Simon McConico | Valo Photography » street photography http://www.valophotography.com/blog/simon Quirky Wedding and Senior Photography brought to you by Valo. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:16:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 January Photowalk http://www.valophotography.com/blog/simon/2010/01/january-photowalk/ http://www.valophotography.com/blog/simon/2010/01/january-photowalk/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:12:11 +0000 Simon http://www.valophotography.com/blog/simon/?p=1426 I love pictures. I love taking them, editing them, and printing them. I love showing them and giving them to people. There is something about catching a moment and putting it on paper. This last Saturday I went on a photo walk with some of my Flickr friends. (Flickr is fantastic for people from pros, to moms with cameras) We have been going on photowalks for about 4 years now and it has been great to meet new people and talk with other people who are passionate about pictures.

We met up at a place called Wolskie’s, which, if your from Milwaukee, you have probably seen their bumper stickers around town. From there we walked around Brady Street taking photos of places and people and ended at a place called the Nomad. There were lots of great photos taken and conversations had. If you shoot, want to shoot, or have fingers and a camera, you should come out to the next photo walk. To get more info, join flickr and then join the Cream City: Milwaukee group.

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