smugmug: the friendly place!

DavidTO

From the November issue of Shutterbug, and one of the reasons why I'm proud to be a part of this community!:

From the Internet To Face-to-Face "We are advertis'd by our loving friends." - William Shakespeare


Contrary to popular opinion, friends who meet on the Internet do get together in person to share their love of photography. Members of SmugMug's (www.smugmug.com) online photo sharing service get together for an annual shootout and invited Mary and I to join them. This year's SmugMug Shootout was held during May in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. Members came from all over the country and from as far as Australia. One Dutch member who couldn't make the event sent candy. It was de-lish. Our host for the event, SmugMug's resident pro, Andy Williams, held the event together with the right balance of order and flexibility. Instructors were Marc Muench (http://muenchphotography.com) and David Porter (http://daveporter.com) who provided attendees with insights as well as the best critiques of images I've ever seen. Mary and I left the shootout with lots of real friends.

Nikolai

I second that!

DavidTO wrote:

From the November issue of Shutterbug, and one of the reasons why I'm proud to be a part of this community!:

BTW, any idea when and where the next one is?

DavidTO

Nikolai wrote:

BTW, any idea when and where the next one is?

We're talking about it, but nothing to announce yet.

DanielB

DavidTO wrote:

We're talking about it, but nothing to announce yet.

i nominate the Tetons

lol

gluwater

Nice find David. Just incase anyone is wondering, that was Joe Farace that wrote that. Him and his wife Mary went on the trip and were very nice and extremely knowledgable.

jsedlak

Sounds like a fun event... Bryce/Zion is a beautiful area too!

Should have on near the East Coast... *nudge nudge*.

wxwax

jsedlak wrote:

Should have on near the East Coast... *nudge nudge*.

New York cityscapes?

Awais Yaqub

Pakistan we will go to "Collide of continents"