Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Donald]

Hello! My name is Kate. I'm 17 and I'm from Pyatigorsk, Russia.

Hello Kate and welcome to the CiC forum.

I hope you enjoy being a member here and that it helps you to increase your photographic knowledge and skills. This is a learning resource, so members will, I hope, always be available to answer any questions you may have. I hope, too that you will feel able to participate in posting images, either for comment and criticism or in the various competition threads.

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.

By the way, what camera gear do you have?

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.

[pskteja]

Hello Folks,

I'm Teja, currently living in the US and originally from India. I use a Canon T3i along with an 18-55mm, 50-250mm and a prime 50mm f1.8 lenses. I have been shooting images with Point-N-Shoot for quite some time and have used my Dad's old 80's Olympus film SLR. I recently got my own and gradually learning new things with every shoot. I am yet to figure out whats the kind of photography's for me. Currently, I enjoy landscape and capturing human emotions. CiC has helped me in toning my skills and continues to do so. I am very thankful to everyone here

Cheers!!

[rower23]

G'day photogs

I'm James, from Sydney Australia. I'm increasingly interested in photography, self taught, dreadful in post, and keen to learn more about both shooting and the digital darkroom. I shoot with a Canon 1d mk iv and have a few lenses. I generally shoot sport, but have been fortunate to travel to Africa and loved "shooting" (got to be careful there) wildlife. I also went on a photo trip to Iceland in the northern summer.

In addition to my own stuff for fun, I also shoot for our local surf life saving club on beautiful Coogee beach in Sydney - the aim is for parents to buy photos and for the surf club to make a few dollars.

I am hugely grateful for the resources on CIC's website to help me learn more.

Cheers,

James

[davidedric]

I'm Teja, currently living in the US

Hi Teja,

Welcome to CiC, it's good to have you on board. I hope you will find the forums helpful as you explore your photography style and goals. As you have already seen, there is an immense range of talented photographers here with very many different styles, and all ready to share their expertise.

I look forward to seeing some of your images: California certainly has a huge range of landscapes from sea to mountains - and a nice climate (this is from a rather frosty, but sunny, England).

You might like to edit your profile so that your "real name" shows as Teja - that way everyone will know who you are when you post.

All the best,

Dave

[davidedric]

G'day photogs

G'day mate and welcome to CiC.

You have a fine camera there - so no excuses . Seriously, though, the resources, the tutorials, are great - reckoned to be some of the best on the web. Even better, in my opinion, are the members who have a huge range of experience and expertise (and opinions!) that they are always ready to share - whether about shooting or digital darkroom (if you haven't already spotted it, PP (for Post Processing) tends to be the jargon used on the site).

Hope you'll be posting some photos of that fine Aussie summer, while we shiver up here!

All the best,

Dave

[rower23]

Thanks Dave

Appreciate the welcome. Hopefully I can add something as well as just learning. Happy to post a few photos of beautiful Sydney, summer or other times.

Herewith a shot from the harbour a few weeks ago.
Cheers

James

[rower23]

[Anish Nair]

Hai, It's me Anish from India now residing in Middle East a new user to this site. On my first visit itself i like the way you explained things relates to photography in this site.I am using Canon EOS D1100 with 18-55mm lens.I am very interested in taking photos while going out.Here i would like to get more ideas and to learn how it will work...

[Donald]

Hai, It's me Anish from India now residing in Middle East a new user to this site.

Anish - Hello and welcome. Thank you for joining CiC.

I hope you do find that being a member of the forum does help you increase your knowledge and improve your skills in photography. There are many experienced and knowledgeable people in the forum who will always pleased to share that knowledge and experience so that others can learn. So, please do join in by asking questions, making comments and, of course, posting some of your pictures.

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.

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.

[Rickachino]

Hello CiC forum,
My name is Rick, I retired 2 yrs ago and I'm done watching the paint dry. I played around with a 35mm SLR back in the 80's and after taking hundreds of pictures, showed little if any improvement on the quality between the first one and the last ones. I became discouraged and moved on to my next creative hobby, knifemaking & parked the SLR in the closet for another day & bought a compact automatic 35mm. It took better pics than anything I took with the SLR. About 6 yrs ago I dropped it overboard off a Mississippi river paddle boat. Out came the ol' film 35mm from mothball and took it to my Vancouver Island vacation. I took 4 rolls of pics and when I got them back from devoloping guess what? They still looked crappy, so it went back into mothball where it still is today. I bought a Nikon D90 a year ago and mostly shot auto or aperature priority which gave me good results but little wow factor. So now it's time for me to get serious and learn how to take it to the next level. I've been learning from the internet but sometimes I have questions or want feedback from people in the know, which I don't know so when I stumbled on CiCs site I realized this is a great opportunity staring me in the face so I jumped on it. I look forward to sharing and learning from this forum and the wisdom it contains.

Thanks,

Rick

[cjcatmur]

Hello All,

I'm CJ, originally from the UK but now living in Melbourne, Australia. I have always enjoyed photography but it wasn't until my point and shoot stopped working on my last trip home that I finally brought a DSLR. I have been having so much fun learning about how the camera works and how I can best use it to capture the image I want. There is so much to learn and each time I come on to CiC I learn something new that helps! I look forward to learning from and sharing with the members here.

Thanks,
CJ

[GLR]

Hi my name is Graeme and I am in Auckland New Zealand - I am a very new photographer just beginning at 61! Cannon EOS 600D -- I am totally ignorant really but am very encouraged by browsing this site! Hope I can find answers as I go along.

[angelhulya]

[B]Hello everyone

My name is Hulya yamanoglu. I am living in Turkey, at the south coast. I use Nikon D3100 and lenses are 50mm-200mm and 18mm-55 . Have extention tubes ( will buy macro lenses someday ) for close up shots. I am very much interested with portraits, food and close up photography. Hope it is a great decision to be here.
Regards - Hulya

[Donald]

Rick, CJ, Graeme, Hulya

As the four folks who've left a message here since I last visited - welcome and thank you for joining CiC.

First thing to each of you - So that you don't continue to get people asking what your given name is ( or how you'd like to be addressed), 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.

Great to have you all here and I hope you enjoy being part of CiC

I played around with a 35mm SLR back in the 80's and after taking hundreds of pictures, showed little if any improvement on the quality between the first one and the last ones.

Ah, yes. I think many of us were there. Hopefully CiC can help the journey along the learning curve now, Rick

There is so much to learn and each time I come on to CiC I learn something new that helps!

Glad to hear that CJ. I hope it continues. There is no such thing as a dumb question on CiC. So, keep asking questions.

I am totally ignorant really but am very encouraged by browsing this site! Hope I can find answers as I go along.

That's what CiC is very much about. And, hopefully, being able to enjoy online links with other enthusiasts around the world.

Hope it is a great decision to be here.

I hope so too, Hulya.

[Duncan McInnis]

Hello to all the many members of this fine forum. My name is Duncan McInnis from Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. I'm a semi-retired water resources and pipeline engineer who has spent more time working and travelling around the globe than pursuing my photography hobby started back in the days of film and the then brand new 35mm SLR cameras. Eventually, I stopped doing any serious attempts at photography because lugging around a full size SLR and two or three lenses on extended trips was simply too much trouble. A few years later digital cameras made their debut and within a few years I was carrying around an early Fuji Finepix on work and personal travel. I loved the digital world but was disappointed with the image quality of the digital cameras. Eventually, the DSLRs arrived and while not as heavy as the old film SLRs were still too bulky for me. Finally, Fuji came out with the XPro1 and I dived back in again. While not equal to the best full sized professional DSLRs, it still provides an outstanding image quality but is small enough to carry the body and three lenses in a small bag, and hardly notice the weight at all.

I'm looking forward to learning much more from fellow members about photography and image processing as I love both "pure" photography and digital image art, and everything in between.

Happy shooting!

Banff Springs Hotel W1200 HDR

[Donald]

My name is Duncan McInnis

Now, with a name like that there just has to be Scottish heritage somewhere!

Welcome, Duncan. Great to have you here and thanks for signing up. That's a very impressive introductory image.

I hope you enjoy being involved on here and that you'll be around for a long time.

[safron]

Hi everyone , brand new member here - just got her first decent camera for birthday present - I got the canon D1100 with the standard kit lense. I love it but am only a baby in this photograph life so reading - practising and shooting away.
I am only learning the very basics but this site is the best I have come across for advice and ease of use.

I work full time and am a mum to 2 sets of twins all under 4 so am busy busy but my camera is out on the work top in the kitchen all the time for any photos I want to take. But my main interest is nature and landscape more so than family photos.
Hope to be in contact with you all over time x

[halo]

Hi, I am Dave and use canons for my photography. Like to shoot B I F, Landscape or any thing that looks interesting and grabs my attention . I reside in sunny Lancashire, Rossendale aged % " (thats in shift key code) Please to meet you all in advance.

[Donald]

I work full time and am a mum to 2 sets of twins all under 4

I'm amazed you have the time to think about photography!

Great to have you here. Is Safron your real name. If not and if you wish 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.

I hope you do enjoy being part of CiC and that it does help your learning. Please do ask any and all questions and, of course, post up some images fro comment. 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]

aged % " (thats in shift key code)

Just a lad!

Welcome Dave. It's probably obvious, but what's B I F?

Anyway, thanks for joining and I hope you find that being part of CiC is both useful and fun.

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.