Thanks to Chris Baldwin for leading and Donna Currie for support this walk is back on. sorry for the confusion!
The London Photowalk Group is back again this year for another World Wide Photowalk! This year we will be exploring the beautiful Gibbons park and surroundings during the golden hours. This is a very large park so we will have lots of room for our 50+ participants (if we count on last years numbers).
Gibbons park is situated on the edge of the thames with a beautiful walking bridge, shore side access, lots of trees, a splash pad and pool, and of course many geese and ducks ready to be photographed!
So here are the details!
Gibbons Park World Wide Photo Walk
Date: Saturday July 24th
Time: 7:00PM – 9:00PM
Where: Gibbons Park Splash Pad Parking Lot
Route: Walking through the park with a stint into a historic neighborhood then back down through the north end of the park. See RED on map.
You need to register to be a part of the Wordl Wide Photowalk, and it is open to 50 ppl. However just as we did last year we do not limit the amount of ppl who can come. So come anyways if you dont get registered. However if you do get registered you are entered into the World Wide Photo Walk photo contest!
So we hope to see all of you out, and dont forget to Register!
Here was the wining photo for London, Ontario from last years WWPW by Jason Parreira:
Our next photowalk will be at the beautiful St. Peter’s seminary and taking the trails down to the River and following the 
bike path back to the seminary. This is a 3KM walk but only 2KM is really pretty. So bring comfortable walking shoes and water! We will be going during the evning for some really nice light. Points of intrest are the Seminary it’self, the courts behind the seminary, and the river. So here are all the details in short, see the map above for the route.
Huron Woods Photowalk
Date: June 19th, 2010
Time: 6PM-8PM
Meeting Spot: Kings College Parking Lot, just beside and back from the seminary.
Route: Through the seminary yard down the nature trail and back on the walking path.
Parking: Paid parking located at Kings College meeting spot, as well as free parking along the side of the street.
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!
May is National Photography Month! Maybe that would explain why we are having two photowalks? Maybe not but what it does explain is the Spring sequel of NaPhoBoMo! For those of you who do not know what NaPhoBoMo means, it stands for NAtional PHOto BOok MOnth and was brought in to pair up with National Novel Writing Month last November. Well NaPhoBoMo has decided to do a Spring Sequel to coincide with National Photography Month!
So what is NaPhoBoMo? Well here is the short version. You have 1 month to take 50 photos and assemble them into a photobook PDF and submit it to the NaPhoBoMo Site. The long version can be found on the NaPhoBoMo site as well as registration instructions.
But wait thats not all! There is another photobook project coming up in June called SoFoBoMo standing for Solo Photobook Month, it is along the same lines as NaPhoBoMo but 31days and 35 Photos assembled into a photo book.
I will be doing both of these and putting the books up for sale on my Blurb account. Let us know if your going to join in to and share your topics with us in the comments. So hopefully all of these photobook projects and photowalks will keep you busy for national photography month! Happy Photographing.
We would like to share with you the following photo and volunteer opportunity coming up in London. This is not going to be a photowalk but a great event to go on out and take some pics!
World Partnership Walk
Walk the Walk. Change the World. Be Part of the Solution to Global Poverty!
Join us at Canada’s largest annual event, dedicated to increasing awareness and raising funds to fight global poverty.
All funds raised (100%) go directly to support international development initiatives – not one cent is spent on administration and there is no registration fee.
Participate as an Ambassador, create a Team with your friends, family and colleagues or how about a Corporate team.
Celebrate the achievements of thousand of Canadians with post Walk – Food, Live Entertainment and Family fun!
Date: Sunday June 6, 2010
Location: Springbank Gardens, London ON
Register online at www.WorldPartnershipWalk.com
Photographers do you want your pictures to make a global difference? Join us as our volunteer photographers, videographers and/or ambassadors. Bring your cameras out to make a difference.
Photographer/Videographer Volunteer Registration
Contact: Erika Hernandez
Email: ea_hernan@yahoo.ca
Phone: 519-719-5514
For more information visit www.WorldPartnershipWalk.com
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!
