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Dublin Night Photowalk | Tues Aug 25th 8pm

  • 14-08-2009 10:21pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭


    Hey Guys,
    Just thought I'd let you all know I'm organising another night photowalk around Dublin. The last one was great fun and lots turned out. Some really super shots came from the night too :-D

    Dublin Photowalk - More info


    Looking forward to seeing a few of you there!!
    Kyle


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭m_s_nixon


    won't know for sure until the day itself but hope to be there :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭eightcell


    I'll be there, enjoyed the last one!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Jemmy


    I've never tried taking night shots and I've only a 400D but could I maybe tag along anyway? :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Of course Jemmy!! It's open to anybody with a camera! Pop your name down on the blog so I have an idea of numbers :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Jemmy


    kjt wrote: »
    Of course Jemmy!! It's open to anybody with a camera! Pop your name down on the blog so I have an idea of numbers :)

    Great, havent been to a photo meet yet. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Slidinginfinity


    m_s_nixon wrote: »
    won't know for sure until the day itself but hope to be there :D

    ditto..

    But this is something I would love to take part in


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    left a message on blog - need some images for peoples photography.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    left a message on blog - need some images for peoples photography.

    lol better late then never ;)

    Speaking of which, I should really get cracking on some images!!

    Great stuff, looking forward to seeing you all there next week :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭mehfesto2


    Can the next night photowalk not be on a tuesday?
    Maybe even a Thursday???.... Pweese?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Lol I'm sure they can be mixed up for the next meet :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭mehfesto2


    Yuss!
    I'm dying to meet y'all and get out safely at night!
    I'll keep my eyes posted around here so! Enjoy tomorrow!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    mehfesto2 wrote: »
    Yuss!
    I'm dying to meet y'all and get out safely at night!
    I'll keep my eyes posted around here so! Enjoy tomorrow!

    Ahh... it's not till next week, the 25th


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭mehfesto2


    Ah, well enjoy it then!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭silverside


    I'll be there, enjoyed the last one, thanks !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭WillyWonka


    great stuff, I'm interested + 1 other


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23 cleeek


    If I am not working (grumble, grumble) I'd like to tag along if thats ok.

    I'll know on the day/maybe day before.

    thanks
    bernard


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Stephen P


    I'd love to go, never been on one before and I want to get some shots of Dublin at night. Tuesdays are bad for me though, if the night is ever changed I'm there! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 cash22


    I've never gone on one of these before so I think now's the time.

    I hope I get my gorilla pod in the mail before then!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭.Longshanks.


    I'd love to tag alone too, but can't commit to anything until after the weekend just yet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Super, really looking forward to the walk next week.....I already have a funky idea for the next one :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    I might tag along too, if that's allowed ? Just have to confirm about work Tue evening next week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 FatimaKid


    Was looking forward to one of these - never been - but this Tuesday? Bah! Ah well, maybe next time......

    Enjoy it, you lucky gits!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭WillyWonka


    I don't suppose anyone would have a tripod I could borrow for this excursion...? :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    WillyWonka wrote: »
    I don't suppose anyone would have a tripod I could borrow for this excursion...? :-)

    Whereabouts are you? Looks like I might not make it, but depending on location might be able to lend you mine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭WillyWonka


    Thoie wrote: »
    Whereabouts are you? Looks like I might not make it, but depending on location might be able to lend you mine.
    Hurray! I'm in rathgar if that suits?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    WillyWonka wrote: »
    Hurray! I'm in rathgar if that suits?

    Close enough - will PM you. Just remember - you break it you buy it ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭DutchGuy


    I left a message on your blog - hope you don't mind if I tag along. Seems like a good opportunity to play with my new flash and triggers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭WillyWonka


    Anyone else have loan of a tripod?? (on the 'you break it you buy it' condition of course) Thoie is sick and I don't want to be a pain in the ass calling around if I can help it :)

    Can collect around south dublin to save anyone hauling two tripods tomorrow.

    Thanks,
    Willy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    So, what's the specific plan for tonight? What time to meet, where?

    I wasn't actually going to bring my tripod. There's still lots of light at 8pm.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭.Longshanks.


    Paulw wrote: »
    So, what's the specific plan for tonight? What time to meet, where?

    I wasn't actually going to bring my tripod. There's still lots of light at 8pm.

    There is a link to a map on the first post. 8pm at a luas stop


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Yup, all the info you need is up here Paul.

    Looking forward to some shooting tonight! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Slidinginfinity


    If anyone coming tonight is going to be or wants to shoot film. PM me I can bring plenty of the 200ISO fuji (rebranded to Unicare) for anyone who wants it.
    If you just want some but are not planning on using tonight, that is OK too.

    edit: film expired last month


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    I'm guessing the photo walk as the huge bunch of people that came through Portobello harbour with all the skaters and bike riders??

    I know its a public space and all but you guys were standing in everyones way who were trying to ride and do what they do.
    At one point someone was lying under one of the blocks/benches almost hiding waiting for someone to jump over him to get a shot, I only noticed at the last minute when I saw a lens bobbing up over the top of a ledge I was about to jump onto....seriously....not smart guys...firing flashes atsomeone jumping off something and lying underneath them, come on....common sense!?
    It was pretty dangerous to be lying where people are more than likely going to land on top of you if something goes wrong, which is also more likely to happen when somene is being put of fwhat they are doing by a barrage of flashes from all direction and weaving through a crowd of onlookers with cameras.

    It was disrespectful of peoples space, the equivelant is running onto a football pitch when people are playing a game and getting in their way. Or us as bike riders making sue we get in every shot you are taking and ruining the composition. You guys don't get in each others shots so show the same respect for people doing other activities.

    As I said, I know its a public space and anyone can be there but there is common sense and within the skate and BMX community there is a sort of unwritten code of etiquette that we make space for each other.

    It got to the point this evening that several people just left to go ride elsewhere because the place was so overun and becoming dangerous to the point that somene was going to get hurt. If that did happen, I wonder who'd get the blame for it?

    Nobody has a problem with people taking photos and I was asked by several people if I would do something for a photo and I refused because it was like waving a red rag at a bull. I could see the whole group eagerly waiting for the go ahead to crowd around and start shooting.

    I've been shooting photos as long as I've been riding bikes, and riding bikes is what got me into taking photos and as a photogrpaher I thought it was inherent to have some sort of respect for what you are shooting. Tonight was more like a melee of people with cameras :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    Wow seriously? Did this actually happen? If this happened down here at our park or spots we skate id tell ye all to stop and move back.. seriously.. WTF?

    What happens if we fall on you and break your camera or flash or even worse hurt you? You cant be lying underneath ledges like that its like begging for something to go wrong.

    Bad form guys bad form.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Wow. Glad I missed this so. Sounds like a mess.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Hey guys,
    Good turn out and a great night had out by all.


    Pete, sorry to hear about what happened. What you're saying is complete common sense and it's a pity some people got in your way. I wasn't over near you guys so I don't know exactly what happened. Did you or any of the other bikers tell them to stop/move further back?

    I'm not here to make excuses for people on the walk but I'd say most of the people in your way didn't know they where in the wrong?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    KJT,

    Thats the thing, most people didn't realise and its easier to just move on somewhere else for oursleves than try to ask people to move. Like I said it is a public space and we respect that too as realistically we shouldn't be riding our bikes on public property. It's hard to tell 30+ people to move back, I'd end up feeling like an a$$hole for doing that.

    I can see how people would get excited at something new and different to shoot like street sports and not have any idea they were posing a risk to themselves or anybody else.

    I'm not having a go at anyone for organising photowalks or mini meets. Tonight was like a scene from Escape From New York....photogs seemed to be popping out of sewers and behind trees all of a sudden.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭silverside


    I've nothing to add to kjt and pete4130's comments on Portobello.

    Thanks kjt for organising the walk, I enjoyed the chance to meet lots of new people as well as some I recognised from the previous night walk.

    We were lucky to see a barge going through the locks, I also saw some people practicing rollerblading on Stephen's Green on my way home... reminds me what a cool place Dublin can be.

    Here are my favourite shots.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭eightcell


    I was taking a picture of a tree, the lighting was perfect, composition was spot on etc etc when these guys on skateboards kept getting in the way and ruining my shot... :D

    On a more serious note thanks for arranging another photowalk Kyle, I am hoping there will be another one in the near future.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭trooney


    Well, I enjoyed m'self and didn't notice the bmx'ers/skateboarders until I was leaving portobello bridge and wouldn't have the slightest interest in what they were doing. Smiling at the irony of the whole thing TBH.

    Here's a few of mine from the walk


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Jeez, photo's done already? I haven't even looked at my camera :-/. I think I took 5shots last night and the rest was just talking to folk.

    Really enjoyed it and thanks to everybody that came out :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Slidinginfinity


    If anyone is interested mine from the walk are here.:eek:
    Had fun and am happy to have met so many people from boards.:)
    Nice to have a picture to put to a name.:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Buzz Lightyear


    One from a good night out with kyle. Cheers man.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23 cleeek


    One from a good night out with kyle. Cheers man.

    Hi all,

    Thanks for a good night on Tuesday. Good fun, "safety in numbers and all that".

    I do apologise to the skaters for the influx of clickers. I may have contributed to the focus (pardon the pun) on those guys. Next time, just tell us to f&^$ off, politely.

    Nice to meet BuzzLightYear, and [can't remember your name, sorry] the guy in the black leather jacket with the tilt-shift lense taking the photos at Harcourt Street.

    I've gotten through a few photos so far, heres the first two:

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    Buzz: the shot of the three "lovers" on the bench turned out nicely, you'll have to let our new friend know where she can find it.

    bernard/cleek


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Buzz Lightyear


    cleeek wrote: »
    Buzz: the shot of the three "lovers" on the bench turned out nicely, you'll have to let our new friend know where she can find it.

    Cheers bernard...... I thought she gave you her mobile number :D
    I have to say she made a lovley date ...... or is that a different fruit :D

    Philip


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23 cleeek


    Cheers bernard...... I thought she gave you her mobile number :D
    I have to say she made a lovley date ...... or is that a different fruit :D
    Philip

    Well, she did say alot of things, so maybe I missed it :)

    Oh, em, I don't think I am a, big enough man to handle a lady of her, em, calibre.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Buzz Lightyear


    cleeek wrote: »
    Oh, em, I don't think I am a, big enough man to handle a lady of her, em, calibre.

    mmmm I suppose it would be a tight squeeze :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Woohoo, 5am!!
    Photos printed for this weekends exhibition, blog updated.

    Some great shots guys, thanks for coming along!

    Dublin Photo walk #2



    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Buzz Lightyear


    One more from the photowalk

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