In reading Erin Vey's Bark blog the other day, I was reminded how cool it is to have so many people willing to openly share their experiences and what they know about photography. It's people like Erin and many other photographers that have made themselves available to pass on the information they've learned along the way in order to help others grow. I've been the beneficiary of a LOT of hard work that many others before me have put in, so I feel like it's about time for me to start sharing a little. I don't profess to know everything there is to know about photography, not by a looong shot; I'm still finding my way in this industry and, in fact, still feel like I've barely scratched the surface most days. And just like most things in life, there's more than one way to do photography, so I'm not saying the way I do it is the only way or even the right way, it's just the way I learned to do it. And I'm more than happy to share what I know as others before me have.

So, this Friday I'm going to open up the proverbial phone lines (or more likely the comment lines) for questions. I'll be available from 3-4pm this Friday afternoon (October 3rd) to take a shot at any question you want to ask. If I don't know the answer, I'll make something up. Kidding. I'll tell you if I don't know. I haven't done this before, so we'll see how it goes. I'll post a blog entry at 3pm letting you know I'm available, and then you can just post your question in the Comments section of that post, and I'll address them on a first come, first served basis until 1) we run out of time, 2) we run out of questions or 3) the Dow drops another 800 points (in which case I might have to cut the chat short to go back to work and make more money to cover my tanking retirement investments). Then you'll just have to hit the refresh button on your browser to see updates as the session goes along. Please understand some questions might be too lengthy to give quick answers via this format, so I may have to be brief at that time in order to get to as many questions as I can. Then again, if there's only 3 of us chatting, we'll have lots of time, right? Also, I would ask that if you join in the session after we've already started that you would check the comment history before asking your question(s) to avoid duplicate inquiries.

That's it. Just come ready Friday at 3pm CST with your questions. It should be fun! Now, if I can just learn out how to type a little faster so I can get to more than 3 questions during that hour...