Introduce Yourself

[hitkaiser]

Hello

I'm Hitesh Sawlani, a 20 year old Spaniard currently studying in the UK (Information Management and Business Studies @ Loughborough University ... and working for 1 year in Reading, UK)

Been into photography since i got my first compact digital (did about a term worth in school with a film SLR but i lost the camera and consequently changed from photography to graphic design)

2 compact digitals later i moved (less than a month ago) to a canon 400D which im loving and im finally getting really the real process with (not limiting myself to auto, P nor the scenic modes)

Im not going to be all flowery about DPS, i generally do lots of reading on the internet around topics im interested in and often Ive found more detail on specific topics beforehand, but DPS has a special place in my RSS feeds since it does a good job of summarising concepts and brings in a 3rd point of view which is often missing in other sites (bravo!)

There is nothing fun about learning a new hobby if you can't share it with anyone, i believe this forum can (and will be!) very interesting and will help us help each other

Finally, thanks to Daren for all the time and effort in DPS, it really is a good piece of work!

If anyone is interested, my flickr, or my daily photoblog (which takes pics from my flickr)

[Darren Rowse]

thanks hitkaiser - the feedback is very encouraging and keeps me keeping on :-) will check out your blog and flickr account and am looking forward to seeing more of your contributions here in forums.

[diyosa]

My name is Diyosa. I'm the typical mom that got a DSLR to shoot her kids and now thinks she's a photographer.

I don't claim to be great at taking photos and actually don't do well with the label "photographer". I think I take good pics and sometimes get lucky. I'm soaking in all sorts of information and enjoying learning and when I have those lightbulb photography moments or when I get beautiful images SOOC.

My background goes a bit farther than a mom with a camera. I have my BA in Digital Media - Multimedia and am quite versed in many of the Adobe and Macromedia programs. I've been using Photoshop for about 10 years now since 4.something back in High School. My day job is an admin assistant and web coordinator but am on maternity leave until May

My photos are here: www.flickr.com/photos/diyosa basically just my kids but I try to keep things interesting and not too snapshotty.

Look forward to getting to know many of you and learning and hopefully passing on the bits that I know.

Oh.. and because a mom can't go without mentioning her kids I've got 2 beautiful girls, 1 is nearly 3 and the other is 10 days old.

[Joshua Schroeder]

Hey everyone,

My name is Joshua Schroeder. I am 23 years old, live where in the part of Canada where the Rocky Mountains meet the vast prairies, and have just completed a bachelors degree in Management Information Systems (or will have at noon tomorrow when I submit my final assignment!).

I first got into photography seriously in high school. I purchased a Minolta Maxxum in grade 11 before going on a class trip to England and Scotland. It took great pictures, but I never really learned to take it off of 'P'.

Because much of what I do is web based, I decided I needed to go digital in my third year of university. At that point I bought the then newly released Canon PowerShot A80. I shot with that for a few years, then got the bug to go back to SLR, so this summer I bought the cheapest dSLR I could find: A Pentax *istDL (with 17-55mm). I added a kit 50-200mm zoom lens almost immediately, but found that the kit lenses to be very inadequate for my favourite subject: ice hockey. When shooting at the long end of the lens, I was getting about f/6.7-f/8, which necessetated ISO 3200. I've now discovered how nice the backwards compatibility of Pentax bodies with lenses can make things. I've added a 28mm f/2.8 and a 135mm f/2.8, both used manual focus lenses.

While I'm happy with this system, I'm always itching for more. I don't plan on adding much to this gear now (as much as I REALLY want a 10-17mm fisheye ). Sometime down the road I'd like to add a Canon EOS-series as my primary camera.

Over the past three months, my photos have appeared regularly in the University of Lethbridge student newspaper, The Meliorist (sadly, the photos are not published online), and occasionally on the Canada West Universities Athletic Conference web site.

I've only been around DPS for a few weeks, but I've been learning plenty around here. I particularly enjoy the opportunity to share photos and see what others come up with for the same assignments.

[Darren Rowse]

I didn't realised you'd had your new little baby - congratulations! Looking forward to seeing lots of pictures of her as well as your other little wonderful daughter.

Oh - and by the way - you sell yourself short. You're a wonderful photographer!

[Darren Rowse]

Joshua - looking forward to seeing your work. You sound similar to me - I went from a minolta dslr (purchased in year 12) to a Canon A70 to a Canon 20D.

[NaturesPixel]

G'day gang

My name is Leisa

i am an Aussie living in Ontario...I am a retired firefighter and i have been away from my homeland for nearly 5yrs now (desperately homesick) i started photography with a Kodak Point and Shoot when i landed in the states.. i was running a reptile store ... plenty of perfect Ops...lol then i moved to Canada and hubby got me a Minolta Dimage Z5 a wonderful little camera..12 mths later I got my D50 last July and just love it i have 3 children 2 girls live in Australia.. and my 20mth old boy Sonny i cant drive here in Canada.. (dont think they trust me...lol) so many of my photos are shot in my back yard.... when we go camping during summer...

so thats about me...lmaooo
see yas...

[RainPacket]

I'm Rachel, known to many of my friends as Sparks (a nickname I picked up as a kid, which has stuck). By day, I'm a software engineer working on an instant messaging package; outside of work, I ride horses (English-style, hunter/jumper), I write (science fiction and fantasy), and I take photos.

I've recently moved up to a digital SLR and gotten a bit more serious about the photography. I've also begun taking some local photography courses, and hanging out in the Flickr groups like our own DPS here.

[Nicole]

Hi, I'm Nicole and I'm a photography addict (oh, wait, this is just introductions) ;-)

Ok, I'm 25 years old, and an American living in New Zealand. I've got 2 degrees, neither related to photography or being particularly creative, so photography is currently my creative outlet. I've always had a camera since I was tiny, and it was my mother who always encouraged the hobby since she is a pretty avid photographer as well.

I got my Nikon d50 in Januray of this year, after having a Canon film SLR for a few years. I never used the film one as much as I have my dSLR. Now my camera comes with me whenever I leave the house (of course, I also take a lot of pictures in my house).

My most recent project has been building a light box to take some pictures in. It started with taking pictures of Christmas Crackers for my Christmas cards, but now I'm having quite a bit of fun experimenting with it.

Ok, I think that's me for now

My Flickr Page

[Dave]

Well my name is Dave. I'm located in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. I've been interested in photography for the last 14 to 15 years. I have only recently made the switch to digital from film. I purchased a Nikon D70s about six months ago. I still have my film cameras although they haven't seen much attention in quite a while. I'm mainly interested in landscape photography, but do enjoy seeing everyone's images. I think it's amazing how the same subject can be photographed so many different ways.