Photo group to focus on Cave Creek
Staff Report ~ 7/14/2010

Photographers of all skill levels are invited to grab their cameras and head to Cave Creek on July 24, for the third annual Worldwide PhotoWalk. This free social photography event is limited to just 50 photographers whose digital images will illustrate Arizona’s Western lifestyle as part of a global snapshot.
Paradise Valley Community College professor Jim Patterson will lead the PhotoWalk from 9 to 11 a.m., beginning and ending at Cave Creek’s Frontier Town, 6245 E. Cave Creek Road. At the same time, photographers around the world will be shooting and sharing photos of their own communities.
Patterson is a faculty member in the Division of Business and Information Systems at PVCC, a Maricopa Community College. An avid photographer, he led last year’s PhotoWalk on the PVCC campus at Union Hills Drive and 32nd Street in Phoenix. This year, he opted for a photographic exploration of the small town in the foothills near PVCC at Black Mountain, the college’s new educational site at Carefree Highway
and 60th Street.
“I know many people in the area are photographers who might appreciate a fun time in their own backyard,” he said. “Many people in the greater Phoenix area also might enjoy checking out the Cave Creek community. I chose Frontier Town because I thought we could get some fun Western-themed photos out of the shoot.”
Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, founded the PhotoWalk as a way to bring together people who love photography. In 2008, 8,324 participants walked in 241 locations. Last year, the event snowballed to more than 32,000
photographers in 900 locations around the world.
Photos taken by participants may be entered into the Worldwide PhotoWalk contest, which awards a Grand Prize, 10 Honorable Mention prizes and a People’s Choice award. Full contest details are available at
http://worldwidephotowalk.com/.
For information, contact Patterson at 602-787-6749. Online registration for the event is at
http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/cave-creek-az-usa-north-phoenix-arizona/.