Berkeley campus photo walk

On the first day of September I joined dozens of fellow photographers at my old stomping grounds, the UC Berkeley campus, on a photo walk led by local photographer Thomas Hawk and Google developer advocate Chris Chabot.

The walk was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Campanile, but our hosts arrived somewhat late, which gave me time to take photos like the one above while waiting, as well as this one:

Google staffers then arrived with boxes of schwag. I was fortunate to get one of the few "extra-small" sized T-shirts. (If I'm considered extra-small, an actual extra-small person would be out of luck I guess...)

Our first stop was the Hearst Mining Memorial Building. The architecture was interesting. I lay on my back to get this shot of the ceiling (and wasn't the only one doing so). I wasn't entirely happy with the results, but at least it took some effort!

We then took shots outside at the reflecting pool. That's Thomas Hawk lying on his side. Here's where I could have used a telephoto lens to spy on people, though the guy standing above Thomas doesn't seem to mind getting up close and personal!

Next stop was the Museum of Paleontology. I worked at Cal for five years, doing tech support for departments all over the campus, but had never been in this part of the Life Sciences Building before. Who knew we had a T-Rex skeleton?

Another photo stop was made near the edge of campus, but I had to part ways at that time. It was great to connect with more local photogs, and I look forward to future walks. Check out the rest of my gallery (with more and larger photos!) on Google Plus.