PJ Love. (April 12th, 2008)

John H. White is a Pulitzer Prize winning Photojournalist from the Chicago Sun Times who has also been teaching Photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago since the late 70's. He holds a seminar every year called "PJ Love". (PJ of course standing for Photojournalism.)

Basically, John H. White and his friends, (some of the top photographers in the world) come downtown every year to give 10-15 minute presentations on photography to whoever is interested in listening.

Cameras are not only recommended, but I saw John H. White yelling at a guy for putting his lens cap on.

It's totally free, they give you lunch, and if you sign up for the "Shoot Out" (anyone can sign up) and your picture is chosen as the best of the days photographs (I didn't win this year, surprisingly enough, haha.) you get a $200 gift card to Central Camera Shop.

It drags on sometimes when some of the presenters aren't the best public speakers, but if you're really into photography, it's the place to be.