Hello,
My name is Sheri McFarland. I live in Northeast Ohio, USA. Although I have taken many many photos of my family and vacations ect (and have posted hundreds of them on blogs for my scattered family to enjoy) I know very little about photography. I have learned to edit and manipulate the pictures that I take with Paint Shop Pro, but my photography skills have been limited to using automatic settings. I would like to change that and dig in to learn. I am starting out with an inexpensive bridge camera where I will gradually learn to take off the training wheels. :-) I just got my FujiFilm S2000HD (an advanced zoom camera) on Monday, 1/05/09. I enjoy looking at everyone's photography here, and the things I have read here are very informative. Thank you for putting this site together for people like me to begin in the wonderful medium of digital photography!
My new Flickr photostream
Update:
I just purchased my very first DSLR camera. I got a Pentax Kx (red). It is on its way and due to be delivered tomorrow. I just can barely stand to wait until tomorrow! I'm taking digital imaging (PhotoShop) at my local community college and next semester I plan to get into the very popular and high demand digital photography 1 class (even if I have to go early on sign up day and be first in line.)
I purchased a pocket camera for my birthday last June, a Sony CyberShot DSC-W370 14.1MP Digital Camera with 7x Wide Angle Zoom with Optical Steady Shot Image Stabilization and 3.0 inch LCD (Green). I love this little camera for on the spot pictues when I am out, but I am so anxious to learn how to really shoot good pictures with my new DSLR.