Photo by ArtbyDjBoy
My first attempt in trying to bring people uptown via meetup was SO CLOSE to being successful, but the rain… ah the rain.
Yesterday. July 26th 2012, was the 5th Worldwide Instagram meetup, and my first meetup ever. I have to say, everyone must go to these things, especially if you really like photography and want to meet people who share the same passion. When first announced, the NYC one at least, there was confusion on the location of the actual location of the meetup. Central Park was the chosen area, but no specific meeting place was chosen. The day of, or morning, at around 2am, I decided to post up a location that I thought would meet the Central Park requirement and also my hidden agenda, getting people UPTOWN! I chose 110th and Frederick Douglass Blvd since it was close to Harlem. The plan was to head towards 125th to the West Side Piers, but in the end, the crazy rain stopped the adventure halfway, but not before a lot of fun was had and new friends were made!
Photo by ArtbyDjBoy
There were people from SO many places and backgrounds, I was so excited to see the diversity in the group! Latino, Asian, Black, White, and everything in between. From what I remember, there were some from Connecticut, two pairs actually, California, Australia, Israel, Peru, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Harlem and Washington Heights/Inwood. One pair that stuck to me was the amazing dad who works in NYC, but lives in Connecticut, and has an hour and change ride home and took time out to bring his son to the photography meeting. Lucky kid. Such a great thing to see, especially knowing that this man was tired as hell haha.
Video recap coming soon!
Photo by ArtbyDjBoy
Shout out to all the instagramers that I met. I might have forgotten a few, hit me up if I did and I will edit this post! (Each name is linked to their instagram feed)
themarinasaurus
lithium718
hectorthegreat1
lacamaradefanny
slighthi
walkingwithacamera_nyc
caspian_c
ido8all
aliveinnyc
josh_awesome
cbire
russellm_nyc 
Photo by ArtbyDjBoy
Check out some pictures from some of these instagramers below!
Photo by hectorthegreat1
Photo by caspian_c
Photo by cbire
Photo by josh_awesome
Photo by lacamaradefanny
Photo by lithium718
Photo by russellm_nyc
Photo by walkingwithacamera_nyc
Look for more great pictures from this walk and other NYC instameets by searching the hashtag #INSTAWALKNYC
Stay tuned for an #INSTAGRAMUPTOWN MEETUP COORDINATED BY ME SOON!
