Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Donald]

I found this site when I was looking for information on Google. I love the photography and am very interested in photographers from around the world. i assume this is from England. I am exploring the site. Thanks for having me.

Mary - I'm delighted you stumbled upon us.

Sean (McQ) the site owner actually is based in California. The site name comes from the fact that he created it whilst studying at Cambridge University in England. That's why, despite being an American, Sean used the UK spelling of 'colour' in the website name.

Anyway, great to have you here. I hope you enjoy being part of the forum and that you find that it helps you to develop your photographic knowledge and skills.

[peterstan]

hi, my name is Peter Harris I am 53 and come from Greenock in Scotland. I am new to photography and recently purchased a Fuji HS30EXR bridge camera. I am hoping to learn more about photography from other members and tutorials on the site. I look forward to posting my first ever photo online in the near future.

[Donald]

hi, my name is Peter Harris I am 53 and come from Greenock in Scotland. I am new to photography and recently purchased a Fuji HS30EXR bridge camera. I am hoping to learn more about photography from other members and tutorials on the site. I look forward to posting my first ever photo online in the near future.

Hello Peter. Always particularly pleasing to welcome Scots-based member.

I hope you find that this is a forum that delivers what you want so far as helping you develop photographic knowledge and skills. It is very much a sharing resource, with lots of people very willing to help others through advice, guidance and suggestions.

If you wish, you can go to Edit Profile and enter your location so that it shows up alongside all your posts, just as in my details alongside this message. Then we all know where everyone is in the world.

Look forward to seeing some of your images.

[fsr]

Hi! My name is Fred and i´m from Aveiro, Portugal. I started my interest for photography recently. I have a Canon SX230HX and a Rollei Magic k9 from 1969, heritage of my grandfather. i have a photography project called A Place For Roses, on facebook and on deviant art. I'm also interested on digital manipulation using Photoshop and layers.

[Donald]

Hi! My name is Fred and i´m from Aveiro, Portugal.

Hello Fred and welcome to CiC. Thank you for joining.

I hope you enjoy being part of this forum and that being involved helps you develop your interest and skills even further.

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.

[Donald]

Hi! My name is Fred and i´m from Aveiro, Portugal.

Hello Fred and welcome to CiC. Thank you for joining.

I hope you enjoy being part of this forum and that being involved helps you develop your interest and skills even further.

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.

[freddieoufi]

Hi all,
I have recently joined this amazing site where I hope to fine tune my style and ideas. My Canon EOS 400D never lets me down but my composition, focal length, shutter speeds etc need lots of attention.
Freddie

[Donald]

Hi all,
I have recently joined this amazing site where I hope to fine tune my style and ideas. My Canon EOS 400D never lets me down but my composition, focal length, shutter speeds etc need lots of attention.
Freddie

Hello Freddie and thank you for signing up to CiC. I certainly hope that being part of the forum does contribute to your learning. Please do jump with questions, join in the discussion and, of coruse, post up some of your images for comment and criticism.

[GarySchim]

Gary here. Always seeking new ways to improve my art and CiC looks like a good place to intergrate into my past 50 years another 50 years of information.

[Pattie]

Pattie from the Highlands, near Victoria, B.C., Canada. I found this site by accident and am excited about the opportunities it provides for learning about photography, my newest passion. I've wanted to take up photography for a long time, but it wasn't until I got my first DSLR (Canon EOS Rebel T2i) that it became feasible. I've spent the last year and a bit learning by trial and error, with some success and a whole lot of realizing just how much I have to learn! Where I live is a beautiful rural area, mostly in its mountainous, wooded natural state, so I've been concentrating on taking pictures of what's all around me — wildflowers, moss, bugs and critters, frost in the fall and sunlight in summer; I love how getting out with my camera has made me look at everything more closely and in new ways, and how the pictures I take prompt me to find out about my subjects.

The posts I've looked at on this thread haven't had photos attached, but the Welcome Thread introduction says I can post one photo to demonstrate my photographic style. I would love to share a shot I was in the right place at the right time for last summer, one of those that makes a novice think that there's hope for her yet. Thanks for the invitation!

[Donald]

Gary here. Always seeking new ways to improve my art and CiC looks like a good place to intergrate into my past 50 years another 50 years of information.

Hello Gary and welcome.

I hope you find CiC to your liking. What I think you will find is a forum where you don't get the sort of aggressive language that you get on some other fora and where people sek to help others no matter what their levels of knowledge and skille. So as well as, hopefully, learning, I look forward to you putting your experience at the disposal of others in order to help them along the learning curve.

You don't say where you are. If you wish, you can go to Edit Profile and enter your location so that it shows up alongside all your posts, just as in my details alongside this message. Then we all know where everyone is in the world.

[Donald]

I would love to share a shot I was in the right place at the right time for last summer, one of those that makes a novice think that there's hope for her yet.

I think we can agree that that is most definitely the case. Nice one.

Welcome Pattie. Great to have you here.

By the way, your image posted as a thumbnail rather than being embedded within the message. To get the final step in the process that would have done that, please do have a read through the first of these threads. And, then, to get the best out of seeking comments from others on your images, have a read of the second one:
HELP THREAD: How can I post images here?
How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images

I hope you enjoy being part of CiC and that it does help your learning and development.

[Johnz]

Hi All

My name is John and live in Soham near Cambridge. Main hobby are 3D graphics but I have always had an interest in photography, with an leaning towards veteran aircraft, so I have spent many a happy hour at Duxford IWM. Kit wise, 40D with a sigma 17-50,2.8 and a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II.

John

[Donald]

My name is John and live in Soham near Cambridge.

A fellow 40D user - Wonderful!

Hello John and welcome to CiC.

I hope being part of the forum will keep that interest in photography alive and, indeed, help it develop further. I hope we'll see some of your images up here on the site.

[Crackaig]

Hello,
My name's Alan, I'm living in the Highlands of Scotland. Most of my time is taken up with Fly Fishing. I tie flies commercially and am looking into setting up a fishing guiding service.

Photography wise I've been at this a while. Certainly before the digital age. Learned film at night school and did a C&G general photography and photographic assistants in the early 80's. Back in those days I used mostly medium format, with the occasional use of 4x5 and 10x8 and of course 35mm.

It is only about 7 years since I came to digital. Did an NCFE evening class in digital imaging to get me going. More recently completed the OU's T189 Digital Imaging unit.

Equipment is currently two rather well used D70 SLR's. Which I am looking to upgrade as soon as funds permit. With various lenses, but a Sigma 18 - 250 OS has been an almost perminant fixture on one since I got it.

Most of my photography tends to be this sort of thing.

Though when time and inclination permit I like to do this sort of thing.


Cheers,
Alan

[nicolla]

Simona - Congratulations. What camera is it that you are getting?


That is why CiC exists and I hope that by being involved, you will feel that you are improving your knowledge and skills.

There are many people on this forum who will be very willing to offer advice and guidance in order to help you, so please do ask any questions that you have.

Thank you Donald, I got Canon 500D with 18-55 mm plus 70-300mm lenses; i know that the last lens doesn't have very good reviews, but I bought this kit at a good price. It's an entry level but that is how I learn best, with baby steps . And if I can achieve good photos with this camera it will be easy to achieve great photos with the higher level cameras in the future

[Donald]

My name's Alan, I'm living in the Highlands of Scotland.

Not only another Scot, but a fellow Highlander to boot!

Welcome Alan. Where are you? I arrived here in darkest Perthshire by way of Lochaber, Muir of Ord and Culloden - but that was a few years ago now.

I hope you enjoy being a part of CiC and will be a regular visitor an contributor on 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.

[Donald]

Thank you Donald, I got Canon 500D with 18-55 mm plus 70-300mm lenses; i know that the last lens doesn't have very good reviews, but I bought this kit at a good price. It's an entry level but that is how I learn best, with baby steps . And if I can achieve good photos with this camera it will be easy to achieve great photos with the higher level cameras in the future

The most important thing to remember that the most crucial element in the making of great images is the person behind the camera. So, you can move onto higher specification lenses, if you wish, in the future. What you have got now is more than capable of helping you make wonderful pictures. I look forward to seeing some of them seen on the forum.

[Michiel Kamp]

Hi, my name is Michiel. I am 32 years old and from the Netherlands. Photography is a hobby of mine. I've been practicing and studying information on the internet for quite a bit. I also have quite a few photos on DeviantArt with which I am kind of happy. But I am not happy yet with the quality. I stumbled upon this site and it looks like a great resource to learn more and ask specific questions and advice. And also to learn from others of course.

Looking forward to my experience here!

Michiel

[Donald]

I stumbled upon this site and it looks like a great resource to learn more and ask specific questions and advice. And also to learn from others of course.

I am very glad that you did stumble upon us, Michiel. I do hope that you do enjoy the experience of being a member of the CiC forum and that it does prove to be a useful resource in helping you with your learning.