Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

[Fit]

Thanks Don!

Scotland's one of our favorite places, by the way, we spent two weeks traveling from Glasgow through Drumnadrochit, on to Skye and an extended stay in Plockton and eventually down to Edinburgh. Looking forward to a return trip.

And thanks also for the recommended links.

[leona]

I am a new member to the forum. I have a Canon 50D and took a level 1 and level 2 photo course last year and went back again this fall and took level 2 again because I enjoyed it. It is a 6 week course and have gained a lot of knowledge from it. I look for photo tips and photos on the net and found this site. I like to take photos of old buildings, landscapes and macro. I live in Kingston, ON Canada.
Leona

[Donald]

Leona

Hello and welcome.

I hope CiC will be a useful addition to your learning toolkit as you go forward and develop as a photographer.

I have a Canon 50D

That's a pretty good starting point

and took a level 1 and level 2 photo course last year and went back again this fall and took level 2 again because I enjoyed it.

And that's a very good second step ... particularly the bit about enjoying it. Because that's what it's meant to be about. Sure, we all get frustrated when we feel we're not learning as quickly as we want to. But, hold on to the pleasure of it all and the learning will follow.

So, please start asking questions, posting images and being part of CiC. Please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. And especially our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[nickjohnson]

Hello,
I'm Nick. I live on the sunny south coast UK. I am recently retired. I am fortunate to own a very nice Canon dslr outfit. I have been looking for a friendly, civilised web community for sharing photographic knowledge and images. I hope I've found it here. I happily participated in another internet forum - however that place is aviation centric, so I hope my landscape / garden / plants / other interest will find a home here.

Regards,

Nick.

[carregwen]

I have been looking for a friendly, civilised web community for sharing photographic knowledge and images. I hope I've found it here.

Hi Nick

I reckon we can tick all those boxes. We are laid-back, civillised, cool, smart, intelligent, and talented - and that's just me! You are very welcome here. Get started whenever you want to. Please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. And especially our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[MiniChris]

Nick: If you saw the Italian Job, and remember Handsome Rob at the end of the movie, you'll understand who you're up against here....

[Fit]

Nick-

I was looking for the same and so far I LOVE CiC.

Hello,
I'm Nick. I live on the sunny south coast UK...

[rracioppi]

hello, all!!

i just joined this forum today, but have been "lurking" for some time, primarily in the tutorials, which are excellent! a little about myself?... okay. i've had a camera in my hands since i can remember, yes, i had a Brownie.... still do, i think. anyway, i really started getting serious about photography when i was in high school (don't know the Brit equivelant) and really got the bug. after high school and then the army i continued my interests. then after getting married, then kids, photography kept getting pushed back as a periferal interest, especially when i lost my darkroom. okay, i'm now at a point where i'm needing something to get me out of the house when i'm not working and it's too cold (or hot) to work on my car (dedicated track car). and i have been doing more and more photography at the track and out in rural Virginia.

so i've been using a couple of point and shoot digitals and have gotten frustrated with the limited and complicated procedures necessary to get any kind of control over my pictures...so, i asked Santa Clause for a Canon EOS T1i, 500D. the kit comes with the standard lens and a 75-250mm telephoto. think this will be a good starter kit for me. i'm really looking forward to getting involved in some of the challanges!

anyway, hope everyone has a very Happy Christmas and Joyous New Year! OBTW, my work is such that i can be on line at most anytime, day or night, so don't look for any dependable schedule for me posting anything!!

[Donald]

Tripp

If you've been lurking for a while, you'll hopefully know by now what a wonderful, sensible, well-adjusted crowd of people (and Rob) inhabit this little corner of cyberspace!

You seem to have a very, very nice Santa Claus coming to West Point. I think you'll enjoy the present. Look forward to seeing some of your images and seeing you invovled in the discussions. In the meantime, please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. And especially our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[patcanelas]

Merry Christmas!

I'm Pat, a hobbyist from the Philippines. I've been around here and there and have enjoyed taking photos of the scenic and cultural diversity our region has to offer. I hope to learn new techniques in photography and also make new friends in the process. Also it would be great if you guys could critique my work.

Thanks and if ever you get a chance to go here, I'll hook you up!


"Bolinao"
Nikon d40, 18-55vr, hoya CPL

[Donald]

Pat

Hello and welcome. That image you've posted up is certainly not Scotland at this time of year. At the moment I've got an excavator working its way down my road trying to loosen up the compacted snow that's turned to ice.

Also it would be great if you guys could critique my work.

No problem. Start posting up your images. But remember, you should also try to tell us what your own opinion is of them. There's no better way to learn that to critically analyse your own work - What works and why? What doesn't work and why?

In the meantime, please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. And especially our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[Dale]

Hello All my name is Dale from Fife Scotland currently studying Photography at NQ level. Pointed here by a helpfull tutor . Ilook forward to chatting more and getting some images of mine up for all to see and to get feedback pos or neg

[Donald]

Hello All my name is Dale from Fife Scotland

Dale

We're almost neighbours (note to rest of the world - We're just 20 minutes apart).

Welcome to CiC. What a clever tutor you have!

Don't hold back. Start posting up your images and joining in the discussions. You'll find that the focus here is on learning and supporting each other to develop our knowledge and skills. And, almost all the time, everyone approaches discussions in a constructive way.

If you haven't already done so, please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. Also our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[Barney1946]

Greetings,

My real name is Barney, or at least that’s what I was called by my two semi-professional photographer parents. I was not really that interested in photography when young, due mainly to the expense and time delay between click and view. The fact that my first camera was a Box Brownie (seemingly made from plywood and sticky-back plastic) didn’t help. My later interest crystalized with my first digital camera, a Kodak DC210 with a heady 1Mpx and a noise reduction algorithm so severe that everything looked like it was made from melted plastic. Did I really pay £300 for that piece of junk?

My downfall came with my joining Bookham Camera Club – I do wish they would change the name, it sounds so geriatric. My first competition entry, from the DC210, was ruthlessly pulled apart by the judge. Smarting from this I thought, “I’ll show ‘em” and have been trying to do so ever since. It has been a wonderful journey meeting many new friends and learning a huge amount on the way.

Having had brief love affairs with Nikon and Sony and a very long lasting and delightful relationship with a Canon compact, I have settled down with the micro-4/3rds system that has the happy ability of being adaptable to pretty well any lens made, including all my old Nikon stuff.

Over the years I have come to love the extremes of photography, macro and panorama. One day I might combine them and produce a 360 degree, panoramic, bee’s eye view of the inside of a hive, or something like that. Of course, it will have to be in stereo, another, lesser interest of mine.

I am lucky in that I live on the North Downs of Surrey (England) where the photo opportunities, especially of wildlife, are almost unlimited. To make life even easier we have converted our fairly large front garden (“yard” if you are American) into a wildflower meadow that attracts huge numbers and a great variety of insects, all of whom seem keen to pose for the camera, especially after a night in the ‘fridge – but not wasps who have a pronounced distaste for such work.

Having been forced by the DC210 to learn how to use PhotoShop I also spend many relaxing hours digitizing and restoring antique natural history prints by John Curtis, William Lewin and John Audubon. I sometimes wonder how I ever find time to earn a living.

This is the sort of thing that is taking up too much time recently:

[carregwen]

I sometimes wonder how I ever find time to earn a living.

I have found (after being early-retired for 10 years) that it's best not to worry too much about that.

Hi Barney, and welcome to CiC. A very interesting and well thought-out introduction. Thank you. I'm sure you will enjoy being a member here, and we look forward to seeing some of your work. Post away!

Please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. And especially our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[DippyRebel]

Hello, I'm Rachel and didn't become really interested in photography (although I'd always enjoyed taking photographs) until about four years ago when I bought a nice little compact Canon Powershot A640 and found that with it I could photograph my main love, insects. Since then I've been using a 400D and then a 40D. I've only got a couple of lenses - a Sigma 105mm macro and a Canon 300mm f/4L - and it's the macro lens that lives on the camera most of the time.

I'm just a hobby photographer, but am always hoping to improve. I suspect if I'm brave enough to post some images here for C&C then suggestions about what I'm overlooking in my images will be forthcoming!

My post-processing skills are minimal.

So far, I've had a good look through the forum and done a bit of voting in the mini-competition polls, and this is my first step out of lurkerdom.

[Donald]

So far, I've had a good look through the forum and done a bit of voting in the mini-competition polls, and this is my first step out of lurkerdom.

Welcome Rachel. Glad you've stepped out of the cupboard out into the green fields and bright sunshine of CiC world.

I hope that, having lurked for a wee while, you've found that this is a place in which you can be comfortable and feel supported in developing your knowledge and skills.

And as for posting images - Go for it.The first one is always the hardest. After that it's easy going all the way!

You probably already done so, but in case you haven't, please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. Also our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE

[DippyRebel]

Thanks Donald for the welcome and I'm sure I'll post my first image before too long!

[Dave Picton]

Hi everyone, i have been into photography for only four years. i am a member of my local camera club and have had some success at that level.
I hope i can learn from your tutorials and enjoy being part of the community .

[carregwen]

Hi everyone, i have been into photography for only four years. i am a member of my local camera club and have had some success

Hello there, Dave. You are most welcome here, where you will find the full span of human experience, despair (that's where the photography comes in), wine , women (that's where Donald comes in), and song... So just get stuck in.

Please make sure that you read post #1 of this thread HERE which will help you get started. And especially our Code of Conduct in the FAQ HERE