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Photowalk Boalsburg 5-21 @ 6:00pm

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:38:00 +0000

We will be doing a photowalk of Boalsburg on May 21st starting at 6:00 p.m.

This is the Thursday before Memorial Day, and what better place to do a photowalk than the birthplace of Memorial day, Boalsburg, PA. We had a photowalk at this time last year and I think everyone walked away with some great photos. We will meet in the parking lot for the military museum in boalsburg on Thursday May 21st at 6:00pm. walk around the grounds of the museum working our way across the street to the cemetery, for the past several years there has been a carnival set up that we can hit up on our way into downtown Boalsburg.

Hope everyone can make it and if you any questions or need help getting too / from let me know and we can help out.

Photowalk cancelation

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:37:00 +0000

We are canceling the photowalk for March 26th.
The weather simply isnt cooperating with us, and treking around in the mucky mucky of the marsh isnt very high on the want to do list.

But keep your eyes opened here as we will be scheduling a new photowalk soon!

CANCELED!! Photowalk Millbrook Marsh State College, PA March 26 @ 5:30pm

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:33:00 +0000

We will be having a photowalk at the millbrook marsh nature center. Millbrook Marsh is located just minuets from campus, it is a 62 acre site with a 12 acre farmstead. Centre region parks and recreation has granted me a permit for this event, we should be the only ones at the marsh during the time of the photowalk. The CRPR also said that the birds are starting to come back to the marsh and that we should be able to get some great photos. The permit is for 20 people so please let me know if you intend on coming.
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Photos from Septembers Photowalk

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:17:00 +0000

Things went pretty well for our Photowalk of the Pennsylvania State University campus back on Sept 4th in State College, PA. After meeting at the gates across from the Corner room we headed up onto campus towards Old Main.

We seemed to stay an extraordinary amount of time here.

We worked away over to the side of building

After spending so much time walking around Old Main we got to stop taking photos and just talk to each other for a little while. Some of use went on down to the small garden in front of the HUB

before calling it a night.

I had a really good time, and it was great seeing all the new people, I do hope to see everyone again.

If you would like to see my photoset from this months photowalk head over HERE to see them posted on Flickr. Also dont forget to join the Penn State & State College Shutterbugs group on Flickr as well.

Next month we will be doing something a little different for the photowalk so keep an eye open for a news on this coming soon.

Photowalk on PSU Campus Sept 4th

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:18:00 +0000

In honor of some previous co-workers of mine, and dedicated photo walkers, who recently have changed jobs to the University also in celebration of the students returning we will have a photowalk on the PSU Campus.

This is about a group of people showing up with their cameras and walking around taking photos while socializing and having a lot of fun. Its great to hang out with others who enjoy photography. This is open to everyone so please let anyone you know who has an interest in photography about the walk. Please feel free to give out my contact information to anyone who has questions.

This months photo walk will be on the PSU campus we will meet at the gates in front of Old Main. There are plenty of unique and distinct photos of Penn State and Campus Life.

As our summer comes to a close and the sunset starts to come before 8:00 pm we will return to our 5:30pm starting time. After the photowalk lets all get together for a beer or drink of your choice, Ill have my laptop with me, if anyone who wants to upload their photos to share with everyone.

Please do email me if you plan on coming so I have an idea of how many people we are going to have.

July Photowalk in Bellefonte PA @ 6:30

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +0000

July's photowalk will be in Bellefonte PA.

We skipped June, but the photowalk is back. This is about a group of people showing up with their cameras and walking around taking photos while socializing and having a lot of fun. Its great to hang out with others who enjoy photography. So come on out have some fun, enjoy the summer heat.

This months photo walk will be in Bellefonte, we will meet at the Train Station at Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte, PA. After combing through the park and train area (great views of the Match Factory as well) we will work our way up into Downtown Bellefonte and the county seat building.

Note the slightly later time for the photo walk than previous months.

Please do email me if you plan on coming so I have an idea of how many people we are going to have.

Lightning storm gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:23:00 +0000

As a follow-up to yesterday post about one of my lightning photos being published in the CDT, I have created a web gallery of 10 of the images from that night.

Enjoy, and please feel free to share the gallery with others.

Recent image in Centre Daily Times

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:24:00 +0000

On Sunday June 8th we were treated to a wonderful lightning storm. The view from my deck was better than a 4th of July celebration. After debating with myself about pulling out the camera or not, I went ahead and set up the tripod.

I got some great images that night, and decided to submit the photos to the Centre Daily Times.
I'm glad I did as they ended up running one of the photos on the front of Section B (On Centre & Lifestyle).

Photowalk May 22nd @ 5:30 in Boalsburg

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

What : A photo walk

When: May 22nd @ 5:30PM till about 6:30 or 7:00

Who: Everyone

Last months photo walk was a big success, everyone had a great time and we are hoping to do the same for May. This is about a group of people showing up with their cameras and walking around taking photos while socializing and having a lot of fun. Its great to hang out with others who enjoy photography. So come on out have some fun, enjoy the last few days of spring while we head into Summer.

This months photo walk will be in Boalsburg, we will meet over by the old tanks at the military museum in Boalsburg, PA. From there we will head around the museum and over to the memorial day statue before going downtown into Boalsburg.

Please do email me if you do plan on coming so I have an idea of how many people we are going to have.

Aprils Photowalk Images comming soon.

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +0000

The photowalk for April went fairly well for our first time. A group of 8 of us met in downtown State College camera gear in tow. At first I got the feeling that everyone was a little inhibited and nervous, I know I was. So a few snaps here and a few snaps there. We worked our way down to Skate Penn where we spent a good hour photographing the local skate community. Shaggy and Christian, the owners were great! I was really impressed with the enthusiasm of all the skaters, they skated hard and put on an amazing show for us. I only hope our photos due their efforts justice. I can not tell you how impressed I was with Skate Penn and how much value I think they add to the state college and the youth of centre county. My oldest son has shown an interest in skating and I plan on taking him to Skate Penn starting in May.
From the skate shop we headed over to Old Main where we successfully broke up a large kick ball game and chased away the tightrope walkers. I think it was just the time of day that the students were winding down. Just seemed odd that we show up with our cameras in hand and all the college kids just seemed to vanish within 5 minuets of our arrival. From Old Main we decided to call it an evening and hit up Zeno's

I had a great time, and met 2 of the people from an amazing graphics design company 3Twenty9
They offer a venue of informed ideas and skills for their clients. I highly recommend checking out their website and taking a look around. 3twenty9 design produces some amazing work.

So to sum it up, I had a great time, got to network with some amazingly creative and fun people, and learned more about the community that I live in.

I cant wait for Mays photowalk, keep watching this feed for details.

Photowalk State College on April 17th @ 5:30pm

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +0000

What : A photo walk

When: April 17th @ 5:30PM till about 6:30 or 7:00

Who: Everyone

What is a photowalk you ask? Well if you want the whole techno babel explanation for what it is you can look at the wikipedia page. But in my terms, its just a group of people showing up with their cameras and walking around taking photos while socializing and having a lot of fun. This is not about being a professional photographer, or trying to get the next fine art masterpiece. So come on out oh April 17th @5:30 in downtown state college. We will meet at the corner of Beaver and Fraser and plan to walk through downtown and possibly up onto campus.

Its always fun to hang out with others who enjoy photography, and I've found it very interesting to see others photos of the same thing that I do yet we come up with completely different images. So come on out have some fun, enjoy the spring weather, and snap a few pictures.

Please do email me if you do plan on coming so I have an idea of how many people we are going to have.

News is now a RSS feed

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:01:00 +0000

In able to keep people better informed about the web site, up coming photo shoots, new galleries, specials, coupons, and deals we have moved the studioBrad.com news section into an RSS feed. You can subscribe to the feed and be instantly updated when new things are posted on studioBrad.
We look forward to your feedback and hope you take advantage of this new feature.

Site Re-Launch

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Shearer) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:58:00 +0000

After relocating from Delaware to State College Pennsylvania we have re-launched studioBrad.com. I belive the new site is cleaner and aranged better than the old site. I really like how the new Flash Galleries showcase my work, more so than I did the old apple slideshow way.

Along with the new site comes hope for greater traffic and more interest in my photography. Im hoping this new site will provide potential customers the information they need in order to make a decision for their photographic needs. Also I plan on using the site for arranging creative photo shoots which is something I was not previously able to do.

So please check out the new site, and let me know what you think, thanks and I hope you enjoy my work.