This Saturday I joined the Denver, CO group for the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk in Golden, CO.  Since the Democratic National Convention is in Denver this upcoming week, Golden was chosen as the location as you don’t want to be anywhere near Denver.  I along with close to 50 other photographers set out for a 1.75 mile trek to photograph whatever we felt like along the path in Golden.  Here are some of my favorite images from the event.  Other images from the other photographers can be found on the Flickr group here. The route of the walk took us along Clear Creek where a statue of two sisters reading was found.  Also a farmer’s market was also next to the creek and the image above was an umbrella at the market.

One vendor had the most colorful noodles I have ever seen.

Next we traveled into the older part of Golden, CO on our way to the campus of the School of the Mines.  Lots of old houses could be found and this was my favorite.

On the campus, several buildings caught my eye.

The Calvery Church, built in 1867, was a favorite for others as all the photographer’s were invited inside to take photos.  Thanks!

One last image of what Golden CO is famous for. Clear Creek and Coor’s.

This past Tuesday I attended a flash photography seminar and workshop in Denver put on my Neil van Niekerk. Neil in my opinion is the master of on-camera flash photography. He has an excellent blog covering all aspects of his technique, which I’ve been following for the past year.  It was great to get to know Neil and his assistant Karen throughout the day.

The seminar was the first half of the day and Neil lectured and did some small demonstrations of getting the most out of our on-camera flashes.  He also did an incredible job of showing how to misplace camera gear in a meeting room.  It was great to see someone else that does the same things I do and can’t remember where I placed my flash I just had in my hands 30 seconds ago. I walked away from the seminar with a preview of his upcoming book and a wealth of knowledge and I can’t wait to getting practicing.  I also came to the conclusion that my little Canon 430ex flash wasn’t going to cut it and I would need to invest some more money into a Canon 580ex II. Ugh, it seems like it is a never ending cycle to always need some new gear.

After lunch was the hands on workshop.  We started out in the lobby of the Colorado History Museum, worked our way outside, had some dinner on the 16th St Mall, took some more images on the 16th St Mall and finally ened up at Union Station.

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