#387 PHOTOWALK: 50 SHADES OF A PHOTO FANTASY!
Meeting a stranger along a path leads one special listener to make his first 'street portrait' and unwittingly introduces us to an adventuring hiker who has changed his life, leaving the corporate hamster wheel to become a 'professional' walker. Also today, conquering an American mountain, making your own audio photowalk stories, a scary photographic proposal and the most fantastic story of the flask, a famous Canadian coffee shop and a very expectant mum.
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REFERENCES AND GALLERIES FROM TODAY’S SHOW
The Fujifilm GSW690 medium format rangefinder camera featured within Martin Seddon’s mail today. A review for landscape photographers featuring the GSW690iii.
Meindl walking boots and shoes, used by our guest Ed Birchmore.
The BBC’s Children in Need charity mentioned with the show. Further links to Ed’s own fundraising page below.
The You Me Bum Bum Train show.
Sony M10 handheld audio recorder, as used in Martin Seddon’s audio recordings.
PAUL HUGHES
Paul’s show story today starts with a Cornish walk with furry friend Drift, before meeting Ed (below) to make a special portrait of a special man. See more of Paul’s work.
Visit Ed’s fundraising page and website.
MARTIN SEDDON
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Above and below. Martin makes an audio and pictorial photowalk (hear the audio within today’s show) at Marwick Head on the Orkney Islands.
Martin uses a mix of digital post processing techniques including Hipstamatic.
ADAM HANSON
Adam finds beauty on his charity walk, and a Mali’s tree (below) as a bonus. See more of his work on his Instagram.
PATRICIA LANGER
Patricia takes us to Tim Hortons (above and below) with her show flask and meets some special people, including Brittany (top left).
NEALE JAMES
Sketchbooks from my photowalk today, and the closing picture; that silver willow.
