Whether experienced or new to the hobby, photographers will have a chance to meet, talk and enjoy the opportunities for photos in Yorkton. The Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk, the world’s largest photo walk, will be happening in the city for the first time on October 3.
Chantelle Rivers, walk leader for the Yorkton event, says that she started a photo walk in the city in order to bring the city’s photographers together.
“I want to get people out, taking pictures and having fun, and I want to be able to meet other people who enjoy doing this as a hobby or as work. It’s just lots of fun, and more fun to do as a group.”
In Yorkton, the walk begins at Western Financial Group City Centre Park, and will go on a loop which goes past several city landmarks.
“We’ll walk past the old mill, we’ll walk past the Pepsi bottling facility, we’ll walk past the Cardinals field, water tower, skate park. Things that we can generally take neat pictures of and people can get creative.”
After the walk is concluded, people from around the world are encouraged to upload their photos to share what they did with participants from around the world.
“Worldwide happens only on October 3. There are contests, there are prizes, there are all kinds of things that go along with it,” Rivers says.
There are prizes at both a local and international level, which can be entered by uploading the best photo from the day. The grand prize, worldwide, is a prize package which includes a Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR and Canon PIXMA PRO-1. The local winner will receive a digital copy of the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby and a one year membership to KelbyOne.
The walk itself is free, though participants are encouraged to donate to the Springs Hope Orphanage in Kenya.
Registration is required at www.worldwidephotowalk.com, the walk itself is limited to 50 spaces. The walk itself will happen at 3:00, with a gathering at a local restaurant at the walk’s completion.
