Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Donald]

Hope to be involved in the community.

I hope so too, Erich. Thank you for joining.

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.

[Donald]

Hi all, My name is Jacques and I am from Bloemfontein South Africa. .... I am looking foreward to be involved in the activities at Cambridge in Colour.

I hope so Jacques.

You have some superb images on your website. I hope we will see you posting on here as well.

[Donald]

... and always intended to participate in this forum. I picked up some great information from the tutorials here.

Very glad you've taken the great leap, Rob, and signed up to the forum. I do hope you enjoy it and find a useful source of information and a place to exchange ideas and thoughts. Great to have you on board.

[Donald]

Hi my name is Aggelos i am from Greece, i

Hello Aggelos, and welcome to the CiC forum. I hope you enjoy being involved.

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[Photomatics]

My name is Emmanuel, I am passionate about taking pictures with different kinds on cameras; analog and even digital including mobile devices like phones and mini digital cameras. Now I took a step to turn my passion to money and acquired a Sony A57k with 18-55mm lens. Handling this camera on auto seems easy but I did not get the best I wanted. I wish to learn from all of you how to get the best from my new camera and useful tips to make me a professional photographer.

[IKatching]

Hi everyone,
I am Ingrid from South Africa. I have grown up around photography as my dad is the official horse racing photographer here and I learned under his wing. This process started in the 70's which means we worked on film ranging from35mm up to 645 and processed in a darkroom. Luckily I have had that apprenticeship and I believe the lessons are invaluable. Our main genre was action photography and I moved over recentlly to studio and wedding photgraphy. The tutorials and forums here have been absolutely mind blowing for me as I have been guessing and experimenting so far but I believe your info here has created a firm foundation of knowledge. Thank you very much and I will be posting pics soon.

[Shadowman]

Hi everyone,
I am Ingrid from South Africa. I have grown up around photography as my dad is the official horse racing photographer here and I learned under his wing. This process started in the 70's which means we worked on film ranging from35mm up to 645 and processed in a darkroom. Luckily I have had that apprenticeship and I believe the lessons are invaluable. Our main genre was action photography and I moved over recentlly to studio and wedding photgraphy. The tutorials and forums here have been absolutely mind blowing for me as I have been guessing and experimenting so far but I believe your info here has created a firm foundation of knowledge. Thank you very much and I will be posting pics soon.

Ingrid,

Welcome to the forum, looking forward to seeing your pics.

[Kyle]

Hi everyone,

I'm Kyle from Canada.
I just got a new Cannon Rebel T3 with 18-55mm lens. I'm very interested in photography as a hobby. I'm very new to using a camera outside of the auto mode and the tutorials here have been immensely helpful.

[Donald]

My name is Emmanuel, I am passionate about taking pictures with different kinds on cameras;

Hello Emmanuel and welcoem tot eh CiC forum. I hope that you enjoy being involved and that you do get the knowledge you need in order to improve your skills.

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[Donald]

I'm Kyle from Canada. ... I'm very new to using a camera outside of the auto mode and the tutorials here have been immensely helpful.

Good on you Kyle for getting out of Auto mode. That is the way to learn. Sure, there will be lots of mistakes. But the person who never made a mistake never learned anything. I hope you enjoy being part of CiC.

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.

[harve015]

Hi everyone!

My name is Carol, and I'm certainly a newbie to photography. I found this forum searching for information for my photography class and I think I found a real gem. I can't wait to be inspired by everyone's work and hopefully be able to apply some techniques to my own work. Happy shooting!

[Bretto]

Hello I hope I'm in the right place.
My name is Brett and I have never joined a Forum before, so please excuse me if I don't know what to do or how to do it. Anyway Hope we can all be help each other!

[kateveber]

Hi All,

I'm Kete Veber and just joined this full of informative forum. I look forward to build mutual relationship with others and share information.

Regards,
Kete Veber

[Kyle]

Good on you Kyle for getting out of Auto mode. That is the way to learn. Sure, there will be lots of mistakes. But the person who never made a mistake never learned anything. I hope you enjoy being part of CiC.

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.

Thanks Donald. So far it seems like this forum has a great community which is really encouraging to see. It looks like there is lots to learn here.

[Donald]

My name is Carol, and I'm certainly a newbie to photography. I found this forum searching for information for my photography class and I think I found a real gem.

Very glad you like what you've seen so far on CiC, Carol. I hope it remains interesting and useful for a long time to come.

There is no such thing as a dumb question on this forum, so please feel able to ask whatever sorts of photographic questions you have. People on here remember that they were once complete newbies as well.

By the way, where are you? 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.

[Donald]

Hello I hope I'm in the right place.
My name is Brett and I have never joined a Forum before, so please excuse me if I don't know what to do or how to do it. Anyway Hope we can all be help each other!

You are, Brett ... and it's great to have you here.

Thank you for choosing CiC as the first ever forum you have joined. I hope you'll feel it was the right choice.

People on here are always willing to share their knowledge and experience so that other people can learn and improve their photographic skills. So please do join in.

If you ever need any help in getting images posted into your message, then please do read the helpful guide that walks you through how to do it. Click HERE to read the thread.

Something else you might find useful. Sometimes people are not sure about asking for comments and criticism on their images. This thread gives you some helpful advice and guidance about how to get the best feedback from fellow members.

[Donald]

I'm Kete Veber and just joined this full of informative forum.

Hello Kete.

Thank you for signing up to be part of the CiC forum. I hope you enjoy 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.

[Rongnogno]

Just new to this forum.

I have been consulting the WEB site on and off for over a year now, if not more.

I never lived completely off photography but did make a sizable income out of it in the mid 80s and stopped in 89. Came back to photography after my wife let me know in no uncertain terms and action that I was wasting my 'talent'. She purchased my first 'serious' DSLR, a Fuji Pro2. Since I moved to Nikon and currently own a D300 and a D800e.

I am not brand oriented even if it seems that way.

Background is really complex. Photographer, professional EMT, rescue and war dog trainer, Certified IT professional (certifiable too). I have no formal education yet I was hired as a sub teacher not so long ago. My general knowledge is extended yet not in depth so relatively weak in some areas.

I speak two languages fluently and read two more. I have two nationalities but was born in a third country. I lived mostly in Europe but also stayed a few years in Japan (4) and the Middle East (2). I am now in the US but we are thinking of retiring somewhere else. I have strong ties to the military in both countries I hold a nationality from.

My spelling and grammar leave quite bit to be desired especially knowing that despite me trying to pay attention I forget to type some words.

Despite being well equipped in both the photography side and the computer area (PP) I take few pictures as I do not see the point. Too many shooters taking the same thing and some offering an incredible vision I will never achieve is one of the reasons. Another, probably more important is that I learn something, prove to myself that I can do it and then move to something else.

I learned of photography by accident. I t rained with an old professional photographer. Training was with an old view camera then with a 5x7 Sinar. When working on my own I had to switch to medium format, Mamiya RB67. I used a 35mm as a complement and that reluctantly.

While training I was exposed to numerous concepts and visions that are now proving disquieting for many folks I tried to share it with. These are not about technical of image issues but purely awareness of our surroundings. This is the main reason why I signed up for this forum. I am hoping to find like minds able to transcend our preconceived notions and find how to apply them to photography.

Most of what I have to offer is about exposing our visual 'training' as human vs photographer. This perception affects our photographic vision. It is not about teaching, I have nothing to teach. I do not have the patience anyway.

My photography is in the samll stuff, close-up to macro to large stuff, large stitched panoramas, the 'largest' was made of over 300 shots, hand held. I was good with portrait but I lost interest.

[Yukon]

Hello everyone,

I'm from Surrey, BC. I'm a new photographer and loving it. Hope to learn from you all and looking forward to seeing all your work.

[Donald]

Hello and welcome to the CiC forum. Thank you for 'signing up'.

While training I was exposed to numerous concepts and visions that are now proving disquieting for many folks I tried to share it with. These are not about technical of image issues but purely awareness of our surroundings. This is the main reason why I signed up for this forum. I am hoping to find like minds able to transcend our preconceived notions and find how to apply them to photography.

I very much hope that this is an online environment that stimulates and interests you.

You'll perhaps already have seen that CiC is a forum in which pretension and attitudes of superiority are quickly knocked on the head and, instead, is a resource where people are willing to share knowledge and experience so that we can all learn. I very much hope that you will feel able to share for the benefit of fellow members as well as, hopefully, learning from reading what others have to say.

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 (under 'Forum Actions' on the Menu Bar), or you can just press on 'Settings' on the menu bar right up at the top right of the window. Once there you can enter the name by which you wish to be addressed 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.