Photography social and weekend photo shoots!

I love photography, and thought it would be a great idea to have our own Stamford based group where we can get together on weekends for a social get together on Fridays over drinks and dinner, and then follow-up with a shoot on Saturdays.

I have only being shooting for over a year now, and am fascinated by the the things have done and want to try. You can see my own progression on my portfolio website at http://ashdof.smugmug.com. The ideas I thought we could discuss over drinks and/or food are:

- composition
- using natural light
- strobes/studio lighting
- lens choices
- model interaction and direction
- hair/makeup/clothes
- location scouting and sharing
- workflow
- lightroom
- photoshop
- books that helped you the most
- training dvd's/courses/workshops
- other photoshoot workshops and experiences
- going pro - what does it mean
- wedding photography
- portraits
- kids
- pets
- abstract objects
- street photography
- journalism
- in-camera vs post processing
- creating soulful images
- is sharpness over rated
- full frame or crop sensor
- your website
- your portfolio
- marketing
- using social software to promote yourself

and this is just stuff I came up in 5 minutes to get us started.... Hope to get experts involved so we all can learn from them.

The idea is to then try out what we discussed, or just setup a fun photo shoot on the weekend, somewhere around.