Edwin Villanueva

Tonight I attended my first meetup for the Northern San Diego Photography Group. Considering I have never gone to any type of meetup before, I had no idea what to expect. The group typically meet once a month at Panera Bread in Mira Mesa, CA which is about a 30 minute drive from where I work.

When I first walked in to Panera, I immediately recognized some of the members from their profiles on the group website. I was greeted by Joseph Lennox, one of the Assistant Organizers. He gave me a brief overview of the group and then basically let me go to converse with the rest of the members. I introduced myself to the other members and then sort’ve jumped in and out of conversations with different people.

The group caters to all levels of photographers but the majority of the attendees this evening were primarily professionals or business owners dealing in photography. There was one other person that I considered to be at the same level as I was. I spent most of the evening talking to him since both of us were going through the same learning curve and had similar questions about photography.

For the most part, the remainder of the evening was spent listening and learning from other members of the group. I’m looking forward to attending meetups where we go to different locations and take photos. I think definitely that is where I’ll get the most benefit. I can use the groups experience and expertise to help improve my own knowledge and technique.

As the title of this post indicates….I’m baaack! Did you miss me?

I was using the new Sweetcron platform but got bored of it and decided to switch back to a WordPress powered blog. The WordPress install was simple enough and succeeded with flying colors. The only problem was, I couldn’t restore any of my old database from my previous install. At first, I was pissed since I lost about a year and half worth of posts. But after a few days, it actually became a blessing in disguise.

Let’s be honest, the content on the site was a bit lacking. I wasn’t really posting much and the things I was posting were boring as heck. It just became to oriented about my daily happenings. Boring stuff, right?

To make a long story short, I’m starting with a clean slate. Expect a more balanced blog covering my personal happenings, technology and my new passion – photography. Look out for new posts soon!