Photo Friday: Photowalk at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan

I had such a great time at my first Photowalk last fall, so I eagerly signed up to go on another Photowalk at The Henry Ford Museum.

Again, the mission of the day was to meet up with the group for an afternoon of informal shooting around the museum. It was also a bit of a chance to be a tourist in our own hometown.

Some of our photographers were trying out their new DSLR cameras for the first time, others packed pocket-sized point-and-shoot cameras, and some came loaded with high-end DSLR cameras and equipment like tripods and multiple lenses. None of that mattered, because we all encouraged and helped each other, and the pool of photos posted from that day show that some of our group have amazing eyes and talent!

The act of walking around a location and leisurely shooting whatever strikes your fancy encourages you to take your time and see things in different ways, and from different angles. I've shot photos at The Henry Ford many times in the past, but there is always something new to see and shoot.

Thanks go to The Henry Ford, which is extremely open to hosting photo groups. Museum staffers hastened to make our group feel welcome shortly after finding our initial Twitter conversations discussing a proposed photowalk at the museum.

Thanks again to Dave Peckens and Becks Davis for organizing another successful and fun event.

Check out my post about our Photowalk in Royal Oak, Michigan, last fall, or check out a recap of that event Becks posted at Detroit Moxie. I also have a few more photos posted to Flickr from that day.

Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.

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Comments

[TheWordWire]

What a great idea to get a group together to take photos! I bet it's interesting to see what others in the same place at the same time saw from their perspective. Thanks for sharing -- love it!

[jessiev]

d - love the shot of the hubcap with your smiling face!! and, great shots. thanks for sharing!

[Dominique King]

WordWire-This is the second time this group has done a photowalk, and both times were really nice experiences. One of the organizers put together the group pool, making it very easy to check out everyone's shots from the photowalks.

Jessie-Yeah, that was my effort at a self-portrait. I just happened to be walking by the display and noticed my reflection in the hubcap. I actually took quite a few shots to get what I wanted - a shot with decent composition, without the camera obscuring my face, and a fairly clear image of me. You'll notice I'm not actually looking through the viewfinder (it took several tries to figure out where to hold and aim the camera without looking through the viewfinder as I took the photo).
It was a fun day, and the group as a whole got a lot of fab shots!

[Sarah V.]

That must have been a fun day! I'd like to try a photowalk in San Antonio, but I'm worried I'll be the only person with a point-and-shoot camera. Maybe I just need to give it a try anyway!

Great pictures! The self-portrait is especially nifty.

[Dominique King]

Sarah-One of the organizers agonized about going to her first photowalk with a point-and-shoot. She finally decided to go and had a great time-got some good photos and some good advice as she prepared to buy a more complex camera.
Next thing you know, she's organizing photowalks! :lol:
Go, give it a try. We had a few people who showed up with point-and-shoot cameras, and it wasn't a problem at all.
You can often get great photos with one of those little cameras, and I still use mine from time to time to take photos for my blog when lugging a large camera around might be impractical.