November was coined National Photo Book Month (naphobomo). I participated in this event and wanted to share with you my final product!
My Photobook is called 50/50. 50/50 Stands for 50 photos with my 50mm. All of the photos in my book were taken with my Canon 50mm f1.8 during of course November! I created the book using Blurb.com and their BookSmart software for my mac. So please take a look!
Please enjoy this book and if you like it feel free to order a copy here from Blurb!
London photowalk would like to extend our holiday cheer to you over this holiday season! We know that this is a very busy time of the year for many people. This is why we have decided to take a rest from our regular monthly photowalk until the new year. We will post our January walk details later this year so you can plan.
In the mean time have a great Holiday Season! Enjoy time well spent with friends and family and don’t forget to take some photos while your at it, to keep those skills sharp! Speaking of those photos you may wnat to check out these locations over the holiday season for some amazing light shows:
For those of you looking for a great way to give back this season with photography in mind you should check out a project called Help Portrait. This project is something many of you may be interested in, and as a small fyi, London Photowalk is not participating as we tend to be a large group and it would not be in the best interest of this project. However you may find out that some of our participants are going to host there own little help portrait session, so check out the comments for people who are looking for some help.
Have a great one and Happy Holidays!
LOPW
Lens Lenders is a great local (London, Ontario) service which allows Nikon and Canon users to rent various lenses and flashes at very affordable rates right over the Internet. With fast shipping and handling included its a great way to either test out a potential purchase or to be creative with a different style of lens.
Here at the London Photo Walk we are also happy to announce that Lens Lenders is an official sponsor of this months Photo Walk.
The prize is a $1 one-week lens rental as a door prize. Everyone who shows up and participates in this months Photo Walk is eligible to win this prize.
Once again we would like to thank Lens Lenders for sponsoring the Photo Walk.
Lens Lenders details their operations by saying:
Rent lenses through the mail for your Canon or Nikon SLR camera! Rental lenses are delivered to your door by Canada Post inside a professional, waterproof Pelican case. Enjoy the lens for a weekend or weekly rental, then re-package the rental lens into it’s Pelican case and use the pre-paid shipping bag to return it to any Canada Post outlet. Simply hand the return package to the Canada Post clerk and the return is done! Shipping to you and return shipping back to us is free.
With Internet online ordering, credit card payments through Paypal and free to-your-door delivery, renting lenses from Lens Lenders is more convenient than driving to a store to rent. Returning rental lenses is also easier than using a store – simply use the included pre-paid shipping bag and return the lens at your neighbourhood Canada Post outlet.
Canada Post allows us to deliver rental lenses to anywhere in Canada, including to apartments and RR addresses.
Next time you are looking to try out a lens before you buy, want to have a weekend of creativity, or need to supplement the lenses you already have checking out Lens Lender might be the perfect option.
Once again we would like to thank Lens Lenders for sponsoring the Photowalk yet again.
If you would like to sponsor the London Photowalk and support these great events please contact us today!
The eighth installment of the London Photo Walk will be taking place in the East London Industrial area. Under suggestion of one of our participants we will be heading to this area to see what type of interesting photos we can gather.
The details of the walk are as follows:
Date: Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Location: East London Industrial Area
Meeting Spot & Route: Boyle Community Centre Park (Princess Ave @ Charlotte St.) Free Parking
After: Sam & Bill’s Sports Bar (Dundas Street @ Ashland Ave)
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In the future there is no doubt that this area will be slated to undergo a number of development changes and as such this is a great idea to be documenting it now. It currently contains a number of heritage buildings which add character to the area.
We look forward to seeing each and everyone of you out at this walk. Remember, as we move into winter all participants should dress appropriately for the weather.
Museum London along with the London Arts Council have teamed up to offer an unconference centred around social media for the arts to be held Saturday November 14, 2009.
SMArts London will be a free “unconference” that will feature a full-day of sessions and discussions that seeks to connect artists (performing arts (theatre, dance, performance), visual (fine arts, photography, painting, etc.), multimedia (film & video, computer) and academic/curatorial artistic communities), art administrators and art dealers with the social media practitioners and enthusiasts who can help them understand the value, potential and benefits of new media.
The London Photo Walk will be at SMarts as I (Kevin Van Lierop) and James Wilkinson will both be speaking during the days events. Our session topics are as follows:
Affordable Online Presence. Effective Online Portfolios Using Simple FREE Tools – Kevin Van Lierop
Get Devious With Your Art! A view into Deviant Art to share, sell, and of course be social with all forms of art. – James Wilkinson
Our sessions plus the many others that will be offered during the day might be of great value to our fellow Photo Walkers.
I urge you to check out the SMarts London website for more details. If you are interested in attending the event on Saturday November 14, 2009 at Museum London then head on over to sign up for FREE.
NaPhoBoMo – What a funny word.
For those you “in the know” you will understand that NaPhoBoMo is a new, and local, photography initiative that is striving to get photographers to be more creative.
National Photo Book Month (NaPhoBoMo) is the brain child of Andy Berdan (@twitch) a local London photographer. Taking the concept behind National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrioMo) and National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) that is essentially about being creative each and every day for an entire month (November), NaPhoBoMo puts a new pin on this concept using the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words“.
NaWriNoMo is about writing 50 000 words in a month, and as such NaPhoBoMo is about taking (at least) 50 picture in a month and creating a photo book from it. Do the math, it works out.
With that said, here are the “official rules” from the NaPhoBoMo website.
A photographer’s take on NaNoWriMo, the goal is to produce a 50-picture photobook in a month, from start to finish. This includes taking the photos, creating layout, editing for content, post-processing, all of it. In 30 days.
Q: What do I do?
A: Make a photo book with the following restrictions:
- All pictures must be taken in the month of November.
- All layout, editing, and post-processing must also be done during the month of November.
- The deadline for a final PDF is November 30th, at midnight.
- The final book must have at least 50 pictures.
- Post progress and completion at the NaPhoBoMo Site
Q: Why 50?
A: NaNoWriMo’s goal is 50,000 words. And a picture is worth 1000 words.Q: How do I join?
A: You can head on over to http://naphobomo.com/submit and tell us what you will be doing. Include your name, email, website and twitter pages (if you have them) and we will be sure to add you to the site.Q: Who’s responsible for this craziness?
A: NaPhoBoMo was created by Andrew Berdan.
With that said I am participating in this month long project and I am very excited about it. I have decided to pick something fairly easy to complete, as this is the first time around for it and I am not sure what to expect. Having tried to complete both NaWriNoMo and NaBloPoMo in the past I have found that its hard for me to write that many words each and every day, photography on the other hand is an entirely different story.
With that said, this in November 1st and NaPhoBoMo has begun. I know its short notice but I think this is an easy project to get started and to will be fun to complete. We look forward to seeing what some of the London Photo Walkers might be able to produce.
