Here are are my favourite shots from the walk that I took. I have tweaked them in Adobe Lightroom, which is my software of choice for photo editing, and due to the flat lighting we had, black and white enabled me to push settings around a bit and make some slightly more dynamic looking images. Nothing award winning, but at least I got something out of the day.

Overall it was a good afternoon. I met some good people, enthusiastic about photography. I got out with my camera, which is something I don’t get a lot of time to do at the moment. I had a nice pint of Guinness which is always a bonus.
As I only moved to Northwich in February this year, I am still finding out about what photographic opportunities there are in the area, but I’m hoping to organise some more photo walks through out the year so keep an eye on this web site for more info.

For those coming along to the Northwich walk, the weather is looking promising and I’m looking forward to it. At the moment it’s only events like this that I get to go out with my camera so hopefully I can bring back some decent pictures. The question is though, what lens to bring?

When I do these types of events I like to challenge myself and stick to one lens only. Yes, I might miss some opportunities for a good picture, but it does help you get more creative, look around you more for the shot and makes you concentrate a bit more on taking the shot. All good ways to learn. I’m currently leaning towards the wide angle 11-18mm for some interesting perspectives, but I’ll make the final decision just before I leave the flat.

I’ll be tweeting during the walk too, so follow @photobasics if you want to see what’s going on, look out for the #WWPW tag on twitter to see what other walks are going on too. I’ll try and take a few shots from my iPhone along the way too. I’ll do a full report after the event too.

If you can’t make it to any of the photo walks, why not just take half an hour to wander round your garden with your camera and take a few shots, or take your camera with you when you take the dog for a walk. Either way, get out there and take some photos.

http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/northwich-england-united-kingdom/

The benefits of registering are that you will be able to enter the photo competition for images taken during the walk plus I will be able to easily contact you with updates about the walk and any other important information.

I am looking forward to the walk and meeting photographers from the area, or further afield. It should be an enjoyable afternoon.

I am still working out the route, but it will be close to, or in, Northwich this year instead of near Oldham like last year. I am thinking that this time we’ll keep closer to civilisation and make it a bit more of a social event as well as taking pictures. The canals around Northwich are my likely choice but I’ll be announcing the route very soon and will be giving you a link where you can register your participation.

I’m looking forward to it already!

This is very much dependant on the weather though, if it’s chucking it down then it might be best to postpone it. I’ll keep an eye on the weather during the week and keep you updated.

For those that have emailed me saying they are interested, I’ll be sending out some info this week.

So I am sorry I couldn’t get one organised.

But, September will give me the chance to run a course. Sunday September 20th will be the next course. There will be 15 places available, a buffet lunch and hopefully dry weather but who knows what the weather will do for the rest of the year? Click here for more info on the course.

I am also going to plan a trip to Chester Zoo on Saturday September 19th. Now for this I need to get atleast 15 people in order to get a discounted entry fee, so please let me know if you are interested so I can work out the numbers. It will only cost the entry fee, which at most will be about £15 but I hope to get it down to about £12 if the group is big enough.

If you have any questions about either of these activities, just let me know, but please be aware that from 22nd August to September 12th I will not be able to respond as I will be out taking photos in the Canadian Wilderness, far away from any internet connection or mobile signal…. BLISS!!

There were a few people I’d met before on my photography basics courses and a few new faces. All enthusiastic and nice people which was good. I hope they all got some great shots and will be entering the photo competition.

I did remarkably well and didn’t lose anyone along the way, which is always a bonus, I managed to tweet a little bit throughout the walk but must admit I spent most of the walk talking rather than taking pictures, which is no bad thing.

I had one minor disaster. I managed to set my camera to the lowest image quality for about half an hour without realising, so I have a few low quality jpegs of things, but fortunately no award winning pictures were ruined because of it.

I’ll be putting some thought into running some more photo walks, as it sounds like it will be a popular activity. Chester Zoo will be next, and I’ll get details of that one up on the site very soon.

So, thank you to all those who made it along to the photo walk, please keep in touch and if you have any ideas for another walk then just let me know.

I’m looking forwards to the day, even if it does rain, and hopefully there will be around 15-20 photographers turning up for it.

I’ll be tweeting throughout the walk and will try and post a few pictures taken with my phone too.

So, 2.5 hours to go, the clouds are lifting a bit and it’s not raining yet. Stay tuned.

You can find all the info, and register for it here: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/oldham-en-uk/

Please don’t try and register through this site, you have to go to the official page at the address above.

It’s totally free and will be a good afternoon of photography for beginners and experienced photographers with a range of photo opportunities, from industrial remains to wildlife.

I hope you can join us for it.

I’ll be publishing mroe details once I have them, but I hope you will be able to join me as it should be an enjoyable afternoon of photography and socialising with other photographers from the surrounding areas.