How cool is this! My pals at SmugMug and I have teamed for a fun-filled photo event in NYC.

Click here for the info.

Click here to see the SmugMug photo posting site for the event.

The best part: You are invited! It's free! It's a fun-for-all!

To sign up and to get on our email list for the event (for last minutes changes, etc.) contact Susan Sammon.

We're going to meet in Duffy Square in front of the Red Steps on Saturday, June 18th at 5 PM. Look for me!

First, we'll take a mega group photo. After the shot, we're going for a photo walk around Times Square.

Juan Pons, my co-host at the Digital Photo Experience podcast, will be on hand to help photographers make good pictures. Jeremy Pollock, who co-authored (with SmugMug's Andy Williams) Photographing New York City Digital Field Guide, will also be there to help.

It gets even cooler.

When you get back home, you get to upload your favorite photographs to a special site and gallery that SmugMug set up just for the event.

Want more coolness? You can win some cool prizes and, if you are new to SmugMug, you can save 20 % off your first year of SmugMug Pro with this code: RICKSMUG20. Just click here to start a free trial – and then click "I'm Sold" to sign up for the Pro account. Enter your coupon code at checkout.

We hope to see you at the event - rain or shine.

Explore the light,

Rick

P.S. If you need some pre-event shooting tips, please join me for my talk at Adorama on June 16th.