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Upcoming events:
Photowalk: Caffeine and Chrome – Gateway Classic Cars
The fourth Saturday of each month, Gateway Classic Cars has their classic car show. This show features classic, exotic, and muscle cars, and provides multiple photo opportunities. We'll be joining lots of other care enthusiasts at this event. Tripods, monopods and platypods are welcome. Just keep one thing in mind - follow the "Please Do […]
Find out more »Lunch: After Caffeine and Chrome – Gateway Classic Cars
Join us after Caffeine and Chrome for BBQ at Rudy's Country Store an BBQ. Here's the link for their menu - https://rudysbbq.com The address is - 20806 I-45 N, Spring (take the Louetta exit)
Find out more »Free Webinar: Photoshop for Beginners, Essential Training
Each year, we use the summer months to help boost our skill levels with online classes and links to webinars. This class is Photoshop For Beginners, essential skills for photography editing. This class is hosted by CreativeLive. The class is usually $99, but will be broadcast for free on their streaming channel. There may be […]
Find out more »Lunch: El Sol before visiting Seismique
Before we invade the Seismique Art Installation on Hwy6, let's have lunch! El Sol is right across the street from the building. Note, they currently still require masks when entering and ordering. Here's a link to the restaurant and their menu: http://elsolrestaurants.com/ The address is: 14510 Piping Rock LaneHouston, TX 77077
Find out more »Photowalk: Seismique Art Installation
Beat the heat with a fun indoor art installation! We have permission to photograph inside Seismique, a new art installation that took over an old Bed, Bath and Beyond store on Hwy6. It's located just south of Katy Fwy/i-10. This is a one-of-a-kind interactive art installation with lots of creative photography and portrait opportunities. My […]
Find out more »Trip: The Great Migration of Northern Serengeti 2021, HoustonPhotowalks discount
Welcome to Tanzania! Escape Houston's brutal heat, take advantage of the extremely low air fairs, and come photograph some of the planet's most interesting and beautiful animals as we follow the migration in Northern Serengeti! Brambleberry Tours is offering 4 Houston Photowalks members a $1,000 discount on their next Serengeti Safari Photography Tour. Timing is […]
Find out more »Photowalk: A Visit to Aunique Ranch
Due to weather, we have to move the date to July 24, 2021. Please see follow up email for details. Aunique Ranch, LLC1954 FM 1375 Rd EHuntsville, Texas 77340 We have an opportunity to visit Aunique Ranch. "Aunique Ranch is home to some of the most exquisite and friendly Gypsy Cob/Vanner Horses in the US, […]
Find out more »Lunch after Aunique Ranch
Due to weather, we have to move the date to Due to weather, we have to move the date to July 24, 2021. All other details ere the same After our trip to Aunique Ranch, please join us at Fish Pond Cafe, 17091 TX-75, Willis, TX 77378. It's down home cooking and it's where the […]
Find out more »Fantastic Fiji
Our friends at Photofly Travel Club ( https://www.photoflytravel.com/ ) have planned an exotic adventure to Fiji to keep warm this winter & experience the best of the South Pacific! Feb. 27th - March 5th 2022 Go here to sign up: https://photoflytravel.org/tour/fiji-small-group-tours/ E-mail us at joinus@photoflytravel.com for the daily itinerary! • 6 nights/7 days in Luxury […]
Find out more »Recent Posts
A Photographer’s guide to Amazon Prime Day 2021, Live Blogging the Good Stuff
Prime Day is June 21 & 22, 2021 Each year, HoustonPhotowalks digs through the Amazon Prime Day Deals and finds photography-related gems. I will be looking for things of interest that fall in these categories: computers, electronics, travel, and camera and posting...
The Great Migration of Northern Serengeti 2021
It's time to sign up! Hello Folks! HoustonPhotowalks and BrambleBerry Tours is teaming up with another discount for a Safari Tour in Northern Serengeti!. The folks at BrambleBerry are offering HoustonPhotowalks members a sweet $1,000 discount, but we are limited to...
Holiday Discount! $300 off our Serengeti Tour!
Final Chance for a Discount! Here's a great last-minute Christmas gift idea! Sign up before January 5th to receive a $300 discount! BrambleBerry tours is offering a $300 Holiday discount for this once-in-a-lifetime trip!SIGN UP today so you can join this amazing 7...
Insta360 Black Friday Deals!
Up to 40% off on the BEST pocket 360 cameras! You guys have seen me at photowalks taking group pictures and event videos with either my Insta360 Nano attached to my iPhone, or my updated Insta360 ONE X. They are super slick, very small, and can make full 360 degree...
Black Friday Offer: Add an extra day to Serengeti Tour FREE, $250 value, now until November 30th!
Black Friday Week: Free Extra Day! Sign up before November 30th to receive a $600 discount *AND* a free extra day of tours! BrambleBerry tours is offering an additional day of photography during our Serengeti tour for $250. This includes another night stay,...
Amazon Prime Day Deals!
Photography, Electronics and Photography-travel Related Amazon Deals Today is Amazon Prime Day, the internet's global garage sale of "stuff" that our favorite online retailer wants us to buy. To help you find interesting items to consider, I'll be posting items I find...
HoustonPhotowalks Members Now Receive 15% Discount on Boris FX Products!
Boris FX, a company that builds software for the entertainment industry has recently released a version of its software aimed at Photographers. Its a bit pricy, $9.00/mo or $99/year, but for those wanting to add more zing to their images, or need to do complicated...
The Pain of Advertising
HoustonPhotowalks manages events and RSVPs through the Meetup.com platform. This means that members have the ability to submit complaints to Meetup.com about groups or the group organizer (or both). A recent complaint was submitted about how HoustonPhotowalks...
Mobile Tools: Apps for Planning Photo Trips and Editing Photos
Last week we had a fun zoom webinar with Jonathan in Barcelona. He's a street photographer and photography tour guide that's using is lockdown time to teach phone photography techniques. You can check out his classes on AirBnB, the price is extremely reasonable and...
Update to previous post (Updating your Meetup.com Email Settings)
As we continue to communicate virtually rather than in-person, some members are still a little confused about emails and notifications. Our only way to communicate with members is via meetup's online email system, so organizers have to rely on members to allow...
New Canon Cameras, Meetup Membership Fees and Our Budget
Today, Canon officially announced the new EOS R5 and EOS R6 Mirrorless cameras, and they are already available for preorder. Canon EOS R5 Body ($3,899) Adorama or Amazon Canon EOS R5 + RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM ($4,999) Adorama or Amazon Canon EOS R6 Body ($2,499)...
HPW Member get a 15% Discount for PORTRAITPRO and PORTRAITPRO BODY! Offer good until August 2nd.
The good folks at Anthropics Software have supported HoustonPhotowalks with discounts and giveaways several times over the years. I'm really excited to announce that for the next month, until August 2nd, 2020, they are offering HoustonPhotowalks.com another great...
Fun with Zoom Backgrounds
It looks like Zoom and GoToMeeting events are going to be around a while for many of us. And more than one person has asked me about my zoom backgrounds. First off, I suggest using your own photography. I mean, we are a photography club. 🙂 But at the same time, some...
Updating your Meetup.com Email Settings
HoustonPhotowalks rely quite heavily on email notifications to make sure you have the best possible experience when you attend our events. To help you not miss important notices, we’ve created this handy How-To, to help make sure you don’t miss anything important.
Special Luminar Summer Sale Ends Today
One of our long time sponsors, Skylum (formally MacPhun) is running a special for their partner websites. You can find their ad on our Member Perks web page, and our discount is usually $10 or $20 (depending on what you buy). But for today (Tuesday, June 16th, 2020),...
Updates to eBook Files: A Photographer’s Workflow Part 1 – Security and Backups
Yesterday I had an amazing time teaching another Workflow class with the HoustonPhotowalks.com club. In this class, we discussed security, file storage options, and backups. I updated some key parts of the presentation for 2020, as well as updated the class...
Essentials for Traveling to Remote Photography Locations
Want to capture incredible photographs? Some of the best locations that can provide you with that prized shot are often located within remote parts of the world. Understandably, it can be very difficult to not only get to these places but haul all your equipment to...
3,100+ Portrait Photography Poses Card Bundle at PhotoWhoa
I get weekly updates from various companies about "deals" for photographers. It's usually sales on new Photoshop Actions or Lightroom Presets, or a new gadget for your camera bag. Today, the folks at PhotoWhoa posted an interesting product that I wanted to pass along...
Prime Day Deals, Live Blogging of Interesting Deals
Hey folks!It's Amazon Prime Day, the day that Amazon checks it's shelves, wipes off some dust and sells at hourly-expiring discounts. While I'm going through the list, looking for stuff I need (want), I'm posting interesting things to share.If you also see something...
Security is Step 1 in Your Photography Life, Both Business and Personal
Security and Passwords are extremely important to the Photographer's Workflow How can you prevent being a victim? Or worse yet, having your friends, family and photography followers victimized by emails that they think came from you? Use hard to guess passwords and...
