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First of all, I have one thing that I need to say to all the people that came to our PHOTOWALK:

Y   O   U          M   A   D   E          M   Y          D   A   Y    !!!

A huge thanks to everyone that showed up for the Fort Lauderdale Photowalk today. We had a great group of 43 people (including 2 kids 1 baby and 1 dog). I couldn’t expect more from everyone, and I think everyone can agree that it was a “picture” perfect morning (a little hot, but better than if it was raining).

So thanks again, and now let’s get those images uploaded.

Click on this Link: Flickr , and download your picture into our Fort Lauderdale Photowalk Group.

Here are few more pictures…

We had so many people that we had to take 2 group shots

Group 1

Group 2

I am glad that you guys could make it

Thanks to GOLD’S GYM HOLLYWOOD for the 20 T-Shirts

wow… I wonder if any body else got this shot   :-)

OK! The Fort Lauderdale Photowalk is almost here, and it is normal to start thinking about what you should bring to this walk.

Before I give you a list of things that you should bring with you Sunday, I want to give you few Links related to this Photowalk:

-  Check some Pictures that you might be taken

- 1.7 miles ROUTE

- Where to download your pictres

We are going to meet around 9:45am in front a little water fountain at Las Olas Riverfront, Fort Lauderdale. There are few different places there that you can park your car, even a valet parking. If you get lost call me: 954-270-0751. We will be there no matter what (Rain or Sun)!!!

Remember that this is a FREE event and that you can bring friends, family and even kids. I would recommend to every body (even kids) to have a camera (even if it is a $3.00 disposable camera) so you can really enjoy all that Photowalk has to offer.

So… What should you bring?

CAMERA- YES!!! After all… this is a Photowalk. It can be a “Professional Camera” or a ”Point and Shoot”. Remeber to check the “battery” and the “digital card” or “film”.

LENSES- I will bring just my 17 - 55mm, but you can choose whatever works better for you (just remember that we are going to be walking and heavy lenses might be too intrusive to other people and hard to carry around)

TRIPOD- For me… It is a NO!!! This is a personal choice. Since it will be daylight and I don’t want to carry extra weight, so I will not bring mine (some places give a hard time to photographers with tripod).

FLASH- It is a MAYBE. Most of the time you will not need one. Just if you want to take some portraits of people to.

WATER- Yes!

SNACKS-

I think that you got the idea already…

You can stay for the whole 1.7 miles, or as long as you feel that works for you. At the end we might grab some drink or some brunch and talk about our experience. That is the beauty of this event, you will meet people that have something in common with you.

Don’t forget to bring a lot of BUSINESS CARDS.

Just to remind you…

I can not thank enough GOLD’S GYM Hollywood, that gave us “20 T-Shirts” for this event, plus few “1 week free workout pass”.

I will see you there this SUNDAY. OK?

So, it is a date… The Fort Lauderdale Photowalk is going to happen this Sunday, June 22 at 10:00 am.

I want to invite all Photographers (Professional or Amateur) and all Photography Lovers to join us on this fun and inspirational adventure that is Photowalk. You can come alone or bring some friends and even your family. I am bringing mine (IT IS FREE)! 

A photowalk is the act of walking around with your camera and photographing your surroundings. Recently the term has become synonymous with a group of photographers (professional or amateur), with big or smaller cameras, walking in predetermined locations and then sharing their imagery. Alone or with a group, the purpose is still the same and that is to go out and shoot.

We are going to meet around 9:45am at Las Olas Riverfront (300 Southwest 1st Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312). They have a little outside water-fountain that is going to be our meeting point. OK? But because South Florida weather is so unpredictable and most of our summer rain goes away as fast as it came, I want to assure you that we will be there, no matter what… Sunny or Raining. If it’s raining we will relocate our meeting point to the first floor, close to the escalators.

I don’t know how many people are attending this Photowalk, as I said before, the more the merrier. Photographers, friends and people that read my blog, have been contacting me asking me more detail about the Photowalk, so I hope that we have a good number of people there.

Few news papers and TV stations have contact me also. They might even show up there on Sunday. I also got a Sponsorship from GOLD’S GYM HOLLYWOOD that is giving us 20 T-shirts + few 1week free workout pass for this event.

Just in case you get lost, here is my CELL: 954-270-0751 .

The route is a 1.7 miles long ( CLICK HERE to check the ROUTE ), and because it passes through Las Olas Riverfront, old and historic Fort Lauderdale, New River and Las Olas Boulevard, we will have the opportunity to bring home some great shots ( Click Here to Check some SAMPLES ).

So…

If you like to take pictures… this event is right for you,

If you like just to walk… this event is right for you,

If you like to meet new people… this event is right for you,

If you like to bring your family to something fun… this event is right for you,

BUT… IF YOU LIKE ALL THE ABOVE…

… YOU WILL BE IN HEAVEN!!!

As I was telling you on my other post, I went few days ago to Downtown Fort Lauderdale to check on a nice and interesting route for our Fort Lauderdale PHOTOWALK that will happen on June 22, 2008 (SUNDAY - 10:00am). “Check the pictures that I took, at the end of this post“.

Look our ROUTE of 1.7 miles ( CLICK HERE )

The Riverfront and Las Olas Boulevardare two of the most interesting and diversified places in Fort Lauderdale. There you will find a lot of green areas, new and interesting buildings, old and preserved Fort Lauderdale history and few of the most charming bar and restaurants that you could ever imagine. On top of that, we will have part of our route walking just on the sidewalk of ”the new river” (one of the most important canals of Fort Lauderdale) and the old but working “Train Track” with its elevating bridge.

I want to remind you that our Photowalk is for everyone that enjoy photography (Professionals and Amateurs) and it is FREE. You will have the opportunity of meeting few of the most talented photographers of South Florida and make some new friends too. After that, we will post all pictures on FLIKR ( CLICK HERE )

We are planning to end our Photowalk around a Bar and Restaurant called MANGOS. They have great food and drinks (have you ever tried to shoot after take one or two margaritas? you might even discover a new style) OOOps!!! I am kidding!

But jokes apart… That is what Photowalk is about. Come you too to be part of this unique experience, and bring some friends with you. IT IS FREE!!!

I know that is a holiday and that most of people don’t work on this day.

But NOT ME!!!

In the morning I had to go to Gold’s GYM to teach a class there, after lunch I enjoyed to edit some more photos from Simon’s Bar Mitzvah and around 5:00pm I went to Downtown Fort Lauderdale to check some route for our Fort Lauderdale PHOTOWALK. Then, when I got home, I had some dinner and came to the computer to edit few more photos and write few posts for my blog.

I don’t know about you… But I am glad that the Holiday is over.

I just got my new Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Autofocus Lens today. I have to confess, I am still nervous of shooting with a lens that is not a zoom lens.

This 50mm lens will be a good choice for my Portrait Sessions, but I am not so sure if that will be a good choice for my Event Photography. I still have to try it in a real event to to be sure how confortable I will be with this new lens.

This Saturday, I will be shooting a Bar Mitzvah and I will have this lens in one of my Canons. I shot some test shots few minutes ago (look the pictures here), and looks that this lens is very sharp. And because is a f/1.4 USM I can shoot even in low light situations.

In a month or so I will be buying the Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Autofocus Lens. That wiill be a very good treat to myself.

In few days I will be posting some pictures that I shot with the 50mm. OK?

And don’t forget to save the date JUNE 22, 2008 (SUNDAY 10:00 am) for our Fort Lauderdale Photowalk. OK?

Click Here to read more a bout the Fort Lauderdale Photowalk.

Twitter or not Twitter, that is the question. I recently signed with twitter, and for you that doesn’t know what Twitter means, you can visit their page Click Here.

When I signed my new account, I was in doubt about how to use it and what kind of benefit it would give me. But, mainly, it is just a way to you let your friends and people that follow your steps to know what are you doing and what you are up to (like an instant message). It might help me alot with the FORT LAUDERDALE PHOTWALK.

You can use the computer or your cell to send your messages. I didn’t try use my cell for that yet. Personally, I don’t see my self stop doing what I am doing when I am shopping, working out or working outside, just to send a message trough Twitter. I normally update what I am up to 2 or 3 times a day here on my computer, But as I said… I am new with Twitter. But do you know a very cool feature? Every update that I write there, is instantly sent to my Web-site. Give a look - Click Here

My twitter is: paulopics1

Let me know how you use your Twitter. OK?

Paulo Jordao

I would like to invite all PHOTOGRAPHERS (professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts, with big or small cameras) to this unique experience that is Photowalk in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I am still looking for a good route (maybe around Las Olas Boulevard - Downtown Fort Lauderdale) and a good date and time (June 21st or 22nd at 10:00 am). I am still accepting suggestions about route and date.

UPDATE ABOUT THE DATE: Most of people are asking me to do it on “SUNDAY - JUNE 22nd at 10:00am”. SO That will be the date. OK? I am still looking about our route. OK?

UPDATE ABOUT THE ROUTE: Click here to check the 1.7 miles around Riverfront and Las Olas Boulevard.

Just in case you don’t know what photowalk is…

Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting. (See Wikipedia: Photowalking). It’s really just a way to get out, take some photos of things you find interesting along the way and then share them with others that share your passion. No critiques, just mutual inspiration and maybe at the end, a little coffee, beer, snack, lunch… you name it.

I am already counting with the presence of few professional photographers from Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beaches. So… If you are an amateur, you might learn few good tricks. And if you are a Professional… there will probably be photographers of differing skill levels and you might be able to learn something, teach something, or just make some new friends.

In conjunction with the walk, I have set up a Fort Lauderdale Photowalk Flickr Group to upload images and discuss the walk (click here to go to the group).

So if you are interested, drop me a comment here on the blog or head on over to the Flickr Group. The more, the merrier.