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Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk – Detroit

The Detroit group for the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. Photo by Joseph Grey

 

This past weekend over 8,000 photographers from around the world participated in Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk to promote his NEW Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers. Over 200 cities from around the world were included and I’ve seen some AMAZING photos already from various places.

Of course I used this opportunity to also give my new di-GPS Pro a workout. So you can click on any of the geotagged photos below to see where I was when I took them. These were all taken with my Nikon D300 and 18-200mm VR lens.

I lead the Detroit walk and we had an absolute BLAST! Everyone was in good spirits and we just had a good time hanging out on Detroit’s International Riverfront and walking up and down the Riverwalk. It’s always interesting to see what 40-50 different photographers shooting the same location come up with. Every one’s “eye” is different and therefore you get different perspectives. I saw photos of things that I said “wow, I wish I had thought to shoot that that way!” So it was a learning experience for me and I can’t wait to do more of these. What was even more amazing was that there were no Canon vs. Nikon fights. 🙂 I’m just kidding, we did have to break up a couple, but at the end of the day they were hugging so it was all good. (OK, I’m totally joking, we all got along great)

I did manage to get some good shots and although I’m not eligible for the contest, I had fun shooting and posting my shots nonetheless.

I grabbed this shot of my good friend Chita. I couldn’t resist. There was something about her eyes that drew me in. 🙂

These kids were having a ball running up and down through the fountain. Some of the other photographers got some award winning shots of these two. Sadly, mine were just “ok”.

Here’s a shot of my buddy Housain who has that kind of face that just begs to be photographed.

 

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is an amazing upgrade that takes an already great app to the next level! I can’t wait to see Scott’s new book on it.

 

If you want to see the rest of the shots from the Detroit walk, check them out here. People are still uploading, so check back often.

 

If you want to see the shots from all the various locations around the world, go here.

8 Replies to “Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk – Detroit”

  1. Terry, that shot from underneath the fountain in Hart Plaza looks like something from another planet! I hope you do this again sometime (and that registration isn’t full the day it is announced). Looks like fun.

  2. Hey Terry!

    You had me laughing with that Nikon Vs. Canon crack! Absolutely LOVE your photograph (and processing) of the fountain! The photograph of your friend is a nice one, too; I would love to do a formal studio portrait of him!

    I hope I can make the next photo walk!

    Take care, and I’m loving the GPS!

    -Chris

  3. Ooooh is that Canon envy I’m detecting!!!!!!

    I’ll make you a deal, you set us up a shoot and I’ll let you try it out…
    Loved the walk had a blast.

    Absolute Elegance.

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  5. Big C,
    You caught me! I’m was just posting both my NEW D300, D700 and sweet GPS hookup on eBay in hopes of getting a Canon….__________? um, hmm 5D, um no. um … oh nevermind 😉 Just kidding with you buddy.

  6. Yeah you know want a Mark III 1ds and a 40d backup…..or your waiting for photokina to release that 5D upgrade…and that GPS will work on the aforementioned Gods of photography.
    Nonetheless we need to hook up a shoot Chief.

    C,

  7. Terry,
    That first image is awesome. Love the composition and the way you processed it. Very nicely done!

  8. From what I have seen of the photowalk the images were rather cliche, late 70’s early to mid 80’s Potemkin village shots of Detroit. What about Tyree’s neighborhood or better yet images that reflect the derelict remnants of a once proud city that in 1927 was proclaimed by the NYT as one of the few cities in America that was doing it right.

    I would have liked to have seen more images like this…the ones that by all accounts of Henry Ford “…history is bunk…”

    http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1882089,00.html

    Best to all in the Motor City, no matter where I am or how I got here like any woman whom you love or loved will always own a bit of my heart.

    Ptro

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