Revell is the man behind the PhotoWalkPro blog and has been using his 25-plus years of photography experience to organize photo walks in the Washington area.
What is a photo walk?
A social event for photographers where you find a location that is interesting in a photographic way and get a group of people together. And the people range from amateurs all the way to professionals. It’s just that you have a common interest of enjoying photography. And then you walk through the location, and everybody takes photographs and then shares them.
Do more experienced photographers help the rookies?
Absolutely. That’s what makes it such a great experience. You have photographers of different levels using all different types of equipment. You have people with professional digital cameras, all the way down to folks who are just getting into it, using their little point-shoot cameras. And that’s the best part of the experience as you have people who discuss cameras and lenses. For those who are interested in learning, [it] is great because they can go and really find someone who can help them along the way. It can be very educational, very social, it can be whatever kind of experience you want it to be.
What kind of equipment should the beginners have?
We have all different types of cameras showing at the photo walk. And it’s not so much the camera, you want to have whatever you are comfortable using. And if that’s a little point-and-shoot camera, that’s fine. The one think I tell people, though, is you don’t want to bring too much equipment … because then you are weighing yourself [down], and the photo walks cover one to two miles.
Do you charge for those walks?
Oh, no. They are completely free events. It’s all about community and sharing.
– Hristina Ninova
