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I am essited for this, are you essited?
Plz remember that although these organizers routinely post amazing images, you are not competing with anyone. Just push yourself to walk, to see, to capture.
I'll be holdin it down with my favorite cobbled together from pieces/parts, junkstore/thrift store/toystore cams. You bring your favorite(s), we'll have a blast.
Come play with me, +Mika Martinez, and the rest of PDX Photowalk.
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Announcing the grand ol' Google+ PDX Photowalk!
It's been in the making for a while and now I'm really excited to share the details of our Portland Google+ Photowalk. This plan was hatched together with my two cohorts, +Jeffrey Yen and +Ben Latterell. We tried to keep the premise straight forward. Everyone and anyone is welcome to join – the more, the merrier! And it happens to fall on the day after +Jeffrey Yen's birthday, so make your presence be your present ( nudge nudge )
The goal was to browse through a variety of scene types, offering something for everyone to shoot. At the end of the walk, we'll rendezvous at the Hair of the Dog Brewery for some good eats and drinks.
Now, this is Portland and, as such, we are holding the walk rain or shine. There are some really fantastic and relatively inexpensive camera covers out there to help protect your gear. Plus, rain always makes for awesome shots! 
Prizes – I've got some sweet prizes lined up to give away at the end of the walk and we're also going to hold a photo contest after the walk ends with an even bigger prize for the winner!
If you're interested in attending, please leave a comment in this thread and I'll add you to our PDX Photowalk Circle.
You can find the details of the walk below:
When: Sunday, Jan 29th – Meet at 4:30PM
Where: Start at Union Station
Photowalk Map – http://bit.ly/yt3P31
Description:
Starting Point – 4:30PM We will meet outside of the main entrance of the station, in the little park area.
We'll be taking a few turns from Union Station that will ultimately put us on NW 3rd Ave. We'll take 3rd Ave through Chinatown to get some cool architecture and street photos.
Next, we'll turn left on Burnside and cross the river via the Burnside bridge.
As we approach the east side of Portland, we'll exit the bridge onto the esplanade path heading southbound. This will put us in position for a nice sunset shoot. We can spread across the esplanade to get our shots.
We'll make a left off of the esplanade onto SE Hawthorne Blvd and make our way to the end point.
Make a left onto SE Water Ave and a right onto SE Yamhill St.
Our end point will be the Hair of the Dog Brewery to eat, drink, and chimp our shots.
I really hope to see as many of you there. Please feel free to share this post far and wide!
#PDX #Portland #PacNW #PhotoWalk
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