New member posts: April 2014 to June 2020

[Wingnuts831]

Hi I am Fred living in a wonder part of the UK Livingston in Scotland about 2 hour drive from the Scottish Highlands .
Photography is one of my hobby beside being a Radio Ham. I love nature and wild life photography. I have a Nikon D300 & just added a D7100 to my kit bag I am happy to have joint CIC and for sure I will learn a lot with all of you .

[Geezergeek]

Hello everyone,
I'm Bill from Melbourne Australia. I just came across CiC from a reference in DPReview - amazing what's out there on the net that you don't know about until you stumble across it. I've recently retired from my day job after careers in marketing, IT and facilities management. I renewed my interest in photography 7 or 8 years ago after a long hiatus from the old film days decades ago. My interests are in landscapes, portraits, travel and macro. I have several cameras but my main units at the moment are a Canon 5D III and an Olympus OMD-EM5 MkII. I'm waiting on a new EM1 MkII which I'm hoping will become my travel/light weight kit replacing the EM5. I'm looking forward to exploring CiC...

[JBW]

Hello everyone,
I'm Bill from Melbourne Australia. I just came across CiC from a reference in DPReview - amazing what's out there on the net that you don't know about until you stumble across it. I've recently retired from my day job after careers in marketing, IT and facilities management. I renewed my interest in photography 7 or 8 years ago after a long hiatus from the old film days decades ago. My interests are in landscapes, portraits, travel and macro. I have several cameras but my main units at the moment are a Canon 5D III and an Olympus OMD-EM5 MkII. I'm waiting on a new EM1 MkII which I'm hoping will become my travel/light weight kit replacing the EM5. I'm looking forward to exploring CiC...

Hi Bill, welcome to the group. looking forward to your shots

[BobFos]

Hello All, I am Bob Foster and live in Cali, Colombia. I have been interested in Photography for a long time and really started with a Canon IS2S, this is now a backup and I use a Panasonic FZ200 mainly,I am interested in most aspects of photography especially water (raindrops), macro insects wildlife. When I take the camera I try to "see the things that most people do not see". Hope to learn a lot from you all.

[JBW]

Hi Bob you will find some excellent macro mentors here.

[kristent]

Hello All, from the green state of Oregon, land of gray skies and gorgeous waterfalls. Portland, Oregon's motto is "Keep Portland Weird" so it's the perfect place for me. I've recently retired from 30 years in financial lending industry, which means I finally, FINALLY get to now completely immerse myself into digital photography. I am so grateful to be able to live a creative life at last and am looking forward to your helpful comments/ideas for photos I post. Thanks! Kris

[mknittle]

Hello All, from the green state of Oregon, land of gray skies and gorgeous waterfalls. Portland, Oregon's motto is "Keep Portland Weird" so it's the perfect place for me. I've recently retired from 30 years in financial lending industry, which means I finally, FINALLY get to now completely immerse myself into digital photography. I am so grateful to be able to live a creative life at last and am looking forward to your helpful comments/ideas for photos I post. Thanks! Kris

Welcome Kris.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi -- I'm Dee. I enjoy taking landscapes and am trying to learn how to post-process better using Photoshop.
i68.tinypic.com

Welcome to the CiC forums Dee,

If you tried to include an image in your post, it didn't work, as you can see.

However, if you're looking for critique or advice, you really need to post it in the most appropriate forum, in a new thread.

You may find this thread helpful:
HELP THREAD: How can I post images here?
plus you may find the first post in this thread useful:
How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images

Could you do me a favour please?
Could you click Settings (right at the top),
then Edit Profile (on left)
and put your first name (Dee) in the Real Name field,
then click the Save Changes button below and to right, that way we'll know who you are in future posts, as we like to use first names here.

Thanks, Dave

[RDHaun]

Thanks Dave. I have changed the profile to show my first name. I did try several ways to include an image, but failed with each. I will restudy the instructions and try again in a while. Maybe I need to resize, but I thought some of my tries were within the limits.

[Pixl8tor]

Hello from Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. I use a fuji X-T2 as my main camera and X10 for lightweight. I was introduced to photography by our local youth group leader when I was 16 (a lot older now). Enjoyed the darkroom and technical aspect of photography. Interested in travel photography, landscape and people. But since my background is in information technology, I am enjoying most the post-processing as a way to find my creativity. Looking forward to be an active participant.

Welcome Raymond, I'm sure you get lots of pleasure from this site.
Bill

[MatildaM]

Hi! I've been taken photos for years, but I still want to learn something new.
I have a few microstock accounts and sell photos very rarely.
And I miss the film photography...

[davidedric]

Hi! I've been taken photos for years, but I still want to learn something new.
I have a few microstock accounts and sell photos very rarely.
And I miss the film photography...

Hi Matilda, and welcome. Pleased to see that you have already dipped into the forums. Here, we all hope to learn together.

Dave

[hans471]

Hello my name is John and photography has been a hobby since my childhood. I grew up with a father who worked with photography in the Army Air Corps in WW2. We had a dark room at home and he would do the family portraits himself including special effects. He instilled in me a life long interest in this hobby. I grew up in the time when we did it all ourselves, developing film and then doing printing in the dark room. Now we have digital and we get to do it all on the computer. Some of the romance and wonder is gone but its much cleaner and quicker now!
I have enjoyed watching the progress made over the years and love photography as much or more today as I did so many years back. I have found that there continues to be so much to learn and love sites like this where good people give of their time to share knowledge and experience. After over fifty years of photography I still enjoy it as much or more than ever. Now being retired I have more time to pursue my hobby and I look forward from learning from so many wise and skillful members here.

[davidedric]

Hello John, and a warm welcome to CiC. With your background and approach you are going to fit right in. Learning and helping each other is what we are all about. I look forward to hearing more from you, and hopefully seeing some photos.

Best regards, Dave

Hello my name is John and photography has been a hobby since my childhood. I grew up with a father who worked with photography in the Army Air Corps in WW2. We had a dark room at home and he would do the family portraits himself including special effects. He instilled in me a life long interest in this hobby. I grew up in the time when we did it all ourselves, developing film and then doing printing in the dark room. Now we have digital and we get to do it all on the computer. Some of the romance and wonder is gone but its much cleaner and quicker now!
I have enjoyed watching the progress made over the years and love photography as much or more today as I did so many years back. I have found that there continues to be so much to learn and love sites like this where good people give of their time to share knowledge and experience. After over fifty years of photography I still enjoy it as much or more than ever. Now being retired I have more time to pursue my hobby and I look forward from learning from so many wise and skillful members here.

[petevick]

Hi, bought myself a Sony DSC-HX400V two weeks ago that I'm still getting used to, and also trying to get out of the habit of using the auto settings by using the manual ones. I fair leap for me, but I think I'm getting there. It's for that reason I've joined CIC, I'm wanting to learn more on how to use the manual settings.

[Donald]

Hi, bought myself a Sony DSC-HX400V two weeks ago that I'm still getting used to, and also trying to get out of the habit of using the auto settings by using the manual ones.

Good on you, Pete. It feels like a very uphill battle at times and you think, 'Why am I bothering?' But stick with it. The rewards are great. It will all slip into place one day and you'll wonder why you ever thought it was so difficult.

I can speak with authority. I've made the journey, as have the vast majority of folk on here.

I think you will find that people will be only too glad to offer advice and guidance and answer any questions that you have.

[kazuyar]

hello people
my names Dave but online i go by Kaz, and i live in robin hood country
been into photography since i was a kid, used to develop my on my own black an white photos in my attic before the kids came along and i had to turn it into a bedroom.
only use digital now and i like to experiment with different techniques, im not really to great with the science im more of a "i wonder what that would turn out like" type of photographer
i try to pick my DSLR camera up at least once a week or i forget what all the buttons do (currently a Nikon D7200)
my daughter gets married in june so i will have a room spare that i might turn into a bit of a studio (if ive any money left, arnt wedding expensive lol)
im a 51 year old self employed builder and apart from photography my other passion is my motorcycle and i like combining the two when i can

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Kaz,

Welcome to the CiC forums (again?)

~ online i go by Kaz, and i live in robin hood country

It would be helpful, in future posts, if we knew this info, so could I ask a favour?
Could you click Settings (right at the top),
then Edit Profile (on left)
and put "Kaz" in the Real Name field
and where you are (e.g. Nottinghamshire?, UK) in the Location field,
then click the Save Changes button below and to right,
this helps everyone give you more personal and relevant answers - thanks in advance.

What lenses do you shoot the D7200 with?

Cheers, Dave

[Pixl8tor]

Welcome Kaz.
That is a nice looking bike.
Bill

[Astrodude]

Hey All,

Posting one of my photos for some comment to make it better.
Camera 6d , canon 24-105, manual, iso100, 20sec.
I did post in photoshopCC and LightroomCC.
How did I do?

Thanks
Ralph