Hi, I'm Ben "Mouring" Lindstrom.  Some may know me from from FA. I'm working through what my personal photography goals are for 2011, and I wanted to see if there is enough interest in the community for a 5 to 10 person "photography exploration events" in 2011.

The idea would be finding a knowledgeable person within the fandom (or adjacent to it) willing to host an event (e.g. 30 minute intro, 2 hours of shooting, 30 minute wrap up) on one topic–such as macro, captive wildlife, landscape, composition, still life, portraits, convention shooting, lighting, etc.  These groups could be made up of all DSLR folks, all Point and Shoot folks, or a mix of both depending on the community interest and the event itself.

I'm willing to host (or act as an coordinator/assistant) for a few events in 2011 as a trial. Some events could be free, some events may have a cost to cover location fees (e.g. renting space for convention shooting, in-door portraits, lighting, etc).

If you are interested please reply stating the type of camera(DSLR or P&S), if you have something you'd like to explore, and if you are willing to host or assistant in an event.  If there is enough interest I will talk to Kurst about making a sub-forum and will start working on a trial event for early 2011.

Due to the current lackluster response, I'm going to table this for about 8 to 9 months.

Thank you for your time in responding.