Tuesday, May 01, 2007

2007 Spring Photo Expedition - June 10 at Brookfield Zoo




The first ever, "Russ Lowe Photo Expedition" is going to be Sunday, June 10 at the Brookfield Zoo!

Here's the tentative plan:

We will all meet at my Oakbrook Office at 10:00 AM to get details of the day along with photo goals. If you can't make it to my office by 10 AM, you can also meet us at the zoo at around 11:15 AM. We may be early or late to arrive there, so if you go there instead, call me at 847-840-4082 when you arrive so we know you are there. It is best if we all meet in Oakbrook first though...

After our briefing in Oakbrook, we'll all drive to the Zoo. It's about 7 miles from my office, so it's not too far. We can stay together as a group, or we can separate. My preference is that we all stay together because it will be more fun if we can all share our photo experience together, but you are welcome to go off on your own if you prefer.

We'll shoot what we can for a while and then stop for lunch while at the Zoo. You are welcome to bring your own sack lunch or purchase your own lunch at the zoo. As we are all undoubtedly going to be carrying a lot of gear with us, it might be easier to buy your lunch at the zoo.

We'll continue to walk and shoot after lunch. I expect we should conclude our shooting by 2:30 to 3:00 PM. That should give us about 3 hours of shooting time.

After the shoot, we'll all go back to my office in Oakbrook and upload our images to our own laptop computers to share what we shot with the others. If you do not have a laptop, you are welcome to upload to mine. We'll critique our shots until about 5 PM and then afterwards, we can head out for a nice dinner somewhere in the Oakbrook area.

My office is right next to the Oakbrook Mall, so there should be plenty of good places to eat nearby.

There is an entrance charge at the Zoo of $10 per person, seniors and children 3-11 is $6 per person. Parking is $8 per car/van so perhaps we can try to do a little carpooling to help save on this expense. If you ride with someone, please help pay your fair share of the parking. Lunch and dinner expenses are on your own as well.

If you would like to join us on this expedition, please email me at photos@russlowe.com to confirm your attendance.

More information will be coming soon, but that's the plan so far. I hope you can all come to enjoy the day and fun of shooting with a bunch of photographers! This should be fun!

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