Taipei Photowalk – A Few Snaps

Saturday July 18th 2009 saw the first ever Taipei Photowalk, held as part of the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. I served as leader for a group of 50 or so photographers wandering through the streets in Xinyi district, Taipei. Our group was truly multicultural – we had members from Taiwan, India, Australia, Vietnam, Scotland, Poland, USA, England, France, South Africa, Guatemala, New Zealand, Canada and probably a couple more countries that I’ve forgotten. All in all, it was a fun few hours of photography, catching up with old friends, meeting new friends, conversation, Tex-Mex food, walking, laughing, ice cream and a little stress. For all photowalkers in the group, don’t forget to upload your 2 photos before next Saturday. I’ll post the winning entry next week which will get sent to the international contest. Finally, a big thanks to Alan and all the crew at Yuma for the great food and use of the big room.

I found myself too busy chatting and trying to keep track of people so barely shot any photos. Here are a few I did manage to get. All were shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with 17-40mm f4L lens and a 580EX II speedlight as a fill flash. As always, click for the larger image.

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  • WOW! Great job, Craig. I like the first one best, but these are all fantastic. I had a lot of fun on Saturday and it was great to meet everyone. Thanks for your advice, encouragement and hard work!
  • Thanks Carrie. I'm glad you liked the Photowalk and had fun. A special thank you to you for what we were talking about for the workshops - you've given me some extra ideas.
  • I love the second photo. I saw some people in our group took this lobby but I couldn't think that lobby could be nice as in your shot. Great job.
    Thank you very much for organizing the walk. I will never forget this memory.
  • Many thanks. It was a cool looking lobby. Next time I'm in the area I might take a few more. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself at Photowalk.
  • ashlin
    Hi Craig. I like the first one too. I was right behind Ray when you took that shot :D Thanks for leading the photowalk. It was immense fun.
  • Thanks Ashish, I'm glad you enjoyed the walk. It was good to see you.
  • islaformosa
    Is there eventually going to be somewhere where we will be able to look at everyone's photos from that day or just our best photos?
  • I think the easiest way is to follow everyones links to their Flickr sets. I'm thinking of posting a few of the best after I choose the winner, but even 50 people times 2 photos is a lot to look at.
  • bob_edwards
    Great pics, photojazz, my friend. Go get bread, cheese for kids. :)
  • Thanks, although photojazz isn't me.
  • Teo
    Here's an interactive 360 degree panorama of all the photowalkers that day. tr.im/txdP
  • Thanks for the 360 pano Teo. That's a very cool photo. Glad you could make it last Saturday.
  • What a great idea. I particularly like the third shot in the series, with the woman's look of surprise!
  • Thanks Andrew. Glad you could drop by.
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