I have a similar experience to Bruce. I joined a local Flickr group in early '07, went to my first social event in Nov. & haven't looked back since.
Made some good friends & it opened me up to photographic opportunities that i wouldn't have pursued on my own. My photography has improved simply through associating with so many talented people. DS On 20/12/2011, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, not a club per se, but one of the most useful benefits of > networking on Flickr has been getting hooked-up with a > Mississauga-based bunch of friendly folk who like to organize walks. > > Flickr has a feature called Groups where like-minded people share > their shots. Common groups include by brand (eg Pentax), by local > geography (eg Toronto), or by topic/style (eg B&W). If you were to do > a little spelunking you would likely find a group specific to your > area. > > No guarantees of course, but the Mississauga Flickr group includes > everyone from P&S owners through working pros and everyone gets along > fine--no snobbery, no exclusions. I don't go out on more than 20% of > the walks, but I've learned *something* from most of the ones I > attended. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Thanks all for the input. I figured it would be about 50/50 but was >> curious about the opinions. >> >> PJ, the owner of the group is a Canon shooter, i do not know any one >> else as of yet. If it turns out to be a gang up on the Pentax guy i >> will just move on. No time for that crap. >> It seems on his Facebook page they go out on photo drives, which i >> like to do, so may be this will help get me out more. >> >> I signed up Sunday, we'll see how it goes. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
