IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!

NOTE: *You must sign up on the official Worldwde Photowalk page for this event, *NOT* on Meetup.com. Here’s the link: https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/houston-downtown-at-night/*

This will be my 13th time to lead a Scott Kelby photowalk, and it’s aways a blast to see everyone each year. We will start by photographing sunset from the top balcony of the University of Houston-Downtown, then walk down Main Street, make our way to Market Street Square and photograph some of the 100+ year old buildings, and then end with a meet up at Frank’s Pizza. It’s really interesting to see how Downtown Houston has changed over the years, and attending this photowalk is a great way to do that!

PARKING AND MEETING LOCATION

The best way to get to the meeting location is to park somewhere on Main Street, and then ride Metro Rail to University of Houston-Downtown. I usually park at one of the parking lots at Main Street and Bell Street, and then ride Metro from the Bell Street Station north-bound to UH-D. Once you are at UH-D, hop off the train and head to the balcony area.

THE PHOTOWALK ROUTE

On the balcony, “Golden Hour” for photographing the downtown skyscrapers is 7:30pm. Feel free to arrive as early as you want, especially if you plan to do timelapse of the changing sky. The setting sun will be off to the left of downtown, but the sun provides some amazing colors reflecting from the buildings. Official Sunset is about 8:05pm. After we get a few pictures after the sky is dark, we will walk down Main Street and Prairie Street and turn right.
This will take us to the old buildings of Market Street Square, a fun place to photograph people and places. After you are done shooting the Market Street Square area, we will meet at Frank’s Pizza.

PLEASE NOTE:

Are you a regular member of HoustonPhotowalks and confused about this route? This year, we are taking a shorter walk due to the time of year and the heat. This route has lots of interesting things to see and photograph, and won’t be quite as far as our regular Downtown Photowalk that we take during other times of the year. If weather (and heat) permits, we will make detours down other side streets and I’ll show you some other interesting things to photograph.

HEADING HOME

After you enjoy our meal, you can head to Preston Station (corner of Main Street and Preston St) to ride metro back to your car. If you still want to enjoy some photography time, you can continue walking South on Main Street until you get back to your car.

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Charles Putnam

Originally from Southern California, my interest in photography first started with a Minolta SRT-101 (back then, we used this stuff called "film").I quickly realized that photography was something he really enjoyed.

I began to expand my understanding of the photographic process during my college days at Pierce College.

With the move to digital photography, the challenge is to keep up to date with the latest tools, techniques and software.

My day job is Manager, Corporate Risk and Insurance at Methodist Hospital where I've been since June of 2007.

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