Here is the second set of photos from the Photowalk in Old Town Alexandria that Bill and I participated in last Saturday. If you missed the first set of photos, I posted them to our blog on Monday. The Old Town Alexandria Photowalk led by Jeff Revell was part of the Worldwide Photowalk that took place on August 23.
In addition to being a great way to meet other photographers, the photowalks give me a chance to do a different type of photography. Recently, I’ve been photographing mainly landscapes and flowers. I usually use either my 24-105 mm lens or my 100 mm macro lens. I use a tripod at least 90% of the time. My favorite times and places to photograph are when and where there are few if any people around.
On the Photowalk, I was part of a group of 50 photographers walking around a city. I only used one lens this time – my 70-200 mm lens. I’m still learning to use this lens handheld – usually I put it on a tripod for stability. I was really able to relax while I was shooting – I wasn’t worried about getting the perfect exposure or composition. I just focused on getting more comfortable with my lens – and having fun!
About two-thirds of the way through the photowalk – someone remembered that the Old Town Alexandria farmers’ market was on our route. We hurried over for the chance to photograph all the great produce, flowers and art that is sold at the market. Here are several photos I took at the farmers’ market.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
Many of the other photographers on the Photowalk have posted their photos from the farmers’ market to the Photowalk Flickr group. Cindy Dyer has some wonderful photos from the farmers’ market on her blog.
As we were finishing up at the farmers’ market – we heard the sound of bagpipes coming up the street and heard that there were people in 19th century costumes in a nearby park. We headed over to Carlyle House where a reenactment of the August 1814 occupation of Alexandria was taken place. On August 29, 1814, during the War of 1812, Alexandria had surrendered to the British Navy. Here are a few of the reenactors in their War of 1812 costumes.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
We’ll be posting Bill’s photos from the Alexandria Photowalk later in the week.
You have this antique look down cold Patty – I love seeing them!!
I could spend hours shooting produce in a farmers’ market… you’ve posted some great shots. I did a post back in July about the farmers’ market in Lewisburg, PA–not so many photos, but it’s a decent lazy-afternoon story. Please keep ’em coming.