Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

Hello one and all, very excited to learn from the community resource of this site.
I am based in Toronto, Canada and have recently returned to teaching - Digital Photography, thankfully at the Intro level.
Though I have been using my own gear effectively and successfully for documenting/representing many subjects, teaching it is going to be a nice learning curve to relay what I already know, discover new questions about it (so many brand differences), and find out better ways of imparting my new and existing knowledge.
If I pick your collective mind, I hope to make my questions both clear and respectful; I certainly feel that 'beginner's mind' readiness to understand things I might take for granted or about which I may even be mistaken. I shoot with a Nikon D5000 or a Canon 3Ti, depending on the need. Some of my first questions will be about the ways you view importance of RAW v. JPEG files for DSLR users learning to both shoot and process their images (photoshop CS6). I have already found some very good information, but my students have ways of refining their questions daily.

Hi Everyone,
Today I take delivery of my first 'proper' camera! I’ll be spending this evening working out what all the confusing buttons do!
I recently decided that I need a new hobby and photography seemed like a good idea. I liked the thought of going on long walks trying to find nice scenes to take pictures of.
I have pretty much no experience of photography, so I’ll be working my way through the tutorials here and asking some silly questions on the forums! I’ll try to post photos regularly to the relevant topics, for feedback and for historical reference to see how I’m improving!
Ben

Hello,
My name is Kim and I am new to SLR photography. I have a Canon Rebel T3 with multiple lens. I travel all over and plan on taking many pictures.

Hi all!

I am Arpan. I live in New Delhi, India. I have just started to learn photography on my own seriously. I bought a Nikon D3200 with an 18 - 105 mm and 70 - 300 mm lens a 3 days ago. I intend to learn as much about photography as possible in this lifetime! Hoping to learn and talk to everyone!

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Originally Posted by DavidWoodward

Hello one and all, very excited to learn from the community resource of this site.
I am based in Toronto, Canada and have recently returned to teaching - Digital Photography, thankfully at the Intro level.

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David

I hope that being part of CiC contributes to you being able to stay one step ahead of the students. Thank you for joining the forum and I hope you enjoy being involved.

By the way - If you wish you can go to Edit Profile and put in your location, so that it appears in the sidebar alongside your message, just like mine beside this message. Then everybody knows where everybody else is.

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Originally Posted by benc98

Hi Everyone,
Today I take delivery of my first 'proper' camera! I’ll be spending this evening working out what all the confusing buttons do!

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Congratulations, Ben. What is it?

You're starting with the right approach. Get to know your camera inside-out. Your aim should be to get to the stage where you can operate without having to look at where the buttons are. And that just takes practice, practice and more practice. The better you know your camera, the less time you have to think about what buttons you have to press once your own location. You can then concentrate on looking and seeing.

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Originally Posted by benc98

I have pretty much no experience of photography, so I’ll be working my way through the tutorials here and asking some silly questions on the forums!

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That's fine. That's what CiC is about.

On the subject of posting images for comment, you may find it useful to have a read of this - How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images. Doing what it says in this post always helps people provide more constructive feedback.

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Originally Posted by kimcouch2011

Hello,
My name is Kim and I am new to SLR photography. I have a Canon Rebel T3 with multiple lens. I travel all over and plan on taking many pictures.

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Hello Kim and welcome.

You don't tell us where you are. If you wish you can go to Edit Profile and put in your location, so that it appears in the sidebar alongside your message, just like mine beside this message. Then everybody knows where everybody else is.

I hope that you enjoy being part of CiC and that being so helps improve your photography. There are always lots of people on here who have lots of experience, who are very willign to share that so that others can learn. All you have to do is ask the questions.

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Originally Posted by arpanganguli

I intend to learn as much about photography as possible in this lifetime!

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Arpan - Congratulations on your new purchases. I think you have set yourself a very appropriate goal and I hope that being part of CiC can help you achieve it.

By the way - If you wish you can go to Edit Profile and put in your location, so that it appears in the sidebar alongside your message, just like mine beside this message. Then everybody knows where everybody else is.

Hi im Adam from Melbourne Australia< the missus brought a canon1000d about 4 years ago and I read the instruction manual and since the iv been hooked on taking pictures, ive since moved to a 550d and enjoy macro, wide angle and also have the standard 50mm lens (which I think is great for what it costs). I like lanscapes and am looking to improve to make a career out of photography. Just randomly came across this website searching for ideas. Looking forward to some constructive criticism.:):)

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Originally Posted by Donald

Congratulations, Ben. What is it?

You're starting with the right approach. Get to know your camera inside-out. Your aim should be to get to the stage where you can operate without having to look at where the buttons are. And that just takes practice, practice and more practice. The better you know your camera, the less time you have to think about what buttons you have to press once your own location. You can then concentrate on looking and seeing.


That's fine. That's what CiC is about.

On the subject of posting images for comment, you may find it useful to have a read of this - How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images. Doing what it says in this post always helps people provide more constructive feedback.

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Thanks for the warm welcome.
It's a Nikon D5100 - It was at an attractive price on Amazon. I know I made the mistake of not going into a shop for a touch and feel of several models, but having had a play with it last night I do feel pleased with the purchase.

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Originally Posted by ajmphotograffi

Just randomly came across this website searching for ideas.

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Adam - I'm very glad you did and I hope you enjoy what you've found.

Hopefully you'll have got a feel for what CiC is all about. The idea is about being a useful learning resource in which the comments are constructive and helpful and where people who might want to show how clever they are at the expense of others are left in no doubt that this is not the sort of culture that we wish to foster on here.

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.

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Originally Posted by benc98

It's a Nikon D5100 - It was at an attractive price on Amazon. I know I made the mistake of not going into a shop for a touch and feel of several models,

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I'll let you into a secret, but don't tell anyone else - Neither did I. I knew I wanted my dear old Canon 40D and just went for it, never having handled it previously.

Hi all,

Thanks and in hope to learn and share from this beautiful website. I am interested in photography since long but i got my first slr camera in 2010 only, till then it has become a passion. This is my page at flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/51313069@N02/

cheers and thanks again

Dhiman

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Originally Posted by dhiman

Thanks and in hope to learn and share from this beautiful website.

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

You have some very impressive images on your Flickr pages. I must say that 'Like a Swan (B & W)' is a picture that is full of atmosphere and tells us so much about the young lady's life and her situation. I like it very much. You pictures in the Himalayas are also very good, I think.

I hope you enjoy being part of this forum and that you find it useful for your ongoing learning.

By the way - If you wish you can go to Edit Profile and put in your location, so that it appears in the sidebar alongside your message, just like mine beside this message. Then everybody knows where everybody else is.

Hello... New here to CiC. My name is Scott (but I went with an old internet name Dizzle that I've used for sometime). In any case, excited to be here and looking forward to learning a TON!

Scott

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Originally Posted by Dizzle

Hello... New here to CiC. My name is Scott (but I went with an old internet name Dizzle that I've used for sometime).

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Scott - If you wish and 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.

I hope CiC does prove to be a useful resource to you for the purposes of learning. There are always people on here willing to share knowledge and experience.

Hello to all members!

I wish to introduce myself as Jeff from the small island of Malta. Although I consider myself completely new in photography, I've been taking photos since I was a kid because I always loved photos. Now, I decide to make the step forward by buying my first SLR........the Canon EOS 650D with an 18-55mm and 75-300mm Canon lenses as a starter kit.
My aim here apart from friendship is to learn as much as I can from this community.
Jeff.

Hi my name is Colin and I have just registered with CiC after searching for a website that offered tips and tutorials to someone relatively new to photography. There have always been cameras in the house as my wife is a keen amateur photographer but I haven't personally taking too keen an interest until taking photos on our recent trip to Malaysia. I have just purchased a Canon SX50 ultra zoom bridge camera as I wanted a camera that suits differant photo opportunities without having to carry lots of gear.

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Originally Posted by Kawkijeff

I decide to make the step forward by buying my first SLR........the Canon EOS 650D with an 18-55mm and 75-300mm Canon lenses as a starter kit.
My aim here apart from friendship is to learn as much as I can from this community.

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Welcome, Jeff and thank you for joining CiC.

Congratulations on the new purchase. I hope you enjoy it and that being part of this forum will help you gain the knowledge and skill that will allow you to get the best from it. There are lots of people with lots of experience on here and the philosophy of CiC is about people sharing in order to help colleagues learn.

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.

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Originally Posted by Whittcastle

Hi my name is Colin and I have just registered with CiC after searching for a website that offered tips and tutorials to someone relatively new to photography.

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Colin - I certainly hope that CiC continues to 'fit-the-bill' for you so far as being a useful learning resource is concerned.

Great to have you here and I hope that as well as posting up lots of questions, you'll post up images in the competitions and/or for comment and criticism. It's one of the best ways of learning. To get the most out of seeking comment, have a read of - How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images.

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.