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Wanna Go Shoot Stuff in Texas?
Llywellyn
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Hey y'all! 
A few of you may know that I'm Texas bred (if not born), but you may not be aware that I sneak back into the grand state every year 'round Christmas time. Part of the problem being from a place and seeing it often is you rarely go out and shoot it. I still regret not shooting South Congress in Austin before some stupid mandate made the shops start taking down their awesome, artistic signs. :cry
Anywho, I park myself in New Braunfels for a spell every year. This year from 12/21 to 12/29. Now, the day I land is reserved for a ritual visit to my old haunts in Austin with family, but after that, I'm free to wander where I will. So if anyone in the San Antonio or Austin (or New Braunfels!) area might have a hankerin' to shoot with me one day, drop me a line and let me know.
I've been fixin' to do this for a while now. 'Bout dang time I did.
A few of you may know that I'm Texas bred (if not born), but you may not be aware that I sneak back into the grand state every year 'round Christmas time. Part of the problem being from a place and seeing it often is you rarely go out and shoot it. I still regret not shooting South Congress in Austin before some stupid mandate made the shops start taking down their awesome, artistic signs. :cryAnywho, I park myself in New Braunfels for a spell every year. This year from 12/21 to 12/29. Now, the day I land is reserved for a ritual visit to my old haunts in Austin with family, but after that, I'm free to wander where I will. So if anyone in the San Antonio or Austin (or New Braunfels!) area might have a hankerin' to shoot with me one day, drop me a line and let me know.
I've been fixin' to do this for a while now. 'Bout dang time I did.
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Dang it!
I'm going end of 02/10--Dallas, right down the road from Austin. I myself bred but not born in TX. Part of the reason why I vacillate between ya'll and you guys so often.
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My old haunts are very limited; almost all are at Sixth and Lamar: Book People, Waterloo, and then the Whole Foods because my mother insists. But before all that is the obligatory lunch at Magnolia Cafe on SoCo. :eat There also used to be a great little Celtic store just down Lamar from there, but it vanished a while ago. :cry
But yeah! I'll PM you two my deets so we can keep in touch and see if there's a day that'll work for everyone while I'm there.
Hey Andrew--we still need to get together for a shoot, here or in Austin. What d'ya say?
Cheers,
Lauren
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Andrew, no hurry. We can try in early Dec or wait 'til Kerry comes down and see about getting a DGrin meetup organized.
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That's only three hours away, c'mon!
Spoken like a true Texan!!!
Having grown up in the northeast, a 3 hour drive can constitute crossing a couple of states....
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Yeah, that was such a weird thing for me to experience when I moved out to Virginia. And so many people here in NoVa balk at the one-hour drive to Baltimore, it baffled me for a while. But then I got used to the traffic and understood a little more.
No navigation necessary! Hop on I-10 west and stay on it for three hours.
You know we're just teasing. I won't have any shooting time unless it's late evening, but I will be in Galveston for business at the beginning of February.
Well, if it's been awhile since you've been back, 6th and Lamar has changed quite a bit. Waterloo Ice House is no longer there. In it's place is a new eatery not yet finished. Amy's is still there.
The whole South Congress stretch is still fairly nice, especially at night. Amys is there as well as is the Continental Club. Too bad you won't make it for "First Thursday". That place jumps on the first Thursday of each month. Here's a few to get you thinking about it.
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and I'm in town I'll be there.
Maybe everyone could post their available dates and times and where they'd prefer to shoot? I'll try to start a new thread for it later today, unless someone beats me to it.
Lauren
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Tom
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Given my treks to Austin are annual only, I may not be the best "in-the-know" person to set up a good walkabout. As we've read, some of the stuff I love has already changed since last year—or no longer exists. So I'm open to suggestions. Toss your wishlist shoot spots into this thread and we'll see if we can't cobble together a loose agenda for one day so folks can come and go as they please.
I figure meeting at the capitol would be the best bet, then branching out to photograph the kitschy landmarks that make the city so special—like Leslie. Please tell me Leslie is still there, at least!
Start suggestin'!
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Walk down Congress Ave and look at the details of the old buildings. Lot's of little things here and there to shoot.
Make it down to 6th Street and there's tons of street scenes, neon, old buildings, people.
At the river bridge there's good shots looking North back at the Capital or on the South side of the bridge nice shots of downtown all lit up. (BTW, you're now 1 mile South of the Capital)
Walk back to the Capital and drive back South to SOCO area, or just make the walk another 1/2-3/4 mile South. There's the Continental Club, a slew of the latest polished Airstream trailer eateries, Guero's, and a couple dozen stores/eateries and such for that 'funky' Austin flair.
As an alternative to the downtown thing, you could take a scenic hill country drive out through SW Austin and then down to Wimberley and Blanco and wind up in Luckenbach. From there 11 miles over to Fredericksburg and back to Austin about 70 miles. That would give you hill country photo opportunities to include landscapes, rivers, creeks, waterfalls, potential wildlife (deer, bison at LBJ's ranch), historic types of shots in Wimberley or coffee on the square, the old county courthouse in Blanco, and quirkie Luckenbach - home of Willie, Waylon and the Boys. Fredericksburg provides an opportunity for an old German town that's probably decorated to the nines this time of year and the Brewery for lunch/dinner/beer stop. Coming back via Johnson City, another quaint Texas town the courthouse is lit up very nice this time of year.
Just some ideas.....
I personally want to shoot the city, as it's something I never do, or tromp around downtown New Braunfels or Gruene for the quaint German town feel. Mainly because my home base is New Braunfels and I have never shot the square (that's a circle), or the bakery I love, or the haunted hotel, or anything in Gruene.
...actually, if there's any interest at all, I could see about finding a model. If I went that route, I'd like to keep the location more condensed and make connections with shop owners to see if we could shoot inside.
So for anyone who's set on shooting with me (you crazy people, you), any preference: street shooting in downtown Austin, or model shoot in quaint, kitschy town?
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