Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[IanMc]

Hi,
Ian is my name and from Ireland. Was directed here by somebody in our camera club and am glad I checked it out and joined. Looks like a really good site and am hoping to enjoy it!
I have a canon 60D with an 18-135mm lense and a 50mm f1.8. I love Sports photography and Portraits but getting more and more to enjoy Land/Seascapes.
Anyhow see ya's around!!

Ian

[JPS]

Hi Ian,
Welcome to CiC, it's great to have you join us.
This really is a great site with good, easy to read tutorials and members that are willing to share their knowledge with others on the site.

I look forward to seeing your pictures.

[Aajith]

Hi guys am Aajith from India. I wanna be a film maker one day, so learning about the camera is important. Am a new member here, could use a little help.

[shariff tebio]

Good grief. You go out to work for a day and when you come homed all these people have joined up and posted introductory messages.

Vinay
Ramack
Michel
Shariff
Keith
Lenny

A very warm welcome to each of you. I hope you enjoy being part of CiC and that it provides what you are looking for from an online forum. CiC is veryh much about learning. We all can learn from others, but also help others to learn. So I look forward to your participation.

Thanks Donald for the warm welcome, I'm quite sure i will gain additional knowledge here in CiC.

[Donald]

Was directed here by somebody in our camera club

Obviously a very discerning person!

Welcome Ian. Thank you for deciding to become part of this little online group. I'm sure you'll have got the gist of what it's about from your fellow cc member, so I hope you enjoy it and find it useful place in which to develop knowledge and skills and benefit from a worldwide perspective to the art and science of photography.

[f8Diana]

Hi I'm Diana living in Sussex England with my partner who introduced me to this site. I have loved photography since I was a child, my first camera was a Zenith E; in those days it was all I could afford, being so basic I needed to learn how to do everything manually, once learnt never forgotten. Three weeks ago I bought the love of my life a Canon 5Dii and 24-105 lens. Yesterday I was out with the camera round my neck I tripped over and fell on hard ground smashing the UV filter into the lens and scratching the lens it to bits. In xxx years I have never damaged a camera in any way and could not believe this had happened. Thankfully I had insured it and after speaking to the insurance company the lens will either be repaired or replaced. The structure of the lens and body are undamaged, a testament to the build quality of the 5D. But it looks like I will be taking its predecessor Canon 450d on my next photo opportunity in a couple of weeks to Scotland while the repair takes place.

Diana

[Donald]

Hi I'm Diana living in Sussex England with my partner who introduced me to this site.

Another obviously very discerning person with good taste (see my last post just above)!

Hello Diana and welcome to CiC.

That is not a good story to read. In addition to getting a replacement lens, you need to make sure that all the connections from lens to camera are all okay. Sounds, from what you say, that they are.

Anyway, just treat it as a minor blip on your ever upward journey towards your photographic goals. You've probably got a good sense of what CiC is about and how it operates, but if there are any questions, please do just call out.

[jaysonclark]

Hi Everyone.

I am Jayson from Butuan City Philippines. I am a new member and I love to learn more since I love photography. Thank you for accepting me.

[Donald]

Jayson - Thank you for joining CiC. On here you will find many people who are very willing to share their knowledge and experience in order to help others learn. So, I hope you will feel able to join discussions, ask questions and, of course, post up some of your images for comment.

So that you don't continue to get people asking where you are from all the time, you can enter your location under 'Edit Profile', so that it appears alongside your messages, just as in my details alongside this message. Then we all know where everyone is in the world.

[Dwaine]

Hi..name is Dwaine. Primary interest Sports Action following three grandchildren in school. One in Purdu Masters program, One a sophmore at Johns Hopkins and one headed for Lycoming next fall. My 7D and two F2.8 IS lens collection is still way ahead of me on the many photography learning curves. You can see why I have a buy stop at least temporarily in place. I dable in many avenues but what grandfather does not like his family best? Glad to be aboard. I will need a bit of time while getting to know this site. Glad to be aboard.

[Donald]

Hi..name is Dwaine.

Great to have you here, Dwaine. Glad you've found us and decided to sign up.

So that you don't continue to get people asking you where you are, you can also enter your location so that it shows up in the panel alongside your messages, just as in my details alongside this message. Then we all know where everyone is in the world.

I hope you enjoy being involved and that it does help get the best out your camera and lenses.

[Blackie]

Hi my name is Paul; I live in Exmouth, Devon. UK. I'm a commercial diver working in Libya. I've owned a DSLR for 3 years but only used it on its program mode, after seeing this site it’s convinced me to start leaning to use my camera to its ability & not mine.

[Donald]

... after seeing this site it’s convinced me to start leaning to use my camera to its ability & not mine.

Good on you, Paul. You'll certainly get whatever support, advice and guidance that you want on here. All you need to do is ask.

Do you do underwater photography, or are work and pleasure strictly separated?

[Blackie]

Hi Donald, thank you for your offer of support I will certainly be taking you up on that.

Yes I do underwater photography, with an Olympus compact camera in an underwater housing, again I’ve a lot to learn about the subject.

Just reading some of your tutorials I can already see a lot of my faults & how to improve my techniques. I will put this to good use when I get back home from work in about ten days.

Paul

[Pugwash52]

Hello my name is John and I have an unerring ability to take awful photographs.

I found this site a while ago but only recently decided to sign up. I suspect that I enjoy the technology more than the photography but have resolved to try to change this. I have bought a Panasonic FZ200 as I hope a bridge camera will help educate me without having the weight, complexity and expense of a DSLR and lens.

I find the Sony SLT technology interesting and this may be something I progress to if all goes well.

In the meanwhile I'll try to learn to take decent photographs and experiment with post-processing options afforded by the RAW
file format.

[Donald]

Hello my name is John and I have an unerring ability to take awful photographs.

Welcome to the club, John!

There are lots of people who enjoy the technical aspects over and above the aesthetic, so you're not alone.

But whatever your reasons for being involved in photography are, I hope that being part of CiC can help your interest grow and develop. Good to have you here.

[C17EHSE]

Hi All, I'm Mike and I live in Tacoma, WA. I'm a retired USAF NCO and no work in the defense industry. I'm fairly new to the art. I got a Nikon P90 a couple years ago and started getting more and more into photography. I now try and use the manual settings more and more, but I'm planning to I get the cash together (probably Jan/Feb time frame) I will be purchasing a Nikon DSLR...Hopefully the D7000
I come to the hobby a bit late. I'm almost 60. Better late than never, I suppose.

[Donald]

I come to the hobby a bit late. I'm almost 60. Better late than never, I suppose.

It's never too late, Mike. Great to have you here and thank you for joining.

I hope you enjoy being involved and find that being here helps you both build up your enthusiasm as well as your knowledge and skills.

[ricarecare]

Hi, i'm new here

Been a while since i learn photography.. i still use my old Nikon D50 for taking pictures. Gosh i need new camera

[Donald]

Hi, i'm new here

Been a while since i learn photography.. i still use my old Nikon D50 for taking pictures. Gosh i need new camera

Hello and welcome to CiC.

It would be really nice to know your name and where you are. 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.

Thank you for joining CiC. I hope you enjoy it.