Post on Forum -- don't contact off the forum

For the second time in as many days, a Forum member has contacted me directly rather than post on the Forum. While I am flattered that my advice is sometimes useful, this method of solving some problem is counter productive. When someone posts a problem, and others find solutions, that's a learning process for everyone, not just the poster. That simple reality is why the forum is so useful to so many people. When you talk directly to me off-forum, you remove the learning for all the others. Plus, other people may have a better solution than I do. There is still so much I don't know.

Rick Wise
director of photography
and custom lighting design
Oakland, CA
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