Sam , what a great night !
Your Photos are amazing,very inspiring .
You were a big Hit !

Your wife was very proud , I could tell !

More seminars please

JP

This is fantastic! So, I'm assuming that is you and you're showing your photos? What a great idea.

I was there, it was really good Sam. I asked about Macs vs. Windows. I'm a student photographer applying to Ryerson and sport a 350d as well. The one thing that I really learnt was to take your time when shooting. To wait a couple minutes till something happens. I also enjoyed your photoshop tutorials. Night well wasted. You should really have a lecture with photoshop and tips just for photographers; that would be truly awesome. Anyways, good job.

Great job tonight at the lecture. Thanks for sharing some of your finest work. I would love to hear more about photo manipulation and colour correction in the forum. The pumpkin photo is a good one to start with. Keep up the good work.

There I am! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay at the back. Indeed, you did a very good job, Sam! It was very interesting to hear some of the stories behind your photos, and to hear how you went about taking them. I admire your talent, insight and ethics. Thanks for sharing with us!

And I want to know if any of the many people there who were taking YOUR photograph asked your permission! ;-)

Sam the lecture was great. It had great tips and amazing insight to your work. It wasn't boring at all and was quite funny at times. Me and my friend agree that it would be great to see another one (if you're up for it I mean). Anyway. It was a great time and I'd for sure come out again.

Full house, great job!

A friend and I were planning on going, but got held up at the CIRA's 'special meeting' which went way over.

I'm sure you've gotten yourself a bunch of new subscribers.

I was curious if you were already a member of that camera club, or another? My wife recently joined one of the local clubs, but she didn't really look into alternatives, just joined the first one she heard about.

please say more about this lecture and what about ?
Ey kash be email haye ma ham pasokh midadid !

Glad to hear the lecture went well. I would have loved to be there, but had a previous commitment. I'm looking forward to some nice U of T campus shots... :)

Sam, thanks for speaking at Hart House last night. You were great, and it was nice to finally meet you in person.

Cool also this pic - I was dying to see the result of that wide angle lens. Much different from the pic I posted of the event (photo.jamestilberg.com).

James
(PS - I was the guy in the front row - far right with the long lens...)

Sounds an amazing turn out... Congratulations Sam... You are doing great.

WoW, I can see myself standing in the back. I am a little bit late :(

haha, filled up with adrenaline? never seen you misspell like that :)

anyway, nice photo, REALLY nice hall, wish i could have been there

WOW! Congratulations! Looks like the place was packed, you're a celebrity!

any recordings of the talk available? :-) Let the worldwide audience benefit from the knowledge sharing.

Hey sam,
Though I only caught a bit at the end, the five minutes of your presentation that I did hear was worth it. Don't be surprised by the audience, I suspect that more would have come if they were in the area.

Wish I could have heard you giving that lecture.

glad it went well! Hope that next time your there I won't be out of the country!

I see myself :-)

Great lecture last night, Sam. It was a pleasure to finally meet you.

You were great. Maybe now I will be able to update my blog regularly.

never been a friend of blurry edges but great perspective nonetheless - how typical of you to take a picture right before the lecture I wish I could have attended.

Well done on the speach, and nice shot. Is that someone taking a picture of you, front right? What sort of questions did you get?

We came. We saw. We loved it! My wife made it into this pic, but i'm hidden behind someone in the first row ;)

It really was a great night. Very informative and inspirational. Met lots of people who share the same passion in both your work, and in photography/photoblogging.

I hope you'll consider doing something like this again.

Cheers!

Hey Sam, would have been there if I'd been in Toronto. Maybe next time--great job.

Damn, I'm so mad I missed this! Especially because if I had gone, my bike wouldn't have been STOLEN while I was stuck at work! Plus I would have been able to shoot spit balls at you. Grrr. Glad you had fun.

Great talk. Content was excellent, images of course were fabulous as always.

Based on what I saw, you would be an excellent presenter for CHUM ideacity event...someone should make the connection and get you on the list of presenters. Same talk just polished and expanded a bit.

Later.

so upset i missed it sam. silly classes getting in the way.

i told all my friends about it, and a few of them went and were wowed by the presentation. congrats!

Hey Sam, AWESOME talk last night... Glad I got to show you the t/s lens... You know you waaaaant it. I learned some really useful tips from your material. Thank you for sharing your gift!
-Hamish

Hey Sam! Was this photo colour corrected? hahah

I got a little write up on my blog as well.

Looking forward to going out shooting with you!

Love this pic. The glow of the computer screen and the lights, the slightly blurred edges, the soft light throughout -- good job!

Sam,
If ever you give a lecture on the weekend, I will drive from Montreal to attend it.
Any chance of getting a transcript of the lecture you gave last night? I'm willing to type it up if you want. I'm thrilled at your success and will watch your career with great interest.
Francine

Hey! Great stuff! Love your work. Am inspired to buy a digicam soon! :) Cheers & Joy !

Sam,

What an informative seminar - def'ly time will spent for me! I think you mentioned working on a website re: photoshop tutorials? Can't wait to see that!

don

Sam --
Thank you so much for sharing your time and expertise with us. A lot of photoblogs were born because of DDOI's inspiration, and I know mine is one of them.

Toronto is really lucky and privileged to have you photographing our streets.

May you get your dream camera someday!

José :-)

Ahhh! Wish I could have been there. Maybe you could post your notes??

Thanks for the visual stimulation!

Congratulations & congratulations! ;)

Oh, I would have so loved to be there... ironically, I was actually in HH all night, but have sold my Wednesday nights to the hart house chorus and thus couldn't attend (right... down... the hall! gah!).

I did manage to walk past during our break, though -- what a full house! We had to step over people in the hallway to get past.

Hope to see some more HH pics :)

the image seems to be radiating out..
lovely ! its kinda fresh.. i wish i was there at the lecture too :)

the image seems to be radiating out..
lovely ! its kinda fresh.. i wish i was there at the lecture too :)

I posted a couple of more shots from the event if anyone is interested in checking them out. My link is already posted below...

James

what a lice little hall, i love the wood ceiling and the podium (great contrast with old (vaulted ceiling, wooden podium/ computer). Congrats, I hear it was excellent!

That was an awesome lecture Sam! It was funny, informative, and entertaining. I learned quite a few things from your great tips. I'm glad that I could finally meet you and I look forward to viewing more of your great work. You should really do another longer lecture some time soon...it was a great success.

PS: I could see myself in the back lol:)

hey sam

just wondering what program you were using during that presentation, i've been looking for a good photo management program for awhile

Great night, great lecture, great place. Thanks !

Hey Sam!

Interesting lecture, as noted by everyone else :P your sense of humour comes through on daily dose, but it was great in person.

Amazing to get to hear about some of my favourites of yours. In one of Sagittarius_Canada's shots I can see my back.. haha

The only thing I regret is not bringing something to show you.. last year you gave me permission to use some of your ttc shots for my layouts. Next time, though!

Thank you so much for sharing with us.

Caroline.

Way to go Sam!

By the way...
Thing = Think (or at least I thing it does!)

Thanks !!! Your photos look even better on big screen

Sam,
Last night was a great night for your photoblog.
There is my image of your night.
www.aanja.blogspot.com

Thanks Sam.

F---. I missed it. Really wanted to come.

Congratulations Sam,
I wish I could be there, but England wouldn't let me go. I read all the comments and saw all the pictures taken. There is something in your photos nobody can say it, but everybody can see it. I am saying this as a result of comparing other's pictures taken at the same night. Looks like you weren't there to lecture, but to take pictures again.
What a privilege to be your oldest classmate.
Keep up the great work.

I wish I could have attended, Sam. Great shot here - I like the blur on either side.

Salut,

Vraiment cool tes photos, j'espere que tu va devenir celebre! quelle chalenge!!!

what lens did you use here? i absolutly love the blurriness of the edges!

Is this is your laptop in the photo? I have the exact same one (Toshiba Satellite). Too bad I left Toronto last September so I wasn't able to attend your talk (Was a Hart House Camera Club member for two years while studying Philosophy at U of T).
I'll be back to Toronto in 2007. If you still there I might attend your future events. I'm one of your biggest fans.