The 2nd annual Worldwide Photo Walk is almost upon us! If you missed my post yesterday with some wicked tips from Scott Kelby himself I urge you to check it out.

As I mentioned yesterday, Edmonton has three walks that day (this Saturday – July 18th) – one led by Steve Allison from 5pm – 7pm starting at the Alberta Legislature grounds and ending on Whyte Ave (full), one led by myself from 11am – 1pm starting at the Shaw Conference Centre and ending at Sir Winston Churchill Square (full), and one led by Ian McKenzie from 9am – 11am starting and ending at the Muttart Conservatory. There are still spots available in Ian’s morning walk group so be sure to head over to the page for that walk and sign up if you haven’t signed up yet.

As for the walk that I’ll be leading starting at 11am to about 1pm, we will meet in front of the Shaw Conference Centre by the DREAM wall to the east (that’s left if you are facing the SCC). I’ll be there hopefully around 10:30 and we’ll be starting the walking around 11:05am after we head down to the bottom of the SCC for a quick group picture with the river valley in the background. Once the group photo has been taken, we’ll head east on Jasper Avenue past Canada Place and towards Gibson Block. We’ll then head north on 96th Street past the police station and fire hall. Once across the LRT tracks we’ll head east again and check out the graffiti on the LRT tunnel, then head south on 95th Street and wrap either around the bottle depot/scrap yard or west along 103A Avenue.

LRT Graffiti Mural Detail

LRT Graffiti Mural Detail

Either way, we will end up in front of the police station and pass the Brownlee Building, continuing on past the CN Tower and then head north on 101st Street past the casino. We’ll hang a quick left and head west on 105 Avenue and catch the A. MacDonald building before heading southwest across the parking lot back towards 104th Avenue and passing the old Mercer Warehouse.

A. Macdonald Building

A. Macdonald Building

Depending on the time at this point we’ll either head towards McEwan College and take a few pictures there, or head south on 105th Street all the way to Jasper Avenue. We’ll continue south past Jasper Avenue and head east on 100th Avenue, curving around onto 102nd Street and then up MacDonald Drive catching some of the older buildings, the Chateau Lacombe and the Alberta College along the way. We’ll head north on 100th Street across from the Hotel MacDonald, and depending on time will cross and attempt to take some pictures of this historic hotel – the last time I tried I was hassled by the doormen and told I couldn’t take pictures of the building.

Either way we’ll continue north on 100th Street and either take a quick detour through Rice Howard way and come back on 102nd Avenue and end up in Sir Winston Churchill Square where we will finish off the walk by City Hall and the new Art Gallery of Alberta. Here we can hit up the café in the square or the Second Cup across the street at the library and hang out in the square and chat/share pictures for a bit.

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Art Gallery of Alberta

The total length for the walk is about 5km, however there will be a few portions where it’ll just be walking as there won’t be a lot of the standard photo ops – that’s not to say you can’t stop and shoot whenever and whatever you want! As well, based on the time and how everyone is doing, we may cut out portions of the walk to shorten it up.

The forecast for the day is 25C – so bring lots of water to drink and wear a hat and/or sunscreen! Again, check out my post yesterday for some more tips on equipping yourself for a successful walk!

After the walk you will have the opportunity to upload two of your best shots to the Photo Walk site. Instructions to upload are available on the Photo Walk site, with options to upload directly through the site or from Lightroom. There is also a free tutorial on how to use Lightroom provided by Kelby Training.

Important dates:

  • July 25: This is the deadline for photo walkers to submit up to 2 of your best images to their location page. These will need to be JPG files (not RAW or TIFF), and the size limit will be posted when you go to upload. Most likely around 1.5-2.0 MB or so.
  • August 1: This is the deadline for walk leaders to submit their choice for best image from their walk to us. More specifically, 11:59 p.m. EST on August 1.
  • August 17: The 10 honorable mentions and 1 grand prize winner will be announced.

See you all on Saturday!