It is with pleasure that I am telling you all about PhotoCamp London! I(James) have been wanting to do this since the very popular PodCamp London last year, and then SMarts London, and PodCamp Toronto. It is time to focus on the Arts again and get everyone out to share, learn, and contribute to our artistic community! So here it is! PhotoCamp London Canada and unconference on photography & cinematography!
What is PhotoCamp London?
PhotoCamp is for everyone; newbies, professionals, teachers — everyone is welcome! PhotoCamp is about creating an affordable (free) event with themes surrounding photography and cinematography. Education and community involvement take a front seat throughout the discussions of these mediums.
An unconference is a small conference where the content is provided by the attendees. Each conference will have only a basic structure up until it starts. People are asked to contribute sessions that they want to present or hear about. Those sessions are picked up by someone with experience in that field and they present it. A session is between 5 and 30 minutes and can cover any topic related to photography and cinematography.
When is PhotoCamp London?
PhotoCamp London is proud to be hosted by the London Public Library, at the Central branch, located in the heart of our fine city. The event will be filled with lots of fun learning and networking among fellow photographers. So mark your calendars and register now!
When: Saturday September 11th, 2010
Where: London Public Library – Central Branch
Time: 9:30am-4:00pm followed by LOPW #16
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London Photowalk #16
Saturday September 11th 2010
Meet: Central Library - Rotary Reading Garden
Time: 6:30PM-8:30PM
Route: TBA
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!
Here at the London Photo Walk we hope that everyone had a great holiday season and a chance to relax with family and friends.
With the new year we are back to walking and photographing, starting in a couple of weeks.
The details of the next walk are as follows:
Date: Saturday January 23, 2010
Time: 3:00pm
Meeting Place: Springbank Park (Storybook Gardens Parking Lot)
Entrance: Off of Commissioners Road
Route: Still to be determined
Map Will Be Posted Soon
We thought that this would be a great opportunity to get out and take some nice winter scene pictures (assuming that the snow is still around). Trees with snow, people all bundled up, perhaps we can build a Snowman or throw a snowball or two, its all an opportunity to get out during the winter season and just have fun.
We hope to return to Springbank Park later in the year and hopefully Storybook Gardens as well, but more news on this as the year passes on.
We hope to see you all out. Remember to dress for the weather, that means remember to wear your electric underwear.
If the weather turns out to be very very bad that day we might have to re-schedule, but we will see what it is like that day.
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.
- smartslondon.com
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.
There has been a slight change of plans for today’s photo walk. I just got word that the gate that was suppose to be open apparently isn’t. Because of this we have to enter into the park off of Fanshawe Park Road.
Please see the map below. If you need more details please call 519-871-9052 (Kevin’s cell)
Sorry for any inconvenience.
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