2022
So you're in San Francisco around the time of Connect Live and you're wondering where to go and what to see and what to photograph? I've put together a special edition of The 36 Walk which while aimed at the photographers among us, would also be perfectly good for those Local Guides who just want to see the sites and be safe in a group of people who mostly know where they are going! While this walk is primarily aimed at the Connect Live attendees, I'm posting here because the locals are welcome to join us and meet some of the attendees and share a fun afternoon with Local Guides friends.
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There will be plenty of opportunity for food and we'll have a long break at Washington Square where there is food, sweets, ice cream and drinks readily available with a big safe park with some amazing architecture.
Please RSVP on the Meetup, if you've brought relations or friends along for the holiday they're welcome to come too. SF locals not coming to Connect Live may also join us. You can see the walk on MyMaps to have a look at all the things we'll see if you want to do the tour virtually.
The walk is quite long so has been divided into two parts, and while this is normally 36 shots per walk, since there are two parts you can have 36 for each part which is 72. These numbers will not be policed so if you really want to shoot 1,000 that's really up to you :).
I would love to have everyone that is coming in early join me and Karen on this walk as an ice breaker. We'd love yo meet you and show you some of the city that we both love dearly.
San Francisco is a funny town weather wise in October. It could be anything from a cool 12 degrees Celsius up to 30 degrees Celsius. Dress in layers so you can add and remove warmth as you need it. Bring a water bottle. We will be walking up quite a few of the famous San Francisco hills and will be climbing Coit Tower. If you're not able to walk distances or stairs or steepness worry you then you might like to consider using public or private transit to get from major point to major point. When the event starts I will share my location publicly on Maps so you will always know where the head of the walk is.
Please note that from time to time on this walk (at least the start, top of Coit Tower, Washington Square, Fishermans Wharf and Pier 39) we'll go live on YouTube so the folks who aren't lucky enough to be with us at Connect Live can join in the fun.
Regards Paul
I was thinking about setting up a Shared Google Album so that people could share pictures (if they'd like to) in a shared repository that every attendee can see. We can start it from the photo walk and then perhaps keep it open for a month so that people can share their pictures (because most of us would be heading to different locations within SF/other states/cities) and most of us would be opting for different activity options (like @SoniaK's RoadTrip, your Photo Walk, a random casual downtown walk, like @JedR is planning for Muiri woods or perhaps @KarenVChin's Sailing tour on 19th). That way, we can have a pool of amazing photos (unofficial album).
we can then make it public (ofcourse with permission from every member) for the entire world to see where we went and how we interacted.
I have seen past year's Official Albums on G+ and they look amazing, I just think that if it comes from 150 different lenses, its going to be massive.
Just a thought
Thanks for the update @PaulPavlinovich
I never knew we had a limit on photos in an album.
Also, NDA and privacy policies are going to be major concerns here.
So, I assume there won't be no photo sharing.
I can't think of any other possible way to do, I still hope that someone might come up with a solution
