@panthora I looked forward to meeting him and enjoyed listening to his adventures with his camera. There was a lot about Lightroom and I picked up a few tips I didn't know . You get a workbook when you leave that covered everything he went over so no need to take notes. He wanted to see everyone face and not the top of our heads as we wrote things down. Educationally you might not get a whole lot out of it but I enjoyed meeting another photographers and running into a few photo club friends that also attended. There was an hour break for lunch so 3 of us enjoyed a nice lunch out at a restaurant in Chinatown that was only 2 blocks away. For a beginning photographer I would definitely recommend it . It was full of professional photographers so maybe they also wanted to see him in person.