Photowalking with a professional

November 20, 2007 By

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Photowalking with Thomas Hawk is grand, but today we have a real treat: a photowalk with a real professional photographer. Marc Silber. He even has the license plates to prove it! It’s long, but not boring. Just in case you don’t have the hour to spend Rocky made you a short and sweet editor’s choice for you.

Marc has written an eBook on how to take better photos, and we talk about some of the tips in the book. You’ll learn a lot on this hour walk. Plus you get to see some great scenery on a ridge above Palo Alto/Silicon Valley and hear some stories about the property because Marc used to live on the property, which is now a public park.

Oh, and I did almost the entire hour by walking backward. It’s a skill that only my parents would be proud of.

Thank you to Seagate for sponsoring my show and supporting digital photography through not only their storage devices but also by supporting my efforts to do educational photowalks like this.

Filed Under: Photo sharing, pirillo
  • http://jbotter.wordpress.com/ J. Botter

    Isn’t that a slight on Thomas? I mean, he may not be classically trained as a photographer, but his work is just as professional as anything I’ve ever seen.

  • http://jbotter.wordpress.com/ J. Botter

    Isn’t that a slight on Thomas? I mean, he may not be classically trained as a photographer, but his work is just as professional as anything I’ve ever seen.

  • http://www.silberstudios.com/ Marc

    Thanks Robert, yes I was impressed with your backwards walking with not so much as a stumble…thanks for inviting me to talk about two passions: The Ranch I grew up on and photography…

  • http://www.silberstudios.com Marc

    Thanks Robert, yes I was impressed with your backwards walking with not so much as a stumble…thanks for inviting me to talk about two passions: The Ranch I grew up on and photography…

  • http://blog.madd0.com/ Mauricio

    Nice video! Turn of your cell phone next time, though, or keep it far away from the camera. Its interference is quite annoying ;)

  • http://blog.madd0.com Mauricio

    Nice video! Turn of your cell phone next time, though, or keep it far away from the camera. Its interference is quite annoying ;)

  • http://www.silberstudios.com/ Marc

    I’ve put up some of the sots that I took while Robert was videoing at http://marcsilber.smugmug.com/

  • http://www.silberstudios.com Marc

    I’ve put up some of the sots that I took while Robert was videoing at http://marcsilber.smugmug.com/

  • http://www.xanga.com/idot60 ping

    you can use your cellphone to record it too and i guess would the quality be the same? :)

  • http://www.xanga.com/idot60 ping

    you can use your cellphone to record it too and i guess would the quality be the same? :)

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  • billyholy

    boooooooooorring

  • billyholy

    boooooooooorring

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  • http://www.bobsachs.com/ Bob Sachs

    Photowalking with a Professional…Marc who?

    And I’m sure most of us have heard of Thomas Hawk (at least the ones who follow this sort of thing) so let’s include him too.

    So Thomas, hang in there, maybe get some license plates that validate your photography and we will all look forward to your next Photowalking trek (even if RS doesn’t shoot it).

  • http://www.bobsachs.com Bob Sachs

    Photowalking with a Professional…Marc who?

    And I’m sure most of us have heard of Thomas Hawk (at least the ones who follow this sort of thing) so let’s include him too.

    So Thomas, hang in there, maybe get some license plates that validate your photography and we will all look forward to your next Photowalking trek (even if RS doesn’t shoot it).