Murray’s Mill Photo Walk
The Murray's Mill Harvest Folk Festival is coming up soon, and I was fortunate enough to get down to the Mill today for another project and got a chance to check things out. I made a quick shot of the mill (above) while I was there this afternoon, and as I was shooting it, I noticed something looked different. The mill has been painted and had a new roof installed.
This photo is one that I made on October 27 of last year (2007). The rusted roof is really what gave this photo a lot of strength with its reflection in the water. I suppose that maintenance of historic sites is important, but it will just take a few years for the mill to re-gain some of its antique feel in appearance on the outside.
I have been working on putting together a group of people locally who are interested in monthly photo walks, and the upcoming festival at Murray's Mill is the site of our first event. HERE is a link to my original post on the Photo Walk subject, and it includes a link to the Flickr group where we are organizing the walks. Please feel free to join the Flickr group. It's free and participation is not required.
The October Photo Walk will come up soon as well. Hickory's Oktoberfest will be the site of the second photo walk. There are great opportunities for street photography at this event each year... Stay tuned...
Catawba Valley Photo Walks
My local camera club has field trips, but most of them are either too expensive for me or held at times that I can't go. I do enjoy shooting with other photographers occasionally, so I decided to form a group of local people who want to get together on a monthly basis to shoot together. The objective of the group is to get together once per month and visit a local site or attraction and spend a few hours making photos. I have created a Flickr group for this project where discussions and photos may be shared. The link to the group is here:
If you are interested in participating, please join that group. Flickr is free, so there is no cost involved unless you want to upgrade to their professional level account. This group is open to anyone who wants to participate.
The first Photo Walk will be on Saturday, September 27, 2008 and the site will be the Murray's Mill Harvest Folk Festival. I usually attend this event for at least one of the two days every year, and the photo opportunities are excellent. I hope you can join us!