One year has come and past much quicker than I ever thought it would and without a doubt I have to say that each walk we have had has been enjoyable.

A couple of weeks ago we headed out for our 1 year anniversary walk and returned to the site of the first London Photo Walk, the Old East Village.

Although the turnout may have not been as large as I thought it would be (some citing the ‘early’ start time) I have to say that I was happy to see about 15 people out, many new faces.

We toured from one end of the Village to the other, seeing what had appeared, disappeared and changed over the past year. Some new businesses are in the village, others are no longer present, but one thing we all agreed on; there was more life in the village this year than we saw last year and things are moving in a positive direction!

We had an opportunity to meet some new local photographers, meet the families of another and meet the companion (‘Mosley’) of yet another. This past walk is definite proof that the London Photo Walk isn’t about photography, rather, it’s about community and the act of getting out and celebrating the city.

One thing that should be noted is that we were invited in to the London Potters Guild to see not only the great art work that is created there on a daily basis but the fantastic building which has been restored. I was blown away by the working space that is located in the heart of the Old East Village, and upon hearing of the plans to renovate the upper portion of the building I had a smile on my face. I am glad that we went back to the village for our anniversary walk otherwise I may have never had such an easy and great opportunity to check out the guild.

May Photo Walks

Scheduled for May are two walks, both in conjunction with separate local London, Ontario events.

On May 2nd (tomorrow) we have a heritage forest walk that is in partnership with Jane’s Walk London. Check out the details of the walk here.

On May 9th our walk is being held at the University of Western Ontario in conjunction with PodCamp London. Check out the details of the walk here.