Introduce Yourself

[Motors]

Hi peeps

I'm Steve 41 from Northumberland in the UK,have been into photography for a couple of months and i love it! i shoot with a sony cybershot H10,looking to progress onto a canon 450D when finanaces permit lol.
It's really great to have a forum like this to learn from and make new friends in the process

regards

Steve

[mikebro153]

Hello, I am mikebro153, AKA michael brooker and live with my wife Grace and Border Collie, houndog Breeanna a few kilometers out of Nelson, New Zealand. I have been an avid amateur photographer since before I remember (!) working with Canon cameras and film, through to my digital Canon A540 and very recent Canon G7. So, I'm a Canon fan.Both Grace and myself are retired from nursing careers. Breeanna is only a young dog and has a long way to go before retirement. although she can sprint at 40 km's per hour which is a hell of a lot faster than me.
My other interest is with computers which I use mainly for post processing of my pics.
My choice of Image Processing is Corel PaintShop Pro X.
I am also a classical music and film fan.

[prachi]

hii......i m prachi....frm india....doing my bachelors in applied arts
i jst luv photography though i hv jst started doing it.....currntly i m using canon powershot
i liked dis site vry much n look forward 2 learning a lot frm here

[MammaJamma]

Hi~

My name is Cindy and I just got an Olympus SP-565UZ camera. This is my 7th digital camera in about 6 years (eeek!) Up until now I've been a point-and-shoot sorta gal. The Olympus seemed like a good camera to step up with - the price was right and it seemed like it wouldn't be too intimidating for a novice like me. However, after leafing through the manual I can see that it's going to be some time before I understand most of the functions.

Prior to this I was using a Canon PowerShot A540 (which has some manual settings however I never mastered them in the 11 months that I've owned it) and before the Canon all of my five prior 5 cameras were automatic with no manual settings.

My goals with the camera are to understand the various functions so that I can quickly choose the best settings for the photo at hand - you know to be able to "capture the moment" before it passes. That doesn't seem like a very tall order, but I'm really not sure how to get there at this point.

Oh, and I have a blog that has some of my pics on it --you'll get an idea of the type of thing I snap --it's not art, but it makes me happy:
MammaJamma Blabba

I look forward to learning from others here.

[EasternSierra]

Hi, everyone. My name is Chris and I like to take pictures...

I got my interest in photography in the early 1980's in high school. I got a job taking B&W portraits and developing B&W film to pay the bills through high school and college, and continued shooting B&W and color film for many years after. About 10 years ago...film just got WAY to expensive to shoot, so I bought a digital P&S camera, and fell in love with photography again. Ever since I have drooled over DSLR cameras online and in stores everytime I see one.

I finally took the plunge in February of this year, and bought an Olympus E-520 with 2 lenses...both Zuiko Digital lenses, one is a 14-42mm f/4-5.6 and the other is a 40-150 f/4-5.6. I am thoroughly hooked. I've already shot 1,500+ exposures with it, and I love every split-second of exposure time.

It's been a real blast getting out and shooting again. And since I now live in the Eastern Sierra of California AND have a gorgeous 5 year old girl, I always have something beautiful to take photos of.

I hope to learn a lot from you folks, and maybe even have the opportunity to help one of you with something...who knows. I'm gonna go post a couple images in the Share Your Shots section, now...as a proper introduction...

See you around the forums!

[MrScribe]

Hi,

I am an old man who has some distant experience in 35 mm film photography, just as a hobby. I would like to get into the digital age, and have been thinking about what equipment I want.

I have a Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL 35 mm camera and standard lens. I also have a Quantaray 85-210 zoom lens and a Vivitar 28 mm wide angle lens. Instead of buying a point-and-shoot camera, I am thinking maybe I could start with an SLR and use the existing lenses.

My problem is that I do not know what brands will accept my threaded-type lenses. Also, I do not know if these lenses are even compatible with digital SLRs. Any ideas out there?

Roy

[pakyooh]

Hi everyone, my name is Deney (Dee for short) from Long Beach, CA. Just purchase my first dslr a week ago and looking to learn more about photography. Before taking that big leap, I've only used camera phones and point-and-shoot cameras. To be honest, I've never been fond of point-and-shoot, I've always thought my Nokia 95-3 does a better job camera wise.

I've documented my random shots on my flickr account.

I'm looking to meet people with the same interest, hopefully that will make the whole learning process easier.

Can anyone recommend a workshop in the LA area?

[dgbdfw]

I am Deana Wallace,
i have a Olympus e410

I live in Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
I have three sons but not with the husband i am with now.
My oldest is 27, Middle is 25, and my baby is 22.
I have did a lot of Photo's with film and just started with digital-Photography about a year ago.
i love taking picture, i would love to get better i think i am getting the hang of this in the last several months.
I have not done to much on Blogs sites.
I have put some pics on flicker only because a guy that was in my class ended up telling us about that site and me a girlfriend is all i know on there. Well the guy also.

deana


=Darren Rowse;5]Let me get things rolling:

I'm Darren Rowse, the guy behind Digital Photography School.

I live in Melbourne Australia with my wife (V) and 5 months old son (X).

I've been interested in photography for 15 or so years now, since I took a photography class in high school. I've never done it professionally although do take on photographic jobs from time to time.

I made the progression from film to digital photography about 4 years ago now and have been fascinated by the evolution in cameras since they first appeared. I have a blog at Digital Photography Blog which follows the developments in digital cameras.

My Gear - I use a Canon EOS 20D DSLR and own an assortment of lenses for it. I also have a Fujifilm finepix f30 point and shoot digital camera.

I'm really excited about these forums - while we've previously had a flickr discussion group (which we'll keep running for a while) this forum will allow us to go a lot deeper.

Ok - so now it's your turn. Let us know who you are![/QUOTE]

[Annet]

Introducing meself, a 51 year old lady from the Netherlands. Making photo's my whole life, but the last 4 years owning a DSLR. Two to be exact; a Nikon D50 and a D200. Last year I started to go back to school, learning to be a professional photographer.

[gingle]

Hi all, name is Greg & I have a problem
I'm a 50yr old Kiwi living in Melbourne with my beautiful partner & our 4 yr old ratbag.

Spent to many yrs taking crap photo's then decided i'd had enough of that.
Now i'm trying to learn how to do it properly! So here I am.

Camera is a 400D which i've had for a bit over a year..ditched the kit lens & now have a 28-135 is usm as my stock; though, last month in a moment of madness i bought a 50 1.8II & 430EX & 10-20 sigma which just means i've got more stuff i don't know how to use



Greg