New member posts: April 2014 to June 2020

[Macropod]

I discovered cambridgeincolour.com earlier this evening while performing a web search to answer a photography related question.

I am a structural geologist collaborating with researchers at the University of Connecticut, scientific photographer and am the co-founder and managing partner of Macroscopic Solutions, LLC.

My work is on the cover and throughout the pages of Better Photography magazine. I will be presenting my work at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in America on March 17th and I am happy to discuss our mutual interest, photography. Thank you for having me, the community looks terrific!

Website
Flickr

[bbestone]

Hello! In the past six months, I've picked up my eleven year-old Leica Digilux 2 camera again, and have discovered that black and white photos intrigue me. I've been concentrating on composition more than anything else lately and I am trying to get the best photo straight out of the camera, that I can! And, with that I look forward to constructive criticism as I'm eager to learn and what I have seen on this site so far, ...well, I know I've come to the right, and best place!

[Arthur Dent]

Hello, my name is Tomas, currently living in Astana, Kazakhstan. Constantly moving around the world, trying to capture interesting moments and places of my life.

[Guitarfish64]

Hi

I'm English but now live in Melbourne (Aus). I've been a lifelong point&shooter.

I've been in to scuba diving for more than 10 years, and somewhere along the way got an underwater camera. It turns out that point&shoot delivers much less usable results under water than it does on land so I gradually started to learn a bit more until I could shoot manually underwater with at least some successes.
Once you understand a bit more you can't put the Genie back in the bottle, so I started attempting to apply what I learned to above-water shots as well. These are mostly landscapes while I'm hiking in the great outdoors.

The arrival of 'mirrorless' cameras (that don't consume half your baggage allowance when placed inside an aluminum underwater housing) allowed me to improve my gear a few notches and continue the journey from happy-snaps to better photographs. I've still got a long way to go, but I'm really impressed by the fantastic quality of the information here in CiC, so I'm sure it will help me along the way.

Cheers
Chris

[Rick G]

Just joined and looking forward to meeting new photographers from around the world.
Became interested in photography while in the Navy stationed in Turkey. Passion for traveling and photographing landscapes and recently discovered creative stills during the winter months. I'm a Nikon guy with D300. interested in improving the technical aspects of my photography.

[Donald]

Oh dear, I have been very negligent ... again. Apologies to our latest new members for not replying quickly to welcome you.

So - Dyan, Mark, Barb, Tomas, Chris and Rick, you are each very, very welcome and I hope you enjoy being part of the forum.

[charleshoward]

Hello All,
I'm a Washington, DC based photographer. I'm retired and looking forward to enjoying this community and contributing to its continued success.

[Donald]

Hello All,
I'm a Washington, DC based photographer. I'm retired and looking forward to enjoying this community and contributing to its continued success.

Charles - It's a pleasure to welcome you into the forum and I sincerely hope that you will be a contributor so that your knowledge and skill can help others learn.

By the way - If you wish you can go to Edit Profile and put in your location, so that it appears in the sidebar alongside your message, just like mine beside this message. Then everybody knows where everybody else is.

[TrishBJ]

Hello,
I have a lifelong interest in photography, nagged my parents into my first camera at the age of ten, but lacking in practice due to work, child rearing etc. Now recently retired, and looking forward to upgrading my very basic skills, especially Lightroom and Photoshop. Based in mid-western NSW Australia. As well as 'ordinary' photography, my husband and I do astroimaging using specialised equipment. One thing I'd like to find out about is more on the mirrorless camera debate. Sony A7 verses full-frame DSLR such as D810. I'd love to know how to find more on that topic if Donald or others can point me in the right direction.

[dldtaylor]

Hi everyone. I joined community yesterday and thought it only polite to introduce myself.

When I'm not working (which appears to be much of the time of late!) my main interest is photography. This is a relatively new hobbie, although I did dable back in my late teens, which was sparked of by trying to get some shots of the Under 18s Football Club my company sponsor. The local paper requested an 'action shot' to go with one of the match reports we write and the paper publish each week. After two attempts using my iphone - a method I now know had very little chance of succeeding - I started using my eldest daughter's Finepix S100SF which she had hardly touched for the last two years. And that was it...I was bitten by the bug. Although the vast majority of the images to date have been really awful, I'm thoroughly enjoying the learning process and feel that it is only a matter of time until I create a shot which is at least half decent. Action photography, and in particualar sports photography, appear to be the way I am interest is heading at this time.

Anyway, we're off to another away game today so if I manage to capture a shot that is worth keeping I'll post it on the forum (as long as I can find the correct place to upload it!) and would be greatful for any feedback I can get.

Regards

David

[Donald]

One thing I'd like to find out about is more on the mirrorless camera debate. Sony A7 verses full-frame DSLR such as D810. I'd love to know how to find more on that topic if Donald or others can point me in the right direction.

Welcome, Trish. It's great to have you here. Thanks for joining. I hope CiC can be a source of inspiration as well as information.

The best way to get the answers to questions that you have is to just ask. So, on that issue or mirrorless cameras, why not go to the Digital Cameras and Equipment section of the forum and start up a new thread, asking what it is you want answers to.

[Donald]

Hi everyone. I joined community yesterday and thought it only polite to introduce myself.

That is very kind. Welcome David and thank you for choosing to sign up to this forum. I hope you enjoy it.

... I'm thoroughly enjoying the learning process and feel that it is only a matter of time until I create a shot which is at least half decent.

And that is what it's all about - Striving to learn and improve. If you ever fell you've no need to learn any more, that's the time to stop and try something else.

[Sarahlucy]

Hiya my name is Sarah, im 18 and from Oxfordshire.
I'm in my first year at university studying Sociology, I enjoy taking my camera out and about with me... still very new to photography so up for getting tips and constructive criticisms on my work
Thanks

[Donald]

Hiya my name is Sarah, im 18 and from Oxfordshire.
I'm in my first year at university studying Sociology, I enjoy taking my camera out and about with me... still very new to photography so up for getting tips and constructive criticisms on my work
Thanks

Sarah - It's a delight to welcome you to the forum. Hopefully you've already seen that the bias is very much towards learning, with people being encouraged to ask questions and those with more knowledge and experience being encouraged to share that.

So, I hope you enjoy being part of CiC and find it useful.

[cream T]

Hi new here from NZ. not new to photography but it's been awhile so starting over.

[Acephotographer]

Hello everyone, I have been into photography the last 8 years and use the Canon EOS 7D together with various glass.
Is there anyone thats going to photograph the eclipse and from where and how are you going to tackle it?
By the way I am English but live in Denmark near Copenhagen

[Donald]

not new to photography but it's been awhile so starting over.

Hello and welcome. There are quite a few of us on here who fall in to that category, me being one of them. So, it's great to have you here and I hope you enjoy it, as well as finding it useful.

So that you don't continue to get people asking you what your proper name is, because most us use that on here, you can go to Edit Profile (under 'Forum Actions' on the Menu Bar), or you can just press on 'Settings' on the menu bar right up at the top right of the window. Once there you can enter the name by which you wish to be addressed under 'Real Name'. Then it will appear underneath your Username in all your posts.

[Donald]

Is there anyone thats going to photograph the eclipse and from where and how are you going to tackle it?

Hello. Thanks for joining the CiC forum.

On that question - Why not post it up as a question in, perhaps, the Nature & Architecture section of the forum. That way more people are likely to see it and be able to respond.

So that you don't continue to get people asking you what your proper name is, because most us use that on here, you can go to Edit Profile (under 'Forum Actions' on the Menu Bar), or you can just press on 'Settings' on the menu bar right up at the top right of the window. Once there you can enter the name by which you wish to be addressed under 'Real Name'. Then it will appear underneath your Username in all your posts. You can also enter your location so that it does the same, just as in my details alongside this message. Then we all know where everyone is in the world.

[Gisela]

Hi, I am Gisela, I live in Pennsylvania and want to learn more about photography, especially technical aspects. I mostly enjoy taking pictures of people.

[Donald]

Hi, I am Gisela, I live in Pennsylvania and want to learn more about photography, especially technical aspects. I mostly enjoy taking pictures of people.

Hello Gisela and thank you for joining the CiC forum. I hope/think this is one of the best online resources to help you learn about photography. There are the tutorials that you can browse at your leisure and which are very highly regarded within the wide photography community. And then, of course, there is this forum. And through it you now have access to lots of knowledge and skill resting in people who are always willing to share in order that we can all learn from them.

So, please do join in.

If you ever need any help in getting images posted into your message, then please do read the helpful guide that walks you through how to do it. Click HERE to read the thread.

Something else you might find useful. Sometimes people are not sure about asking for comments and criticism on their images. This thread gives you some helpful advice and guidance about how to get the best feedback from fellow members.

By the way - If you wish you can go to Edit Profile and put in your location, so that it appears in the sidebar alongside your message, just like mine beside this message. Then everybody knows where everybody else is.