Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Donald]

Hello,

I'm Barry, a fellow traveler from southern NJ ...

After lurking here for a while, I believe that this forum is going to provide me additional direction &focus and I look forward to interacting with other folks here. ... I anticipate lots of questions as I finally get myself settled in . It's nice to see that so many enthusiasts and pros are here to help.

Barry - Hello and welcome. Great you've decided to 'sign-up'.

And I'm glad to read your declaration to ask lots of questions. That is what CiC is very much about - learning and supporting others.

I look forward to seeing some of your images.

[Donald]

G'day folks.
My name is Geoff and I've been visiting this website for several years now, but it seems lately it has expanded quite a lot. I teach photography at a local college, and judging from the tutorials on this site, it is an excellent resource for photographic learning. I like the community aspect of forums, and while I'm pretty busy and won't end up being a major poster, I look forward to some spirited dicussion around photography.

Geoff

Appreciate you might not be able, at the moment, to devote lots of time to being in and around CiC, but it's great to have you involved. I hope your knowledge and experience will help others on here as well as, no doubt, benefiting your students in college.

[FlurdtsFemale]

Hi, I'm Crystal, a friend of mine stumbled onto this site and shared it with me. Photography is a hobby for him and has become an everyday passion for me. With 4 kids and 2 dogs I am never short on things to photograph, or bored for that matter lol. I look forward to delving into the wealth of information here and learning to improve my skills. I have a Nikon D3000, my first slr

[Donald]

Hi, I'm Crystal, a friend of mine stumbled onto this site and shared it with me. ... I look forward to delving into the wealth of information here and learning to improve my skills.

Hello Crystal and welcome to CiC. This is the place to be to develop that passion. You'll find lots of people more than willing to share their knowledge and experience to offer whatever support they can (and that you seek) as you grow towards making better and better images.

So, please do dive right in with questions, comments and, of course images.

By the way, where are you? You can put your location into your profile and it will appear under your real name in all your posts.

[FlurdtsFemale]

Hello Crystal and welcome to CiC. This is the place to be to develop that passion. You'll find lots of people more than willing to share their knowledge and experience to offer whatever support they can (and that you seek) as you grow towards making better and better images.

So, please do dive right in with questions, comments and, of course images.

By the way, where are you? You can put your location into your profile and it will appear under your real name in all your posts.

Thanks Donald, I will definitely be diving in I am located in Bluefield, Virginia.

[Donald]

New members are indeed very, very welcome. But I'm afraid we don't accept advertising in messages, including signature lines. If your joining is to pursue your interest in photography, then please do confirm this and I will restore your post, which I have in the meantime removed from the thread.

[Rhiannon]

Hi my name is Rhiannon, I live in Scotland.
I have just taken up a photography course at the start of the year and loving every bit so far.
Look forward to meeting you all.

Rhiannon

[Donald]

Hi my name is Rhiannon, I live in Scotland.

All the best people do, Rhiannon. All the best people do!

Where are you?

Glad you've found CiC. If you've been looking into the site for any length of time, you'll have seen that it is very much about supporting people to learn and to develop their knowledge and skills. It's a place where you get to access the wealth of knowledge that exists amongst the members who are always able and willing to give advice and suggestions.

So, please do join in the discussions and ask whatever questions you have. Remember - there's no such thing as a daft question on CiC.

[Nicholas Fiennes]

Hi Nick, I doing a course with The photography institue. It is a 24week course but luckily they don't mind if you take longer, as I started back in June. I was going great up until November when I got so busy but now I am full steam ahead again. At the moment I'm up to lighting and found is forum a great place to help me with that.

I'm doing that course as well and also taking way longer than 24 weeks, I think I average about one module per month. I've just completed Lighting and am now trying to complete the next one.

[CawlinO]

Hello, my name is Colin. (Not to be confused with that other guy.)
I've been a member here for a while but kind of drifted away and couldn't
figure out how to retrieve my password so I just started over.
Glad to be back, it's a great site.

[Donald]

Hello, my name is Colin. (Not to be confused with that other guy.)
I've been a member here for a while but kind of drifted away and couldn't
figure out how to retrieve my password so I just started over.
Glad to be back, it's a great site.

Colin

Welcome home!

[Doo Dah Day]

Hello!

My name is Teresa and I just stumbled upon this site while looking for some good tutorials. This site had more information in one location than any other I have found so far. This prompted me to become a member.

I just started getting into photography last year, 2010, and it has completely taken over my heart. I have found a lot of joy and the excitement to learn more and experiment more does not seem to subside. In fact it is growing exponentially I think!

I am really looking forward to making new friends here, learning from their experiences, and seeing others' work as I am just in awe of great photography. I also would like to receive constructive criticism as it is the only way I can learn.

Thank you.

[Donald]

My name is Teresa and I just stumbled upon this site while looking for some good tutorials. This site had more information in one location than any other I have found so far. ... I also would like to receive constructive criticism as it is the only way I can learn.

Teresa

Very much in keeping with the quality of the tutorials, I think (hope) you'll find that the quality of constructive criticism on here is at the very least, equal to the best on the web.

What you have on CiC are enthusiasts, just like you, who are more than happy to share their knowledge and experience to help others with their learning. I think you'll also find a real sense of an online community. And I hope you'll feel able to join in and be part of that.

So, a very warm welcome and please do ask lots of questions, post up lots of images and become involved in the discussions.

[Japokskee]

im jhong dizon. you can call me JD or Japz. presently living in muscat city, sultanate of oman. im an administrator in a construction company and freelance photographer by weekends.

i love this site most specially the tutorials... i read it always if i have some questions running in my mind very informative...

kudos to all staffs and management of this site

God speed to all

[Donald]

Jhong

We've already been enjoying your work and I hope we'll see a lot more of it. I am glad you are enjoying being part of CiC.

[Japokskee]

Jhong

We've already been enjoying your work and I hope we'll see a lot more of it. I am glad you are enjoying being part of CiC.

thanks a lot for the warm welcome

will post and share more soon.... thanks again guys! more power to CIC weeeeeeeee

[Doctor Jonx]

Hello everyone!
After some "lurking" and having read - almost - all the tutorials, I just joined the community.
I live in Italy and hope my English won't be that bad for you to bear with me.
I do not own a digital camera *yet* , but I hope I'll get one for my birthday in August (hopefully much sooner than that, if money allows): I'd like to go for a Nikon D90 with a 18-105 zoom.

Apart from that, I used to use film cameras till the recent past - I own a couple of Yashica (FX3 S2000, fully manual, and a FX-D, manual and automatic) and a Contax 167MT.
I also used to take 6x6 B/W photos by means of a Yashica MAT 124G camera, metering light with a Gossen Lunasix F, and *trying* to apply Ansel Adams's Zone System.

That's just to let you know that I *used* to be quite at ease with "traditional" film photography; then I had sort of a black-out for some years and now the "passion" returned with force - in the meanwhile, the world of photography has turned to digital!
Thus, I wanted to get well-acquainted about the technology behind, and that's why I read almost all the tutorials.
OK, no more grumbling: I mostly hope to learn new things from all of you.
Cheers.

[Donald]

After some "lurking" and having read - almost - all the tutorials, I just joined the community. ... I *used* to be quite at ease with "traditional" film photography; then I had sort of a black-out for some years and now the "passion" returned with force - in the meanwhile, the world of photography has turned to digital!

Giancarlo

First of all, a very warm welcome to you. And the second thing to say is that your written English is probably better than mine, so you have no need to be concerned about that.

I am sure you already have a reasonably good understanding of how the forum works and that it exists to help and support colleagues in the development of their photographic skills and abilities. It seems that you are enjoying your journey of discovery into the world of digital. I hope you do manage to get a camera soon. In the meantime, please do ask any questions that you may have.

[Mark Lawrence]

Greetings everyone,
It is a pleasure to join your group of photographers I hope my contributions will inspire you as much as I have been inspired weaving my way through this site.
I live in beautiful Langley British Columbia,Canada on a small farm surrounded by hay fields and lots of wildlife.I shoot all types of photography from macro to equestrian show jumping and am using the amazing Nikon D3 and love the way it expands my toolbox.
Glad to be here.
Mark

[Donald]

It is a pleasure to join your group of photographers I hope my contributions will inspire you as much as I have been inspired weaving my way through this site. ... Glad to be here.

Mark
And I'm very glad you've chosen to be here. There are certainly people on here whose particular interests include macro and equestrian photography ... and everything in between!

I hope we'll see lots of your images on here and you taking part of the various discussions that go on. Good to have you here.