Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[djsdo]

Hi all,
My name is David and I have become more serious about photography in the past 6 months. Seem to have a passion for birds most recently. I have plenty of subject matter here in south Florida. I am using a 60D Canon and recently acquired a 100-400 telephoto lens. Will post some of my shots on Flickr when the time is right. Any helpful comments would be much appreciated.

[Donald]

Hi all,
My name is David and I have become more serious about photography in the past 6 months. Seem to have a passion for birds most recently. I have plenty of subject matter here in south Florida. I am using a 60D Canon and recently acquired a 100-400 telephoto lens. Will post some of my shots on Flickr when the time is right. Any helpful comments would be much appreciated.

Hello David and welcome to CiC.

One of the best ways of learning is to subject your work to the constructive analysis of others, so that you, in turn, can study their comments and learn from them. It's a bit daunting at first, but once you take the first step you'll want to do it more and more. So, I hope we'll see some of your images on CiC.

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 and enter your proper name 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.

[mehroool]

Hello everyone, I started photography with yashica many years ago then with nikon and now i've canon 5D M II. I haven't any education in photography, but i really love it. My big problem in photography is: I haven't enough knowledge or skills about light and B & W photos.

[skyline987]

Hi all,
I've been lurking on here for a few weeks reading the tutorials and decided to join. I've loved photography for years and finally decided to upgrade from my point and shoot. I picked up a Nikon D5100 a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it and all the info on this site is an incredible help.
John

[Donald]

Hello everyone, I started photography with yashica many years ago then with nikon and now i've canon 5D M II. I haven't any education in photography, but i really love it. My big problem in photography is: I haven't enough knowledge or skills about light and B & W photos.

Welcome to CiC.

First up, You've maybe seen that most of us tend to use our real names on here. It makes communication more friendly and CiC is that sort of site. Did you know you can go to Edit Profile and enter your proper name 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.

As far as learning is concerned, well that's what CiC is about. Please do join in the discussions, ask questions. Then you'll find that people on here are more than willing to help you gain the knowledge and skills that you seek.

[Donald]

Hi all,
I've been lurking on here for a few weeks reading the tutorials and decided to join. I've loved photography for years and finally decided to upgrade from my point and shoot. I picked up a Nikon D5100 a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it and all the info on this site is an incredible help.
John

Thanks for deciding to sign-up, John. Great to have you here. And congratulations on the step-up to the D5100.

I really hope that the information you can get from CiC is helpful and keeps firing your interest. At times the learning curve can seem pretty long and steep. But stick with it - It's worth it. And remember, if you have any questions that aren't answered anywhere else (or even if they are), please do post them up. Someone will always try and help provide the answer.

[NiallPur]

Hi Folks, just wanted to say hello. I have been shooting for a couple of years and really just lookin for feedback on my work.

Thanks

[Donald]

Hi Folks, just wanted to say hello. I have been shooting for a couple of years and really just lookin for feedback on my work.

I think you'll find lots of people on here who will happily give you constructive feedback aimed at helping you learn and develop skills. Thanks for joining up tp CiC. I hope you enjoy being part of the forum.

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 and enter your proper name 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.

[becwith]

Hi, my name is Becky P. I am a retired librarian.
Back in college I had taken a photography course and loved it. Over the years I took some courses in photography and Adobe Photoshop. I have had a few pictures in juried exhibitions. I basically see myself as a person in the early stages of photography.

[Donald]

Hi, my name is Becky P. I am a retired librarian.
Back in college I had taken a photography course and loved it. Over the years I took some courses in photography and Adobe Photoshop. I have had a few pictures in juried exhibitions. I basically see myself as a person in the early stages of photography.

Becky - It's wonderful to have you here. Thanks for joining.

I hope you've been able to look around CiC and have liked what's on offer. Certainly I think you will find lots of people very willing to share their considerable knowledge and experience with the aim of helping you learn and, in turn, I hope as you develop further you will feel able to help others.

I hope also that we'll see some of your images being posted up either in the competition threads or inviting comment and criticism. That can be a really powerful way of learning.

[KAPhotoDesign]

Hello Everyone! My name is Kimberly I'm from Seattle, WA. I am a working Artist, Digital Image Editor, Designer and Photographer.

Creativity in life is my passion and I dabble in many things. Digital Retouching is my trade

I look forward to interacting, learning, sharing and growing with all of you.

[Donald]

Hello Everyone! My name is Kimberly I'm from Seattle, WA. I am a working Artist, Digital Image Editor, Designer and Photographer.

Creativity in life is my passion and I dabble in many things. Digital Retouching is my trade

I look forward to interacting, learning, sharing and growing with all of you.

Welcome Kimberley. I hope you enjoy being part of CiC. Given that, as it says at the top of the site, CiC is about fostering a learning community, I hope that your obvious knowledge and experience will be shared with others to help their learning and, in turn, that you can pick up ideas and information from all those who post messages.

[Xuan Thuy]

Hello folks,
My name is Xuan Thuy, leaving in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, just joint and want to say hello to everyone. I love photography, particularly shooting landscape. I started with my 1st camera-Nikon D60 4 years ago, now I'm using Nikon D300S. I'm very interesting in this forum and wish to learn more and share my photos with you all. Thank you.

[Alii]

My name is Alison from Australia
I am in the process of upgrading my canon 300D so have been researching new equipment. I stumbled upon your website and found your tutorials very helpful.

[grahaaa]

Hello, my name is Nugraha. I'm from Indonesia. Glad can join with CIC. I was get my first camera with canon 60D. I hope i can get more information with join this forum. Nice to meet you guys, teach me more because i'm amateur

[Wendyjoyhartman]

Hi, my name is Wendy and I am wanting to get back into photography after rather a long time. Hoping for some inspiration and information. I want to get into Landscape photography having spent some time concentrating on portraits and macro. Should be fun.

[Donald]

Can I extend a very warm welcome to those who of you who have posted an introduction since the last time I was logged on.

My name is Xuan Thuy, leaving in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,

My name is Alison from Australia

Hello, my name is Nugraha. I'm from Indonesia.

Hi, my name is Wendy and I am wanting to get back into photography after rather a long time.

It's great to have you all on here and I'm very glad you found us.

As some of you have already seen, CiC is very much a site that is about encouraging and helping people to learn and to extend their photographic knowledge and skills.

As well as the tutorials, many people on the forum will be very happy to try and help you all they can.

I hope you'll all be involved for a long tome to come.

One thing for you all to note - You've maybe seen that most of us tend to use our real names on here. It makes communication more friendly and CiC is that sort of site. If you haven't listed it as your User Name, you can go to Edit Profile and enter your proper name under 'Real Name'. Then it will appear underneath your User Name 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.

[deessavy]

Hello, my name is Doris (deessavy). I am currentlyusing a 50 D. I am going to South Georgia and the Falklands and am looking at better canon cameras. I will be shooting birds and marine animals as well as landscapes. Any suggestions?

[Donald]

Hello, my name is Doris (deessavy). I am currentlyusing a 50 D. I am going to South Georgia and the Falklands and am looking at better canon cameras. I will be shooting birds and marine animals as well as landscapes. Any suggestions?

You lucky person. I'd love to do that.

First thing - A very warm welcome Doris. Thanks for signing up. I hope you enjoy being part of CiC

Second thing - I know you've given us your name in this post, but 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 and enter your proper name 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.

And third thing - I'd say you have a camera more than able to let you get the best out of the opportunity. Do you mean camera (body) or do you mean lenses? What lens(es) do you have at the moment?

Given what you tell us you are going to be shooting, you will probably want to have a fairly broad range of options so far as focal length is concerned. For example, for wildlife, your probably going to want something that will go to at least 300mm, or even better 400mm or above. And if you're going there fairly soon, you are heading into southern hemispehere winter, so you won't have long hours of light. So you'll maybe want something pretty fast; i.e. a lens with a wide maximum aperture, so that you can get fast shutter speeds.

On the other hand, for landscape work, you will want the option of a reasonably wide-angled lens. If you have a kit lens of say 17mm or 18mm at the wide angle end, then you'd get away with that, but many people would want something even wider - down to 10mm or 11mm at the wide end, especially on a 50D.

And all of the above is not going to come in one lens. So, you'd be thinking of at least 2 lenses, possibly 3 of different zoom ranges. Of course, if you were really serious about the wildlife photography, then you might be thinking about a prime lens rather than a zoom.

So, at the end of the day it comes down to: a) how big is your budget and, b) how big are your photography ambitions and goals?

[just4evie]

Hello! Just signed-in as a new member as I so enjoyed reading & learning fr the tutorials. Am new in photography using a small simple Lumix PNS cam. Looking forward to learning more from the group. Happy clicking!