photos high atop the
track where the press go. Then they
invited us in small groups to get between the first and second rails close to
the track.
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| Horses Head to the Finish Line |
I used a
Canon 7D and two lenses: the Canon
28-135mm and the Tamron 70-200mm. I
brought along a Tamron 200-500mm but frankly I didn’t need it. It was just another heavy lens to drag
around, along with a tripod that I only used for the group shot. Moral of the story here: travel lighter! That stuff was heavy dragging up to the
catwalk and all over the track.
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| Number Two is a WINNAH!!! |
I set up a Flickr group especially
for the Photowalkers to join in conversation and post their own photos. Feel free to join in!
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| Number Six Leading The Charge! |
Happy Shooting,
Enjoy
more of the photos I took at Turf Paradise
