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NAPG Instagram PhotoWalk

I finally made it to a NAPG (North Alabama Photographers Guild) meeting tonight. I have been a member of the Flickr group for several months, posted photos to the group and gone to one other event.. tonight was the first time the stars aligned and I made a meeting. One of the planned activities was an Instagram photowalk (non iPhone users were welcome to walk as well) One before and after the meeting. I was barely able to get to the meeting on time and this was a big one.

Final total was 23 apparently. I took this before a couple more folks showed up and we had to add another table. The food was good, the meeting was loud :) I managed to catch bits and pieces of conversations. Check out the flickr group for more on the people and their photos. Really nice bunch.

The photowalk was a nice stroll around Bridgestreet, iPhones in hand and Instagram loaded. Instagram is an app with a handful of filters to apply to shots, a small image size and a way to share the photos with your circle of instagram friends. You can also upload from the app to twitter, flickr, facebook and tumblr. If you don’t have an iPhone but want to get a feel for what Instagram is all about, check out Webstagram, it is a website that lets you view the photos without an iPhone.

And now one to my shots with little to no commentary, my personal feed by the way, is viewable at Buzzregog on Webstagram

First shot was of the merry-go-round, since it was right outside of Terry’s Pizza, the location of all the NAPG meetings.

Next was a try at catching the fading sunset.

A line of clouds catching the last rays of the sun.

It was a photowalk, so the bricks seemed appropriate.

Some needed a break, so we stepped into the Monaco, and I saw another floor opportunity.

And finally the best shot of the night for me, a wall on the back side of some shops not far from the waterfalls outside the Westin.