My friend invited me along to Scott Kelby’s 3rd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk and we had a blast! I wanted to go last year but my Grandpa had passed away and we were out of town dealing with their estate. This year I decided to brave the heat at only 9 weeks pregnant and it was totally worth the misery ;-)
Taking pictures of people and objects are two completely different worlds. Ever since Zoey was born, I pretty much ceased all nature / object oriented photography and focused solely on my Peanut. While standing on the scorching sidewalk and starting our treacherous walk through blaring sunlight, I realized I needed to pull a creative bug out of my butt (It’s been in there hiding since, well… 2008-ish) and get to work. Taking the first photo felt liberating. I started with something simple, just a general shot of the beginning of our path. Of other Photographers and the buildings ahead.
I started looking at buildings from a different angle, from a different view. The sky was a beautiful blue with big, white puffy clouds. It really couldn’t have been better! The sound of shutters clicking all around me was like the soft breaths coming from a sleeping newborn.
See, this is the amazing sky I speak of! Crazy, isn’t it? It really could not have been more perfect. I got some decent photos, considering it was 4 PM and probably the WORST time of the day to take pictures outdoors!
This is the Green Door. Gene and I used to go here back in the day, to watch live music. A lot of indie or punk/pop/rock bands. That rickety staircase and drop off stationary door bring back a LOT of memories. It’s shut down and vacant now. Sad.
We walked around the canal downtown Oklahoma City and found these guys. I wish I had gotten a picture of someone standing next to them to show how truly gianormous these were! There is absolutely NO WAY you could sit atop these horses.. They were HUGE.
How can you go on a Photo Walk and NOT take pictures of flowers? Especially when these trees have such beautiful, bright blooms on them?
I had a LOT of fun. I drank about 4 1/2 bottles of water. I peed about 300 gallons. I sweat my butt off. Totally worth it. Can’t wait until next year’s!
