On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:15 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Kenton Brede > >> Christine, what is GFM? And what are you hoping to go to? Just curious. >> Thanks, >> Kent >> >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Christine Aguila >> <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> > Just wondering: ? who's going? ?Is there hope for a big do? ?Cheers, >>> > Christine >>> > > > GFM is Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. More specifically it's the > Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend. > > http://www.grandfather.com/planning_your_visit/events/nphoto.php > > There is usually a fair contingent from the PDML in attendance. > > The number of photographers in attendance is limited by the number of seats > in the auditorium at Grandfather Mountain - I think it's something like 160 > people can attend. Registration opens at midnight April First, and it is > usually fully subscribed by about 8:00am. > > I went in 2009 & 2010. I registered online at about 10 minutes after > midnight and was around number 100 on the list both times.
Just to add, if you do not want to participate in the seminars and contest, you can get the guest ticket(i think thats what they call it) and that gives you day access to the park, but your supposed to be out when the street lights come on.;-) Dave > > I hope to attend in 2011 as well. Hopefully I won't have to spend the > weekend doing homework this time. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.