Date : Saturday 22nd May
Time: 2:00pm
Start : At the front of the Conservatorium of Music
End : Dawes Point (southern end of the Harbour Bridge)
Route : Proposed Route
Dinner : Lowebrau Beer Hall in the Rocks.
Welcome! If you have made it to this site, consider it your official invitation to this photowalk. Feel free to invite friends and family (and other photo-buffs) along for the ride. This is FREE!!!
I think the planned route (check it out here) is about 4.5km should be easily doable by everyone on the walk (with gear). It starts at the Conservatorium of Music, through the Botanical Gardens, around the Opera House, along the waterfront (or through the Rocks) and ends up at Dawes Point.
Regardless of the weather I will be at the start (Conservatorium of Music). The best way to get there is probably Cityrail to Martin Place and walk up the hill, or get to Circular Quay and walk up the hill!
The starting time is quite late in the afternoon (nice golden light hopefully!), but gives us plenty of time to wind our way down to Dawes point for sunset. Sunset is predicted to be at 4:55pm. Astronomical Twilight ends at 6:25pm. That gives us roughly around an hour and half of blue-hour which is plenty of time for great photos of Luna Park and Blues Point etc.
Afterwards, dinner is planned for the Lowenbrau in the Rocks. I'll make a reservation beforehand once I know the numbers so it should be a great place for chimping. (Chimping is a term used for reviewing your shots on your lcd screen on the back of your camera, usually accompanied by lots of ooh, oohs and aah, aahs)!
Important points!
- Wear comfortable shoes.
- Bring a warm (and/or waterproof) jacket. It probably will be windy.
- Camera (DSLR or Point-and-shoot)
- Charged battery (or two!)
- You’ll want to bring a couple formatted memory cards so you don’t get caught short. If you’re shooting raw, 8GB is a great place to start and should get you through a photowalk. Bring two if you have them though.
- Wide Angle Lens for shooting large buildings, stores, or full downtown area scenes.
- Telephoto lens. A 70-200 or 70-300 is always nice so you can zoom in and really capture your subject without lots of distracting things around it.
- Consider a tripod but it’s not necessary. Our walk is in the evening, so a tripod will probably come in handy, but be mindful that you'll have to lug it around!
- A good photo walking strap that won’t slip off your shoulder.
- Oh and just in case it rains, bring a plastic bag and some rain gear to put over your camera. A simple grocery store plastic bag can work but if you want some extra protection, Kata makes a rain cover for DSLRs.
After we're all done, I'll post some photos on this blog, and in a Flickr group so we can all check out the beautiful photos that were made on this day!
Don't forget to contact me (best by email) if there are problems!
If you are inviting other people, please get them to send me an email too! This way I can keep in contact with anyone and advise them of last-minute changes.
Can't wait!
Richard.
