Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

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Photography? One years experience 75 times. Started in 1937 with proceeds from my morning and afternoon paper route. A wet darkroom (develop, print and enlarge) made of cardboard in our unused garage (depression, remember). First camera a Kodak Folding f/6.3 1/100, new that year. Sits above my desk today. All sorts since then. Some pretty good, some junk. Canon for last bunch.

Lots of pics over the years .. high school, Texas A&M, WW II as Marine pilot, U of Texas (Arch. Eng.), family, back in Marines for Korean and career in construction. With retirement and digital, moved back into editing and eventually Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Keeps me out of trouble.

Been on a continuous learning curve since birth .. can only hope for a little more each day, courtesy of all you who provide it. .. thank you!!!

Hi Everyone. My name is Chris and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I stumbled across this website and the tutorials looked interesting so I had a general look around and decided to join the Forum. I have not been taking many photos of late but have been a very keen photographer for the last eight years. I am looking forward to taking long service leave in October and doing a six week travel adventure with a friend through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I certainly aim to have many, many new photos very soon.
I use Canon equipment which includes 2 x 30D's, 1 x 5D MkII, 1 x twin lens kit 550D, an EF 70 - 200 f2.8 L IS USM (my baby), an EF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM, an EF 17-35MM f2.8 L USM, an EF 50mm F1.8, an EF 100mm f2.8 macro and an EF 85mm F1.8 and have a variety of tripods, flashes, miscellaneous odds and sods -- all accumulated over the last 8 years.
I would like to retire in a few years and take portraits for folk in my local area to maintain my interest and make a little money. I also have a very new and not properly functioning framing business which will compliment my photography. I hope to put some time into making this function better on my LSL... after I've done lots of travelling and taken lots and lots of new photos.

Hi , I`m new to this community. My name is Ramesh Vashishth.I`m from Mukerian,Punjab, INDIA. Running a wedding photography business here. I`m 55 years young.I just got an Email from cambridgeincolour.After reading just can`t stop myself to be a member of the community.

My name is Piet, retired, love to take photo's during my holliday. Curious to see the good ones and learn from them.
My main interest stays for travel photography.
Living in the Netherlands, neighbour of Leiden.

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Originally Posted by ckuhn55

Hi, I'm Chuck currently living in Northern California. I've always had a passion for photography, but the digital camera (my first was Canon 1D, then 5Dc, T3i) and internet really got me started. I enjoy editing in CS6, managing 4 different blogs and posting pictures in Pbase.com/ckuhn55 and on Facebook. I'm here to share and learn.

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Hi Chuck,

Sound like you're busy!

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Originally Posted by edwinblaw

Disclaimer: I'm supposed to be on an ice flow, but ..

Photography? One years experience 75 times. Started in 1937 with proceeds from my morning and afternoon paper route. A wet darkroom (develop, print and enlarge) made of cardboard in our unused garage (depression, remember). First camera a Kodak Folding f/6.3 1/100, new that year. Sits above my desk today. All sorts since then. Some pretty good, some junk. Canon for last bunch.

Lots of pics over the years .. high school, Texas A&M, WW II as Marine pilot, U of Texas (Arch. Eng.), family, back in Marines for Korean and career in construction. With retirement and digital, moved back into editing and eventually Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Keeps me out of trouble.

Been on a continuous learning curve since birth .. can only hope for a little more each day, courtesy of all you who provide it. .. thank you!!!

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Hi Edwin,

Another one on the learning journey, you should fit in just fine here :)

I have just replied to your query in the image thread.

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Originally Posted by ChrisFry54

Hi Everyone. My name is Chris and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I stumbled across this website and the tutorials looked interesting so I had a general look around and decided to join the Forum. I have not been taking many photos of late but have been a very keen photographer for the last eight years. I am looking forward to taking long service leave in October and doing a six week travel adventure with a friend through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I certainly aim to have many, many new photos very soon.
I use Canon equipment which includes 2 x 30D's, 1 x 5D MkII, 1 x twin lens kit 550D, an EF 70 - 200 f2.8 L IS USM (my baby), an EF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM, an EF 17-35MM f2.8 L USM, an EF 50mm F1.8, an EF 100mm f2.8 macro and an EF 85mm F1.8 and have a variety of tripods, flashes, miscellaneous odds and sods -- all accumulated over the last 8 years.
I would like to retire in a few years and take portraits for folk in my local area to maintain my interest and make a little money. I also have a very new and not properly functioning framing business which will compliment my photography. I hope to put some time into making this function better on my LSL... after I've done lots of travelling and taken lots and lots of new photos.

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Hi Chris,

Another busy person!
Coincidentally; I'm just on two weeks of my LSL now (with another 5 to use sometime in next three years) :)

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Originally Posted by vashtop

Hi , I`m new to this community. My name is Ramesh Vashishth.I`m from Mukerian,Punjab, INDIA. Running a wedding photography business here. I`m 55 years young.I just got an Email from cambridgeincolour.After reading just can`t stop myself to be a member of the community.

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Hi Ramesh,

We often advise new members to avoid shooting a wedding, but I guess you'd better not follow that advice or you'll soon be hungry :D

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Originally Posted by pvanes44

My name is Piet, retired, love to take photo's during my holliday. Curious to see the good ones and learn from them.
My main interest stays for travel photography.
Living in the Netherlands, neighbour of Leiden.

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Hi Piet,

So, where have you travelled/photogaphed lately?

If you want to post an image or two for feedback, you may find these threads useful;
HELP THREAD: How can I post images here?
How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images

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Hello from Georgia (US)! I joined in June when I came across CiC while searching for information but am only now getting to my introduction. I have always been interested in photography but got my first DSLR (Canon Rebel XT) a few years ago. Since then, I have been focused on wildlife and nature photography. A few months ago, I finally came off of auto and have been taking every opportunity to learn and shoot. It is great but there is so much to learn- I am glad I came across this site!

Good Day All,
Just signed up to this great site. Mostly interested in photographing products, and image editing for an online catalog I am developing. Thank you for this opportunity.
Anne

Hey all, my name is Karma and my wife and I have been into photography and photo editing now for around 15 years or so. We are originally from Florida but now live outside the states in Belize. I got a Nikon D700 and my wife has the D300s. Along with a huge assortment of pro lenses. We have also started a photo editing website at http://photoshopmeartistically.com. It is a crowdsourced website where people can upload photos they need worked on and designers from around the world compete for the job. Its cool.

Karma
Photoshop Me Artistically

Hi there,
my is Cor, I live in Holland, photographing about 30 years. Before 2009 I shot on film (Hasselblad, Nikon). Today I own a D700 with 24-70 and 70-200. I love to work in B&W.
My website is for the moment only in Dutch, I am working on an English version >> www.digico.nl

Howdy. aAron from the Texas Gulf Coast, where the air is thick and wet, the mosquitos are as big as mockingbirds and the opportunities for beautiful photos are endless.

I shoot Nikon, not from any tribal loyalty, but out of familiarity. I like Nikon, I respect Canon, and have seen some beautiful photos from iPhones. Like a fiend of mine says, and I'm sure he stole it from someone else; "The best camera is the one you have at any given moment."

My name is Diane Thomas and new to this group. I look forward to the adventure with everyone. Diane Thomas

It's great to see such a rush of people posting up introductory messages in the last few hours.

So, welcome to:
Jennifer
Anne
Karma
Cor
Aaron
Diane

It's great to have you all here and a very warm welcome.

I hope you enjoy being part of CiC and that it contributes to your ongoing learning and development in photography.

For those of you who haven't put in your proper name or location into your profile, 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.

Hi, do you read me? New member from Holland, Joost Gieskes

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Hi, do you read me? New member from Holland, Joost Gieskes

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Joost - A very warm welcome to you. Thank you for signing up to CiC.

CiC is very much a learning resource, so whether you consider your self at the start of the learning curve or part of the way along it, I hope you find the site a useful place in which to continue your learning and development

Hi Everyone,
John from N.Ireland.
Just came across this forum and thought I would start by introducing myself. I have always had an intrest in photography and am currently undertaking a diploma in professional photography. Along with the diploma and joining a camera club I have gone from casual snapper to starting to take my hobby much more seriously. I have now done a small number of weddings, some family portraits, graduations etc but my real passion is landscapes. I still have loads to learn and look forward to being an active member of the forums hopefully learning and contributing where possible,

John.

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Originally Posted by Lartamax

Hi Everyone,
John from N.Ireland.
Just came across this forum and thought I would start by introducing myself. I have always had an intrest in photography and am currently undertaking a diploma in professional photography. Along with the diploma and joining a camera club I have gone from casual snapper to starting to take my hobby much more seriously. I have now done a small number of weddings, some family portraits, graduations etc but my real passion is landscapes. I still have loads to learn and look forward to being an active member of the forums hopefully learning and contributing where possible,

John.

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Hi John,
welcome to CiC, it's great to have you join us.
It's alway nice to have a more experianced photographer join us, who hopefully will also try and help others.
I very much look forward to seeing your work.