San Jose Photo Walk Details

[Lauren]

Here are some very quick details for the photo walk.- More details will be added to this soon.
If we are all staying at the Crowne Plaza then we can meet in the lobby but otherwise we will meet at 4pm outside St Josephs Cathedral .
Im hoping it will be open and there wont be a service on at 4pm on a Friday!!! If there is well we will have to alter our plans a little
From what Ive read there is no service late on Fridays

You can read more about the church and see some photos of it here - http://www.stjosephcathedral.org/Home/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

From there we will walk up to the Plaza de Cesar Chavez which is a small city park with fountains and is surrounded by several museums including the museum of modern art and a technology museum .

We have only scheduled this as a relatively short photo walk - beginning at 4pm and lasting for approximately 2 hours - although we are nothing if not flexible!!
More details will follow but here is a map of the area

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/Lauren/downtownsj.jpg

[carti]

Oh, this really sounds very interesting and would love to be able to do this! It all depends on what costs add up to. I am retired and on a very limited income. I would so love to do the walk and see the Church!

[kim]

YAY!!!! This looks awesome!! :)

[canay]

Thanks for the update Lauren. I am so looking forward to it.

[Margie]

looks so fun! it's really a beautiful area! you could spend hours just photographing the adobe buildings! :D

[bendipez]

This sound so cool! I have reservations already made! Maybe by the crop I'll have my Nikon D60 and know how to use it(and maybe by then I will know to use pse6..taking dsu160 now)

[Lauren]

If you are interested in getting an insight into some of the photos you could take - do a search on flickr for the cathedral , for the plaza de cesar chavez - for the museum of modern art etc - and esp for adobe HQ - there are some cool shots in the gallerys there .

[carti]

I am so excited. Looking forward to all of the photo walk especially St. Joseph's Cathedral.

Carti

[carti]

Opps. got the blinkie but wondering how I got the http://tinyurl.com/2gmnko ?

[volvoguy]

Opps. got the blinkie but wondering how I got the http://tinyurl.com/2gmnko ?

That extra url takes one back to the beginning Adobe Crop announcement. You should be able to delete it by editing your signature.

[Lauren]

You may want to download this walking map of San Jose -
http://sanjose.org/visitors/maps/maps/walkingMap.pdf

[carti]

I received an e-mail from Kim Liddiard asking me for my UserName. I sent in my reply and received an answer Ticket item. My questions is will I get the badge on line or will it be when one arrives at Crop. Thanks. Carti

[Lauren]

Im sure she will get back to you as soon as she is able - I believe the badges will be mailed but I cant confirm that - the store will be able to assist you on this

[carti]

Im sure she will get back to you as soon as she is able - I believe the badges will be mailed but I cant confirm that - the store will be able to assist you on this

<<Thank you Lauren.>>

[cherebus]

I'll be getting in around 11:00 am friday so it looks like if they let me check in early I can squeeze in a quick nap before the photo walk. Getting up at 4am to make my flight might just kill me.

[Calimum]

Count me in for the photo tour! I'm going to bring resident photo expert (DH) with me and hopefully a couple friends who are attending the crop as well. Now I just need to decide if we should stay at the hotel for the night...

[crlin60]

I'm coming on the walk also! Don't know if I already said or not!! Can't wait!!

[kathleen08]

Count me in for the photo walk!

I came across this photo via a post at Digital Photography School How to Take Great Group Photos (http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-take-great-group-photos/):

http://cdn-1-service.phanfare.com/images/external/1466784_1419796_32921094_WebSmall_3/0_0_d204b676d7847e9b74f2a766f8009c13_1
Photo by weaving major & tractor dan and found on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/weavingmajor/202855657/)

I followed a few links and found a tutorial and basically you get people lined in a line, with a relatively plain/uniform foreground (grass, water, plain concrete) with a straight horizon, and then use the polar filter in Photoshop to warp the photo. Thought this might be kind of cool to try, and certainly a willing group of us!

[Lauren]

Thats very cool - if the room at Adobe holds 92 and its nearly full you are going to need a VERY wide angle lens to get them all in - but this looks REALLY fun - Id love to try it out!!!

[Lauren]

I will be sending out an email just detailing meeting places for the photo walk a bit closer to the time - just letting you all know !!!

[kathleen08]

I have a 10-22, and it really hasn't had a good test yet!

[shazzt]

That is a fantastic idea. I wish I could be there. It sounds so cool. You guys are going to have a blast!

[Meryl]

Count me in for the photo walk!

I came across this photo via a post at Digital Photography School How to Take Great Group Photos (http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-take-great-group-photos/):

http://cdn-1-service.phanfare.com/images/external/1466784_1419796_32921094_WebSmall_3/0_0_d204b676d7847e9b74f2a766f8009c13_1
Photo by weaving major & tractor dan and found on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/weavingmajor/202855657/)

I followed a few links and found a tutorial and basically you get people lined in a line, with a relatively plain/uniform foreground (grass, water, plain concrete) with a straight horizon, and then use the polar filter in Photoshop to warp the photo. Thought this might be kind of cool to try, and certainly a willing group of us!

Thanks for posting this Kathleen - what a great idea :)

[carti]

I have been without Internet Connection and could not get my email eithersince 7-08-08!

Found out from my ISP that if anyone download or automatically got New Service Pack III for Microsoft it causes a problem if you have Zone Alarm! I have been so frustrated and worried cause I knew I probably would get email re Adobe Crop photowalk etc.
I had to disable my Zone Alarm and was able to get Internet Explorer and emails. So when I saw messages I have printed them out.
Now, I am suppose to call Microsoft and have them walk me through uninstalling New Service Pack or see if they have a patch?
I use Windows XP. Has anyone else had problems with this?

I could not do anything as far as getting on forums, etc. I wish they would check these things out or let you know if it will interfere with anything. I had this on automatic update I think I will not do that any more and chose if I want it or not!
Carti

[kathleen08]

Carti, glad you are up and running again. You might check out this post ... Windows - (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32836) for information on how to change your preferences for Automatic Updates.

I also run XP and Zone Alarm, so I am going to go research SP3!! I want to avoid whatever happened to you!

[crlin60]

I also use XP and have not downloaded SP3. I seem to have problems every time there is an update so I don't download most of them. I have it set so it has to ask me before downloading so I don't get the automatic ones. Haven't had Zone Alarm for a while since I had trouble with it on my network. (always some problem! LOL) Sure glad you finally found out what the problem was! So frustrating when there is conflicts and you have no idea!

[carti]

I received an email from Zone Alarm this evening:
ZoneAlarm security Advisory:

Microsoft Update KB951748 is known to cause loss of internet for Zone Alarm users on Windows XP/2000, Windows Vista users are not affected.
They give recommended actions.

What I am wondering is this Microsoft Update for Windows XP was downloaded automatically on July 8! that is when my Internet Explorer did not work. It said KB951748 for for Malicious Software Removal tool! Actually there was two downloads however, Zone Alarm only mentions the one above. So, maybe Microsoft considers Zone alarm malicious software? I did shut down Zone Alarm after a tech with my Internet provider told me to do this and it worked. I am leery about following instructions from Zone alarm I wonder about this?

Anyone know what is going on? Thanks. Carti

Thanks Kathleen08 for the information on stopping automatic updates!

[crlin60]

I got the same e-mail from zone alarm since I used them before I got a new computer. When I got this computer I had a very hard time setting up my network and had to disable zone alarm and haven't used it since. I am not sure if they are talking about the same download that you got, but I'm sure you could probably safely do whatever they said to do. They are pretty reliable as far as I know. Sorry I'm not really any help!