Well as you can hopefully see the site has changed a bit! London Photo Walk is now a year old and the original website was just a random theme off the internet and then further down we added and changed a few things, and now we have completely re done it all from the Top Down! I say that because if you notice the footer isn’t quite finished yet! So lets go over what is new!

1. The Design of course. The new design puts a larger focus on the London Photowalk’s Next Walk as seen at the top of the page in the big green bar, and the overall brand of the walks.

2. The Marketplace, this feature was implemented a few months ago but we have put more focus on it. We have found from our website stats that the Market place is our second most visited page, third is the photos page.

3. The Photos Page, this page is still under construction. We are looking for a non-flash solution for pulling as many images as we can from our flickr group and displaying them on that page. If you know any really nice ones please share them with us in the Comments!

4. Comments, nothing has changed here but we really want you input! Tell us what you think of a post, whether or not you plan on coming for a walk and feel free to contact us if you would like use to post a community event on our Calendar. We are all about Community Involvement and engagement!

5. Calendar, this has always been there but we once again want to remind you that all of our walks and community events will be posted to this calendar and you can subscribe to the Calendar feed!

So that is an overview of what you can see on our site that has changed. Under the hood we have removed a bunch of excess “fat” and the website now runs smoother than ever! We really hope you enjoy this new design and like always let us know your thoughts!

Oh and one more thing. WE ARE ON TWITTER NOW! You can follow us @ldnpw . Our feed will send you updates when we post a new post on the blog as well as the occasional tips and tricks, and what ever else we find that is photography related!

It was on this very day that the first organized London Photo Walk took place! Read more about how we came to be on the About page!

LOPW is now 1 year old and we have had a total of 10 photowalks!

We have decided to cancel today’s photo walk due to the weather.  Although the rain and gloomy skies can make for some good photos, the cold weather and wetness is something that is not good for our cameras or our health. With that said, March will not have a photo walk but be prepared for April’s as it will be the 1 year anniversary of the London Photo Walk.

WEATHER NOTE: Although there is a call for rain later in the evening we will be heading out unless there is a large downpour an hour before.

Check back on www.londonphotowalk.ca later on in the day for any cancellation information

First off we must apologize for such a late posting and short notice Kevin and I have been really busy lately and been watching the weather and scouting spots like crazy! So without further adieu let me introduce you to London Photowalk 11 : Spring Sunset Photo Walk

This walk takes on part of an already done route. That route had a great turnout but we got rained out a bit :(. I discovered two parts to this route. The first last year doing my NaPhoBoMo Project and the 2nd last night at sunset.

So here are the details:

When: Sunday March 28th 2010 6:00PM -8:00PM

Where: Harris Park Parking Area

PLEASE NOTE: There is very limited parking in Harris Park itself, as such your best bet for parking will be on the streets (it is free) or in the parking lot at the splash pad at the forks of the thames.

Recommendations: Tripod, Waterproof Shoes, Dress in Layers

Map of the direct route is in the sidebar and on the side of this post.

Hope to see you wall out and cross your fingers for another beautiful sunset like last night!

Our latest photowalk in no way involved math. Unless of course you were calculating your sunny 16′s (without sun) and f-stops. Our first photowalk of 2010 was in beautiful Springbank park.

We were hoping for a little more snow in the park, and some snow on the trees but that did not stop us from going out and freezing our fingers off! We once again had a great turn out of about 20 people. No after party this time though as everyone was extremely cold and ready to head home and enjoy a nice hot cup of co-co.

Our walk this time started off with geese, yes geese, contrary to were you think they should be (in the sunny States and Mexico) they decided to stay right here in Canada. What troopers! They made for some great photo-ops and of course made for some great photo-ops with the other organizer Kevin chasing after the great pic!

Some of us went of the groomed walking trail and took to the beaten path down below near the water. Good thing no one fell in. As you may know I am prone to slipping and falling on these walks with my crazy ideas for shots!

We got to see a lof of new faces out this time as well. In fact the majority of our group this time was NEW! Thank you all for coming out! Hopefully we didnt scare the newbies off and they will be back.

Keep your eyes peeled at the top of the page for the random imports from Flick’r and in a few weeks time Kevin and I will as usual pick a few photos to highlight in the side bar. I would also like to take this time to tell you more about that sidebar. It is in no way a contest over there, each of us goes through the group and finds two shots that we feel showed off the overall feeling of the last walk. If you ever don’t want your photo there please send us and email and we will remove it right away.

Please post your photos to our Flick’r group as well so everyone can enjoy them!

We are also looking for suggestions for walk for February and any other time of the year as well. Feel free to email them to us or post in the comments below.

Hope to see you all at the next walk, and until next time keep those fingers warm and photos coming in!

It has been a suggestion that I have received many times for the London Photowalk site. So here it is finally!

LOPW now has a market place. Feel free to post anything you would like on the market place, if you would like to suggest a categories please just send us an email.

I will let you know of a small glitch in the plug-in that we are using. You can not actually view the categories with the view categories link. To see ads relating to just a specific category there is a drop-down in the main view. That one will work.

There are already some great steals on there for you to look at so head on ever to the Marketplace!

NOTE: You must be registered on the blog to post on the marketplace.

So this review is only 2 months way over due! I was suppose to write this up shortly after the walk but then came Christmas and then our latest walk earlier today. That review I promise will be up much sooner.

For our 8th and last photo walk of 2009. We went through London’s industrial area. This area has been given a bad rap over that past few years, with many rundown buildings and not that much curb appeal. That is now a myth as all of the participants of the 8th walk will tell you.

The industrial area made for great photos, regardless of the grey skies that followed us through the walk. The area was full of colour and thankfully not full of snow being November.

We had a very good turnout with around 25ppl participating this time around. After wards we headed to Sam and Bills on Dundas across from the old McCormick factory for some well need refreshments, and few good laughs. Many of those laughs were attributed to Kevin’s friend Kyle and his NaPhoBoMo adventures:

I encourage you to take a look through the flickr group and hope to see you at future walks!