Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Sazalihusin]

Hello, My name Sazali from Singapore,
My interest in photography goes back in my teens,
Started photography in 1977 and taken photography courses with New York Institute of Photography in 1996 . Although now in my late 40s ,I'm still learning and fascinated by it
Hope this brief introduction of me somewhat kick start my passion again
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Cheers

[Donald]

Hello, My name Sazali from Singapore,
My interest in photography goes back in my teens ... Hope this brief introduction of me somewhat kick start my passion again

Sazali

I hope your membership of CiC will play a part in kick-starting your passion again and in helping you develop your knowledge and skills.

If you wish, you can edit your Profile and under 'Real Name', enter your real name. By doing this, your name will appear in the left-hand side column in each of your posts.

You are very welcome as a member.

If you haven't already done so, please be sure to read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. Also our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

CiC is a resource strongly focused towards learning, no matter what your current level of knowledge, skills and experience. As well as these forums, where you can engage in discussion, ask questions and seek comment and criticism on your pictures, CiC has a comprehensive range of tutorials that, by common consent, are amongst the most sensible and straightforward that you can find anywhere. Remember to have a look on the tutorials and techniques pages which you can access from the menu bar.

And finally, the Mod team thought it might be a useful addition to CiC to have in-house access to some selected video tutorials. You can find them in the Community Lounge forum under 'Photography Video Tutorials'.

[Sazalihusin]

Thanks Donald
With what you said ,I feel much welcome,
I 'll check out what I can learn,cos right now I 'm mostly shoot with rangefinders cameras rather than SLR or DsLR.
cheers

[LeslieM]

hello everyone, my name is Leslie. i have just joined... i will be taking photography classes at the beginning of the year and still havnt chosen my cam. I am too lost and really dont know what to buy. All i can say is that i would love to take my photography basic skills to the next level... can anyone help me?

[Donald]

hello everyone, my name is Leslie. i have just joined...

Leslie

Hello and welcome to CiC. I hope that this is a place that can help you grow and develop your knowledge and skills in photography.

As a starting point regarding your question, click here. This is collection of previous discussions all grouped under the Tag of 'camera purchase'. Amongst this lot there you will find lots of suggestions and ideas about how to take the next step. Reading this lot will probably prompt more questions. Once you have those questions, go into, I would suggest, the 'Digital Cameras and Equipment' forum and create a thread and ask away. The other thing, of course, is to go into a good camera shop, if you have one close to you, and ask them for advice.

So far as CiC is concerned, if you haven't already done so, please be sure to read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. Also our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

CiC is a resource strongly focused towards learning, no matter what your current level of knowledge, skills and experience. As well as these forums, where you can engage in discussion, ask questions and seek comment and criticism on your pictures, CiC has a comprehensive range of tutorials that, by common consent, are amongst the most sensible and straightforward that you can find anywhere. Remember to have a look on the tutorials and techniques pages which you can access from the menu bar.

And finally, the Mod team thought it might be a useful addition to CiC to have in-house access to some selected video tutorials. You can find them in the Community Lounge forum under 'Photography Video Tutorials'.

[LeslieM]

thank you very much Donald!! u see my knowledge so far is point and shoot to tell you the truth!! but when i look at pictures i have the eye for details and in front of a good picture i always wish i am the person behind the cam.... never too late to learn!! thank you again for the link, i will let you know of my choice. Merry Christmas by the way and Happy New Year!

[LeslieM]

i just need to add one qst do you think the Canon 1000D a good one to start with!!???

[Donald]

Leslie

I've copied your post across into the Digital Cameras & Equipment forum and called it 'Questions about getting a new camera'. More people will see it there.

[perpetual dan]

I'm Dan, in Brighton in the UK.
I've been taking photos off and on since I was about 8. Recently I've come back to it - driven by taking pictures while out cycling, which means the gear is a little more minimal than it used to be! Earlier this year I finally decided that film, process, scan, fiddle, upload was too much of a delay for sharing with friends on the web and finally went digital - in the form of a Panasonic G1. I like to think I can do the basics but the digital aspect is new, and one can always improve generally. A little searching later and here I am.

[Donald]

I'm Dan, in Brighton in the UK. I like to think I can do the basics but the digital aspect is new, and one can always improve generally. A little searching later and here I am.

And, Dan, you are very welcome.

So far as getting to grips with CiC and finding the the things that might be amongst the most helpful, if you haven't already done so, please be sure to read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. Also our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

CiC is a resource strongly focused towards learning, no matter what your current level of knowledge, skills and experience. As well as these forums, where you can engage in discussion, ask questions and seek comment and criticism on your pictures, CiC has a comprehensive range of tutorials that, by common consent, are amongst the most sensible and straightforward that you can find anywhere. Remember to have a look on the tutorials and techniques pages which you can access from the menu bar.

And finally, the Mod team thought it might be a useful addition to CiC to have in-house access to some selected video tutorials. You can find them in the Community Lounge forum under 'Photography Video Tutorials'.

[Aussie Chris]

Hello to all.

I am a budding begginer. Believe it or not I have just upgradded from the Canon Powershot G5 to the 7d (courtesy of my 50th birthday gift from my wife. Also have the 580EXii speedlight.

My interest at the moment is Macro and Low Light photography. Sadly I lack a great deal of technical knowledge - hence my search for a solid looking group to join. I think I have found it here. Looked around a lot of sites (not joined any) but this looks like the place for me.

Lots of good tuts and realistic and honest feedback appears available to the poster. Believe me, I love the thought of honest feedback without the fluff. Can't learn if I dont have weak points highlighted. At my age the skin is pretty thick now

Hope I learn lots, and of course in time am able to contribute as well.

Thanks for having me onboard.

[Dave Humphries]

Hello to all.

I am a budding begginer. Believe it or not I have just upgradded from the Canon Powershot G5 to the 7d (courtesy of my 50th birthday gift from my wife. Also have the 580EXii speedlight.

My interest at the moment is Macro and Low Light photography. Sadly I lack a great deal of technical knowledge - hence my search for a solid looking group to join. I think I have found it here. Looked around a lot of sites (not joined any) but this looks like the place for me.

Lots of good tuts and realistic and honest feedback appears available to the poster. Believe me, I love the thought of honest feedback without the fluff. Can't learn if I dont have weak points highlighted. At my age the skin is pretty thick now

Hope I learn lots, and of course in time am able to contribute as well.

Thanks for having me onboard.

Hi Chris,

It's good to hear that romance is not dead in Aus.
Seriously good pressies there!

What lens(es) have you got to tackle the Macro and Low light?

Do jump right in with any questions and of course; photos for 'fluff free' critique

Welcome to the CiC forums from ....

[Colin Howarth]

My name is Colin Howarth. I have been retired for several years and am enjoying digital photography which I have used to capture happy memories of my two granddaughters as well as memories of my wife Jill and my holidays which have involved walking in Europe.

The attached image was shot in Alsace in April of this year using an EOS 40D with an EFS 17-85mm lens. The church is Saints-Pierre-et-Paul in Andlau and was stunning. The details are f7.1, 1/30sec, ISO 3200 at 35mm. I used Photoshop CS5 to adjust the exposure and some burning to recover the detail in the stained glass.

Comments and criticism would be welcome
.

[Fen Ken]

Hi!

I'm Fen Ken. I've been taking photos for a few years, but have only recently taken a more serious approach to improving from holiday snaps to creating some images with some artistic merit. I'm using a Canon 1000D (mostly, but I will take photos with anything).

I've never introduced myself on a Forum before, so I'm a little shy/uncertain. However, it was reet cold here the other day - so cold the river froze over:


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[Colin Southern]

My name is Colin Howarth. I have been retired for several years and am enjoying digital photography which I have used to capture happy memories of my two granddaughters as well as memories of my wife Jill and my holidays which have involved walking in Europe.

The attached image was shot in Alsace in April of this year using an EOS 40D with an EFS 17-85mm lens. The church is Saints-Pierre-et-Paul in Andlau and was stunning. The details are f7.1, 1/30sec, ISO 3200 at 35mm. I used Photoshop CS5 to adjust the exposure and some burning to recover the detail in the stained glass.

Comments and criticism would be welcome
.

Hi Colin (great name by the way) ,

Welcome to CiC - it's great to have you with us.

We don't normally do CiC on images in the welcome thread (it's long-enough already!) - so I'd suggest simply popping a copy of the image into the Nature and Architecture forum, and we'll be "all go" for you from there!

[Colin Southern]

Hi!

I'm Fen Ken. I've been taking photos for a few years, but have only recently taken a more serious approach to improving from holiday snaps to creating some images with some artistic merit. I'm using a Canon 1000D (mostly, but I will take photos with anything).

I've never introduced myself on a Forum before, so I'm a little shy/uncertain. However, it was reet cold here the other day - so cold the river froze over:
IMG_3302.jpg

Hi Ken,

Welcome to CiC - great to have you with us too

No need to be shy - you're amongst friends (and we haven't executed anyone for a couple of minutes now!) (and he deserved it ... everyone knows it's "they're" and not "theyre", so he had it coming really!)

(just kidding)!

[Dave Humphries]

... everyone knows it's "they're" and not "theyre", so he had it coming really!)

Often times it can be "there" (or "their")

What are we talking about?

[Jeff Wignall]

Hello, My name is Jeff Wignall and I'm a writer and photographer and the author of numerous how-to photography books, including The NEW Joy of Digital Photography, Jeff Wignall's Digital Photography Crash Course and Exposure Photo Workshop. I also have a blog called "(The Occasional) Photo Tip of the Day" (http://www.phototipoftheday.blogspot.com) where I (occasionally) post photo tips, not to mention whatever else is in my head that day. I am essentially a travel photographer who doesn't travel quite as much as he would like. I live in Connecticut and it's great, except for the complete lack of things like palm trees, hot sunshine in winter and citrus trees. My main site is: http://www.jeffwignall.com. Oh, I also garden a lot and have pretty much replaced my lawn with raised garden beds. I number worms among my best friends.

[flirtinghero]

Hi my name is john james from the Philippines i've started photography last May 2010 so im practically newbie in the field of photography. Im into macro photography & landscape looking forward to shares some of y shots here at Cambridge in colour. Thanx

[Donald]

Hi my name is john james from the Philippines i've started photography last May 2010 . Im into macro photography & landscape looking forward to shares some of y shots here at Cambridge in colour.

John

Welcome to CiC. You wil find that a number of people on here share your interest in macro work and you can find a number of examples by doing an advanced search and entering 'macro' in the Tags window.

If you haven't already done so, please be sure to read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. Also our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

CiC is a resource strongly focused towards learning, no matter what your current level of knowledge, skills and experience. As well as these forums, where you can engage in discussion, ask questions and seek comment and criticism on your pictures, CiC has a comprehensive range of tutorials that, by common consent, are amongst the most sensible and straightforward that you can find anywhere. Remember to have a look on the tutorials and techniques pages which you can access from the menu bar.

And finally, the Mod team thought it might be a useful addition to CiC to have in-house access to some selected video tutorials. You can find them in the Community Lounge forum under 'Photography Video Tutorials'.