If see a group of young people walking around with a camera on Sunday mornings don't mistake them for a mob. They are just photo walkers!
As the name suggests, a photo walk is all about people walking and taking pictures of whatever they find interesting along the way. They walk along as a group and click photographs, while sharing information about things being photographed or about anything they find relevant.
The beginning
The photo walk was started by a bunch of techies who loved doing something lively during the weekends.
Karthik was the brainchild behind this innovative way of de-stressing. An avid blogger, Karthik put this idea on his blog. And soon he had people joining him.
Karthik says one of his favorite hobbies had always been taking long lonely walks. A couple of years ago, a friend suggested that he should do photo essays of his walks, but Karthik found it odd to walk around his own city with a camera.
Aadisht Khanna, an ardent blogger and a friend of Karthik, was instrumental in publicising this walk by cross-posting the information on his blog.
Accompanying Karthik and Khanna on the walk were Prabu Krishnamurthy, a photography enthusiast and engineer from Basavanagudi, Tharunya Balan, an architect from Indiranagar and Subrat Mohanty from Koramangala, among others.
"Photo walk requires no entry fee, and is open to even those without cameras," says Karthik.
Their first photo walk was held about three months ago and as of now there are more than 50 members who go on photo walks regularly.
First walk
"On our first walk we visited Bangalore Fort, the interiors of which would not have been seen by most Bangaloreans. All of the enthusiastic walkers were entering the Fort for the first time. The small but manicured lawn, the many gates at the fort and the graffiti on the vandalised fort walls provided ample material for photography. It was also a chance for all of us to recall the city's history and exchange notes about the architecture of that period," says Karthik.
Members say being in group provide an implicit safety as well as legitimacy to the whole exercise.
After their first successful walk the group decided to have photo walks every last Sunday of the month, with Karthik filling in the relevant details on his blog. People interested in joining the group can contact through the blog: http://skthewimp.livejournal.com.
Source: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/nov/241108-Techies-Filming-Cameras-Bangalore-News.htm
As the name suggests, a photo walk is all about people walking and taking pictures of whatever they find interesting along the way. They walk along as a group and click photographs, while sharing information about things being photographed or about anything they find relevant.
The beginning
The photo walk was started by a bunch of techies who loved doing something lively during the weekends.
Karthik was the brainchild behind this innovative way of de-stressing. An avid blogger, Karthik put this idea on his blog. And soon he had people joining him.
Karthik says one of his favorite hobbies had always been taking long lonely walks. A couple of years ago, a friend suggested that he should do photo essays of his walks, but Karthik found it odd to walk around his own city with a camera.
Aadisht Khanna, an ardent blogger and a friend of Karthik, was instrumental in publicising this walk by cross-posting the information on his blog.
Accompanying Karthik and Khanna on the walk were Prabu Krishnamurthy, a photography enthusiast and engineer from Basavanagudi, Tharunya Balan, an architect from Indiranagar and Subrat Mohanty from Koramangala, among others.
"Photo walk requires no entry fee, and is open to even those without cameras," says Karthik.
Their first photo walk was held about three months ago and as of now there are more than 50 members who go on photo walks regularly.
First walk
"On our first walk we visited Bangalore Fort, the interiors of which would not have been seen by most Bangaloreans. All of the enthusiastic walkers were entering the Fort for the first time. The small but manicured lawn, the many gates at the fort and the graffiti on the vandalised fort walls provided ample material for photography. It was also a chance for all of us to recall the city's history and exchange notes about the architecture of that period," says Karthik.
Members say being in group provide an implicit safety as well as legitimacy to the whole exercise.
After their first successful walk the group decided to have photo walks every last Sunday of the month, with Karthik filling in the relevant details on his blog. People interested in joining the group can contact through the blog: http://skthewimp.livejournal.com.
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