On Saturday, I packed up my gear and headed out to Lake Harriet to join up with a bunch of people for Scott Kelby's WorldWide PhotoWalk. This was my first online photography group meet up, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. All told, it was a very cool event and a great opportunity to meet a bunch of other local photographers.
I was a little skeptical about going for a photowalk around Harriet and Calhoun since I've been around them so many times before. But like usual, I found that once I just started shooting I started getting into it and finding some cool shots. It seems like every time I go out, there's a bit of a warm up period where I just need to hammer through the first bunch of shots. After warming up, I honestly had a good time and came home with some images that I'm very happy with.
Now I'm surfing through LOTS of pics from the Flickr group to check out what everybody else came up with. I've been making a more focused effort to actually participate in the groups on Flickr and make comments on more people's work. I think that's a key element to getting better - thinking critically about lots of images and taking the time to invest back into the online community.
I'm definitely looking forward to getting out there again and meeting more of the local group.
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I've been using my Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, with the Rebel XTi, for nearly two years now and loving it.
So far I'm pretty impressed with the value of the Tamron lenses. I'm sure they're not all great, but their higher end glass is pretty nice.
The guy I bought the 17-50 also had a 28-75 for a sale for cheap. I thought hard about picking it up, but just couldn't justify more $$$ on camera gear right now. Oh well.
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