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Portsmouth, NH United States

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

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Ron Risman Contact Leader

Meeting Location & Time

Sunday, October 2nd (06:00pm - 08:00pm)
Location: High-Hanover Parking Garage / First Uncovered Level

172 Hanover St, Portsmouth, NH- United States

After the walk, meet at: Portsmouth Brewery • 56 Market Street • Portsmouth NH 03801

Best photo for this location

By Barbara Ingersoll

Walker Photos

Below are all walker photos that have been uploaded and entered in the 2011 Photo Walk photo contest.


  • Barbara Ingersoll

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Photo Walk Description

This year’s Portsmouth Photo Walk is designed for anyone interested in night photography. The walk beings at 6:00 p.m., just 25 minutes or so before sunset. After sunset we’ll be shooting during the magic (golden) hour to give your photographs a magical feel to them. Our walk will take us along the water front for sunset then over to Prescott Park for some possible fall foliage shots before heading back to downtown Portsmouth.

A lightweight tripod is highly recommended as you’ll likely want to steady the camera for the longer exposures needed to capture images in low-light. Handheld shots are great for artistic images, and you can even reduce blurriness in low-light shots by increasing the ISO setting of the camera, albeit with added noise / grain. I’ll also be available to help out anyone with questions regarding low-light photography. While this walk is not a workshop I am always more than happy to help out.

For me, Low-light photography is one of the most romantic forms of photography. The blue sky during the “magic hour” mixed with lights from retail shops and brake lights from cars moving across the frame can turn an otherwise normal scene into a magical photograph.

Example: I captured this image in 2007 on a cloudy evening in downtown Porstmouth, during the light of the “Magic Hour.”

Downtown Portsmouth

Magic / Golden “Hour” refers to the 20-30 minutes before sunrise or after sunset.

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The walk will end at or around 8:00 p.m. at a local restaurant (optional). Meals are the responsibility of each person on the photo walk. You are more than welcome to join us for dinner even if you’re not eating. The more the merrier. I will need to get an approx. head count if you plan to join the group for dinner or to hang-out. The restaurant needs to have this information ready in order to reserve enough tables.

Camera Gear:
The Photo Walk is about taking pictures with other’s who share the same interest in photography. It’s not about the gear. Whether you’re using a camera phone, point & shoot camera, or the latest and greatest DSLR – everyone is welcome. If you really want to get crisp night time photographs a tripod is highly recommended. Even a cheap $30 tripod from Walmart or Ritz Camera is fine. Something lightweight and small is the best idea. Even without a tripod you’ll find plenty of retaining walls to steady your camera with, but your composition will be determined by the placement of those structures.

Clothing & Temperatures:
October normally brings daytime temperatures in the 60′s with evening temps dipping into the 50′s and even the 40′s later at night. A jacket and/or Sweatshirt is highly recommended as are lightweight gloves, mittens, ear muffs or hats. Keep in mind that most tripod legs are made of aluminum or metal which can get chilly to hold. Of course since this is October temps can also be in the 70′s, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

Ron

    Leader News & Updates

  • By Ron Risman (0)

  • Weather and Meetup Spot

    Posted October 2, 2011

    Meetup Spot:
    We should plan to meet on the (almost) top floor of the High-Hanover Parking Garage. This is the first level that is NOT covered, but not the very very top which is one level up from there. You can look for me or my car – I drive a blue Mini Cooper with white roof.

    Weather:
    The weather will be damp, but most of the showers / rain should have moved north into central and northern Maine and New Hampshire, at least for the remainder of the afternoon. There will likely be some mist or even a light sprinkle around so please protect your cameras with a zip-lock bag or camera rain cover. Also bring a raincoat or windbreaker with hood and a sweatshirt to keep you toasty. Temps should be right around a damp 60 degrees.

    Photo Walkers:
    You’ll be able to go at your own pace or can choose to move along with the group. In past years the group always seems to splinter a bit, but being that this is an evening walk and a smaller group this year it may make sense for us to stay a bit closer together.

    The damp weather really helps to add some magic to night photographs as you’ll get reflections off the road and sidewalks, so if you don’t mind shooting in it you’ll probably get some great images.

    See you tonight. I’ll be at the garage by 5:45 p.m. If anyone needs to call me feel free to use my mobile number, which I’ll send you in an email.

  • Weather Update for tonight

    Posted October 2, 2011

    As of this writing (1:25 p.m.) there is heavy showers moving through Portsmouth. This looks to be the last batch of meaningful rain as most of the rain is pinwheeling north into central and northern Maine and New Hampshire. Mist or very light showers are probably the norm for the rest of the day, so a jacket, rain cover for your camera (large zip-lock baggie should do the trick) and a desire to capture some cool images of portsmouth at night with wet and reflective pavement adding something different to the images.

    Note: I am being cautiously optimistic but as a weather nut I am usually pretty good at reading the radar and trying to figure out where things are moving. Only time will tell this time around.

  • Photowalk Weather & Update

    Posted September 29, 2011

    The weather forecast isn’t looking too bad for Sunday. Mostly cloudy with some breaks of sun and a 30% chance of showers. Temperatures will be in the mid 60′s, although evening temperatures will most likely be around 60. I would plan to bring a sweatshirt or jacket and maybe keep an umbrella handy. I would also suggest bringing a large ziplock bag or two that you can use as a makeshift rain cover for your camera in case of showers. If we do get some breaks around sunset it could make for a beautiful sunset.

    After the photo walk we will get together at the Portsmouth Brewery to sit and chat, have dinner, appetizers, or a drink. If you are not planning on joining the group at the Portsmouth Brewery please let me know as soon as you can so I give the restaurant a head count. If we have 10 or more staying I can reserve the back room with it’s large round table.

    Remember to bring: Empty / Formatted memory cards, charged batteries, lightweight tripod, large ziplock bags for makeshift rain cover, remote trigger if you have one (for long exposure / night photography). If you don’t have one you can also use the camera’s self-timer, comfortable walking shoes or boots.

Comments for this walk 2 Responses to “Portsmouth, NH United States”

  1. Ray Casbourn says:
    October 23, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Congratulations to Barbara Ingersoll for making the Honourable Mention choice by Scott Kelby’s WWPW 2011, and of course to Ron Risman for choosing the best image of the walk (although as I can see, there were not many images to choose from…nor from my Walk either in Ogunquit due to awful weather). This image shows what can be done artistically even when the weather and conditions do not cooperate. Never give up! Shooting at night in this case proved to be the perfect timing.
    Great image.

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