Thinking of mixing things up... anyone ever spent time at Roger Williams Park?

Springtime should be good. Not next weekend... but maybe the 2nd weekend in May?

--kC

would love to, but I think im doing some lingerie shooting that weekend so im out.

The only time I've ever spent there, you were there with the Wagon KC. If I have time I'm down. It would be the 3 of us and we'd be there to walk also.

I might be up (actually down) for a RI shoot in late May. I can make another post at the time ... all I want to do is sit down with Ben and absorb years of Canon knowledge No, wait, I'm serious.

(i'd like to absorb some knowledge from matt & leah too, but i think of you as NY. don't you live in NY? what the heck are you always doing in ri?)

i could be in depending on day/time, etc.

Originally Posted by jacobsen1

Yeah, can I borrow your 70-200 f/4 and some tubes and a flash and a carbon fiber tripod and...

we like RI, we eat seafood, take pictures, and play with baby Ben aka Elias.

Originally Posted by another

Yeah, can I borrow...

sure, no problem. Anyone can borrow/try any of my **** when we get together.

Originally Posted by subimatt

we like RI, we eat seafood, take pictures, and play with baby Ben aka Elias.

too bad you'll be shooting scantily clad chics then eh?

Hmm...yeah, I don't think I will be able to make this one..However, I am scheduled to be in the east coast NY/NJ/CT area in June....

Originally Posted by jacobsen1

too bad you'll be shooting scantily clad chics then eh?

lol, as opposed to scantily clad baby?

this is like a mile from my house. i have no excuses!

It would be fun to get a big group together. The zoo is also there, but I'd rather check out the park. I just realized this is roger williams, not colt, so I haven't really explored it much and would love too...

Who knows their way around? I always seem to get lost trying to go anywhere in there except to the zoo....

i know my way around pretty well, i do find it kind of boring tho? maybe because i go there alot- i guess it could be cool, they have the botanical gardens and stuff too, and the japanese garden, and the carousel and the playground! hahahah.

so we'll be in the zoo after ~45 minutes then?

and I've seen some shots of some cool bridges there, no?

^ pretty much on both counts.

Originally Posted by ride5000

have we determined when?

maybe:

Originally Posted by KC

maybe the 2nd weekend in May?

sunday would be better for me, but whatever.

Originally Posted by dangerwoman

i know my way around pretty well, i do find it kind of boring tho? maybe because i go there alot- i guess it could be cool, they have the botanical gardens and stuff too, and the japanese garden, and the carousel and the playground! hahahah.

It's just someplace different, a challenge if you will. The park has many beautiful and photogenic places. I took these in 2003 with my old Olympus E-10.

oh and by the way- if i end up going to any meets ill be taking photographs of everyone else there because i have no interest in scenery so much. hahah. sorry guys


(not saying the scenery isnt nice just not what i chose to photograph!)

OH and KC i didnt mean to knock your idea, more than im coming up with anyways ya know? ive shot there many times before as well, i do some portraits there and stuff, it will be fine

one of my favs:

Originally Posted by dangerwoman

oh and by the way- if i end up going to any meets ill be taking photographs of everyone else there because i have no interest in scenery so much. hahah. sorry guys

have you seen the threads after a meet here before?
We're always shooting each other, probably more so than wherever we are. It's half the fun.

Anyway, next weekend is the second weekend in may people, so 8/9 days away? Eric has requested Sunday, anyone have any issues with that? Nikki has said she'll come and also agreed we might end up at the zoo in ~an hour.

Who IS coming?
Who MIGHT come?
Any issues with either day beyond Eric's request for Sunday?

wish I could make it, take lots of pics!

Iblotsofbirdphotos!

the 11th would be great for me.

just to let you guys know, the 11th is mothers day. I cancelled a shoot that ay bc of this... just in case you forgot.

oh crap. the 11th probably won't work for the new mom on board.

if i ever expect to get laid again i have to keep mother's day reserved.

^

17th or 18th?

Hmmm....

our mothers day brunch is early Sunday, but Nikki just said "why's it on mothers day?" and gave me this look:



so I'd bet that means the next weekend would be better. It's also the spring Newport boat show, but that's Friday Saturday and Sunday, so I can go the other weekend day.

yeah, 17th or 18th would work better for me financially. i tend to have more free cash right after i get paid.

i would love to come down and meet you guys though.

Looks like this weekend is gonna be a washout. Next weekend is a distinct possibility.

--kC

so 17th or 18th?

I'd rock the 18th.

--kC

i would prefer the 18th as well. but either might work [depending on the possibility of OT on Saturday]

either sounds good to me.

17th werks better for me, but the 18th should be fine.

I'm too busy on the 17th to be able to do anything.

--kC

Alright found it, mentioned in my Fast 50 thread in Lenses. 18th would work for me. By the way if any of you in the RI/CT area are down for BBQ on the 17th, let me know. I am doing the 3rd annual Brisket Bash at my joint. PM for directions if you can make it and maybe want to stop in, and I will PM with directions, and time. BYOB, BYOC (Bring your own chair). Bring Camera. Have Pentax's, have Nikon if you forget yours, and film.
I can probably make the 18th though. I was just up in Newport on the 11th, so I want to get back up there, and maybe shoot some lighthouses or seascape stuff on the way home down in Narragansett maybe.
I suggest a late afternoon meet time.


DP

18th it is.

Just need to figure out where to meet and when. I'm thinking in the back parking lot of the zoo....

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...=UTF8&t=h&z=17

Time? I might go early to shoot some animals in the zoo.

--kC

Can't make it now. I'll explain another time.

DP

I'll ask nikki what she thinks, but she thought it'd be fun when I brought it up last time. Not sure how long we'll hang with the group, but we'll certainly try to meet up with everyone. Maybe I can hand deliver straps?

hey i will likely drag kris and char with me. they'd probably want to hang out with nikki.

so what time?

Originally Posted by KC

Time?

Originally Posted by case sensitive

so what time?

????

I know you're driving the furthest Eric...

I'd say no earlier than 10am, but I could also go in the afternoon, so it really doesn't matter to me. I'll see what Nikki says.

it's 30-40 minutes to providence for me. i can be there when ever.

btw, wifey says the zoo would cost like $40 to get a family in. something to keep in mind.

1pm Sunday!
unless someone says otherwise.
We'll meet in the back zoo parking lot from KC's post?

If anyone wants me to bring anything specific let me know.

w00t! 1 PM! Whee!