Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

Hi everyone,
My name is Jordan and I’m from Bulgaria.
I’ve been using DSLRs for the last three years, still having hard time to achieve the quality demonstrated by other amateurs.
I suspect that the problem is not with the gear I’m using, but with my technique and post processing skills, so I hope I could learn a lot from this site.

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Originally Posted by jordand

Hi everyone,
My name is Jordan and I’m from Bulgaria.
I’ve been using DSLRs for the last three years, still having hard time to achieve the quality demonstrated by other amateurs.
I suspect that the problem is not with the gear I’m using, but with my technique and post processing skills, so I hope I could learn a lot from this site.

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Hi Jordan,
Welcome to CiC.
I agree it does take time to master these skills, but keep working at it, it is well worth it in the long run.:)
I'm sure you will learn a lot from this site and it's members.
Regards
John

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Originally Posted by Flyfisher

Hello all,
My friends call me JB, I'm from Romania and I made a passion for fly fishing and photography. After reading this forum for a few weeks I decided to join this friendly community as I would like to learn as much as possible from more experienced photographers
So I want to salute you and give a friendly hand shake to all :)

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Hello JB,
welcome to CiC from me, it's great to have you join us.
I look forward to seeing some of your pictures and hope you post some of the big fish you catch ;)

Cheers
John

Hi, just joined this morning. I live in Portland, Oregon USA I am retired and have had my Nikon D5000 for several years, but being retired is hard work sometimes and I am just now getting time to really focus on learning photography. I would describe myself as brand new out of the box beginner. The tutorials are very good and have been helpful. I appreciate having so many instructive topics in one place. I look forward to learning to be comfortable with my camera and my pictures.

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Originally Posted by CLK

Hi, just joined this morning. I live in Portland, Oregon USA I am retired and have had my Nikon D5000 for several years, but being retired is hard work sometimes and I am just now getting time to really focus on learning photography. I would describe myself as brand new out of the box beginner. The tutorials are very good and have been helpful. I appreciate having so many instructive topics in one place. I look forward to learning to be comfortable with my camera and my pictures.

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Hi Connie,
welcome to CiC. :)
Many of my friends have retired and tell me the same story. They seem to have less free time now than they did when still working.
This is a great site and I'm sure you will learn a lot from the tutorials as well as the members.
I look forward to seeing your pictures and talking to you further in the coming weeks.

Hi all, I am Lalit, I m a beginner but photography enthusiast. I want to pursue portrait photography. I am impressed by the resources available on this website. I am really looking forward to a lot of learning.

Regards

Hi,
Hope I'm doing this right. My name is Rita, I'm new here to this site, and new to using a camera. I just received as a gift a FUJI S4200 and I love it. I've been taking some pictures, some I've posted here and I find it to be a great new hobby. Any help in learning how to take better pictures or how to operate my camera would be greatly appreciated.

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Originally Posted by lalitvohra

Hi all, I am Lalit, I m a beginner but photography enthusiast. I want to pursue portrait photography. I am impressed by the resources available on this website. I am really looking forward to a lot of learning.

Regards

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Lalit,
welcome to CiC.
I think you will learn a lot from the tutorials on this site as well as the information given to you by it's members.
I look forward to seeing your pictures.

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Originally Posted by RAToller

Hi,
Hope I'm doing this right. My name is Rita, I'm new here to this site, and new to using a camera. I just received as a gift a FUJI S4200 and I love it. I've been taking some pictures, some I've posted here and I find it to be a great new hobby. Any help in learning how to take better pictures or how to operate my camera would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi Rita,
Welcome to CiC from me, it's great to have you join us. :)
Fuji cameras produce very nice pictures and I would strongly advise slowly working your way off of automatic mode and trying some of the more manual settings.
Any question you have about your camera or any other photography question just post and we will try to answer them for you.
Regards
John

Hello, CIC peeps!

My name is Miguel and I live in Katy, Texas. I was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. during my middle school years.

I took several Photography courses in high school and learned about working with film and developing it. I also learned developing black & white photos with chemicals, the machines, tongues, clothespins, etc.

I continued to take photos in a minimal scale, at events, family parties, etc., with film and then finally jumped to digital in the early 2000's, with a FujiFilm S5100, which offered manual settings. The images were so good, I began taking photos at large events and so I was hired as an in-house photographer at a reception hall. Since then, I have purchased all Canon equipment beginning with the Xsi and then a T1i, and now I own a 7D. I hope to be moving up to the 1 or Mark series soon, by learning with you guys and others on better techniques, and teaching others.

I continue to do photography on a small scale by doing Quinceañeras (Latin American version of the Sweet Sixteen, when the girl turns 15, a huge celebration), weddings, birthday parties, and more events. I work with my brother, who is also an experienced Canon user, who also teaches me his techniques. Together we cover events with either only photography, video (I shoot with a Canon XF105 and our DSLRs), or both.

If you need to know about the Quinceañeras, anything in Spanish, or anything else about me, just ask. :)

I found this forum by searching for a nice place to explain to a friend the difference in focal length and f-stop. I must say, it's a very stylish site and its tutorials are awesome. I'll point more people to this. Thank you for such a great place to share, learn, and teach!

Miguel

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Originally Posted by almanzam

Hello, CIC peeps!

My name is Miguel and I live in Katy, Texas. I was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. during my middle school years.

I took several Photography courses in high school and learned about working with film and developing it. I also learned developing black & white photos with chemicals, the machines, tongues, clothespins, etc.

I continued to take photos in a minimal scale, at events, family parties, etc., with film and then finally jumped to digital in the early 2000's, with a FujiFilm S5100, which offered manual settings. The images were so good, I began taking photos at large events and so I was hired as an in-house photographer at a reception hall. Since then, I have purchased all Canon equipment beginning with the Xsi and then a T1i, and now I own a 7D. I hope to be moving up to the 1 or Mark series soon, by learning with you guys and others on better techniques, and teaching others.

I continue to do photography on a small scale by doing Quinceañeras (Latin American version of the Sweet Sixteen, when the girl turns 15, a huge celebration), weddings, birthday parties, and more events. I work with my brother, who is also an experienced Canon user, who also teaches me his techniques. Together we cover events with either only photography, video (I shoot with a Canon XF105 and our DSLRs), or both.

If you need to know about the Quinceañeras, anything in Spanish, or anything else about me, just ask. :)

I found this forum by searching for a nice place to explain to a friend the difference in focal length and f-stop. I must say, it's a very stylish site and its tutorials are awesome. I'll point more people to this. Thank you for such a great place to share, learn, and teach!

Miguel

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Hi Miguel,
Welcome to CiC, it's great to have you with us.

It looks like you have a lot of experience and am glad to see you are willing to share your knowledge with the other members of the site.
We welcome new members who want to learn and share their skills with others, so if you know other people who may benefit from joining this site; introducing them would be great.

I look forward to seeing your pictures and talking to you further.

Hi All,

I was pointed to this forum by a good friend from another forum <Eileen's Lounge>. My goal to become more knowledgable about camera use and equipment. I've had point and shoot cameras so I really know very little about the manual settings that are available on the higher end cameras. Reading instructions is not my favorite activity but I'm down to doing it now if I wish to learn. So here I am, starting my quest.
I'm also currently interested in information about the Rebel cameras - specifically the T3i model - so I'll be searching your forum for any opinions/problems about it.
Thank you for providing a "nice place".

Skitterbug

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Originally Posted by skitterbug

Hi All,

I was pointed to this forum by a good friend from another forum <Eileen's Lounge>. My goal to become more knowledgable about camera use and equipment. I've had point and shoot cameras so I really know very little about the manual settings that are available on the higher end cameras. Reading instructions is not my favorite activity but I'm down to doing it now if I wish to learn. So here I am, starting my quest.
I'm also currently interested in information about the Rebel cameras - specifically the T3i model - so I'll be searching your forum for any opinions/problems about it.
Thank you for providing a "nice place".

Skitterbug

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Hi,
welcome to CiC.
It looks like you joined some time ago, but have not been very active. I'm glad you are now looking to use the forum more and hope you benefit from the tutorials and advice from the members.
Once again welcome and I look forward to seeing your pictures.

Hello everyone. My name is Ocie and I am a beginner in the photography world. I hope to learn something new on a regular basis. I am not easily offended. I think all feedback can be learned from. I look forward to that feedback from you all. Any other questions, feel free to ask.

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Originally Posted by LibraDigital

Hello everyone. My name is Ocie and I am a beginner in the photography world. I hope to learn something new on a regular basis. I am not easily offended. I think all feedback can be learned from. I look forward to that feedback from you all. Any other questions, feel free to ask.

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Ocie,
Welcome to CiC, it's great to have you with us. :)
As a beginner you will find this site a great learning resource. The site has some very good and easy to understand tutorials and you will get some good support and feedback from the members.
I look forward to seeing your pictures.
Kind regards
John

My name is Rene. Into Photography for over 40 years as a hobby. Own Nikon D5100. Have currently Two lenses: 18-55mm and 55-300mm; both Nikon. Primary interest: Nature and Landscape Photography.
Reside in Ontario, Canada.

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Originally Posted by renlap42

My name is Rene. Into Photography for over 40 years as a hobby. Own Nikon D5100. Have currently Two lenses: 18-55mm and 55-300mm; both Nikon. Primary interest: Nature and Landscape Photography.
Reside in Ontario, Canada.

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Hi Rene,
Welcome to CiC from me, it's great to have you join us.
I look forward to seeing your pictures and talking to you further.

Don't forget you can edit your profile and add your name and location, that way everyone can use your first name when replying to you; this is the norm on this site, but of course is entirely up to you.
Kind regards

Hi everyone. My name is Matt Freestone and I'm from West Jordan, Utah. I'm a father a 3. I work for Adobe as a product manager. I love photography because it help me relax and gives me a creative outlet. I feels like no matter how much I learn about it, I always have much more to learn.

Hello everyone, my name is Mark and I live in a town called Widnes just outside of Liverpool. I'm a complete beginner in photography, just enrolled on a beginner's course at the local college and bought my first SLR. Being a total novice I opted for a Canon EOS 1100D which should do me nicely while I am learning the basics. I stumbled on this site while trying to understand what my college tutor had tried to teach us about exposure, I have to say I find the tutorials extremely helpful and by jove I think I've got it! All I need now is to actually try it in practice, I am guilty of having been one of those people who used to think that photography was just pointing and shooting a camera and that anyone can do it.... I take it all back and I'm sorry! ;)
Will be posting some images as soon as I've taken some I like, nothing's worked out for me yet but I was doing it all wrong to begin with. Hoping to use the forums for tips, advice and any criticism that might help me to develop my skills in this new found passion of mine.

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Originally Posted by mfreesto

Hi everyone. My name is Matt Freestone and I'm from West Jordan, Utah. I'm a father a 3. I work for Adobe as a product manager. I love photography because it help me relax and gives me a creative outlet. I feels like no matter how much I learn about it, I always have much more to learn.

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Hi Matt,
Welcome to CiC.
I think your comment "It feels like no matter how much I learn about it, I always have much more to learn." is the way most of us feel; but it adds to the sense of achievement, do you not agree? :)
Anyhow, it's great to have you with us and I look forward to seeing your pictures.