NEW MEMBER? please introduce yourself here

[Red Robin]

Hello all, I'm RED My bride and I now live here in the high country of Pinellas Co. Fla. Ms. B. prefers shooting film with her Minolta 5000. Me, I also shoot film using a variety of systems that include Canon rangefinders, SLR's and the EOS auto's. Minolta's also are used on a regular basis along with the Pentax classics. I hope to begin my own processing soon after switching to black and white film. soon

[mrgaro]

Hello from Nashville, Tennessee. I just joined this site. I am a novice photographer with a desire to become more knowledgeable about digital photography. I have a web site where I sell images of my father's art work and I am having trouble getting quality images that can be printed in sizes up to 36" x 26". Most sizes printed would be smaller. SO, I need to buy a camera that will take images capable producing a large print image. Any suggestions?

[Donald]

I am Jeganathan. I am 60 years old. I live in India with my wife. Our only daughter is living in USA with her husband and their 5 year old son. I retired from the services of a Nationalised Bank as a Chief Manager in 2010.

Hello to the CIC "cloud-in-the-sky" from the Milehighguy living 5280 feet above sea level in the Denver, CO, USA metro area. Just retired from the frustrations and crises of the US commercial banking and real estate finance business.

I hope Jeganathan and Roger don't mind me joining their welcome posts together, because it's not every day you get two bankers retiring and then joining CiC within a few hours of each other. And both living in parts of the world that offer amazing opportunities for photography.

So, welcome to you both. Great to have you here.

I hope you enjoy being involved with the forum and that, for you, it lives up to its reputation of being one of the best photography learning resources available on the internet.

[Donald]

Ray, Red and Gary

A collective hello and welcome to you guys as well.

I'm gada that you've found CiC and hope you enjoy being part of it. Hopefully you've seen enough of the site by now to know it's pretty informal and a place where ideas and views can be shared, all with the aim of development knowledge and skills.

[killwilly]

Hello everyone.

My name is Alan and I live in Lincolnshire, UK. I am retired and have numerous hobbies, one of which is photography.

My current DSLR is a Canon 450D, which I would like to upgrade in the future. I also have a Canon T90, which I purchased new back in the mid 80's, together with a number of FD lenses. In addition to my digital lenses, Canon and Sigma. I have recently started to purchase a few M42 fit manual lenses, Zeiss, Helios and Vivitar, which I use on my 450D with an adapter.

Not much more to say at the moment, be back soon.

Alan

[Donald]

My name is Alan and I live in Lincolnshire, UK. .......Not much more to say at the moment, be back soon.

Hope so, Alan. Great to have you here. A very warm welcome.

I hope you enjoy what you see and read and that you'll be part of he forum for a long time to come.

By the way, 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.

[Dolmance]

This is my first post here - I have just recently gotten into photography, which I've been wanting to pursue for quite awhile now. I checked out all the digital cameras out there and decided it was simply too expensive, so I've decided to just go mechanical all the way - great equipment and comparatively cheap, plus I have a great desire to use a darkroom. And so, I'm working with two cameras - a Nikon F Photomic FTN for general use and a Rolleiflex T1 for portraits. I intend to stick with black & white to start with and then go to color, mimicking the timeline of photography itself, though it occurred to me that just the name of this site might be an indication that I'm in the wrong place, though while here today I learned what "depth of field" was. Anyway, nice to meet you all - cheers.

[Donald]

This is my first post here - I have just recently gotten into photography, which I've been wanting to pursue for quite awhile now.

Delighted that you've found this forum and decided to sign up.

As you imply, most of the world is now working with digital, but there are still a lot of people who believe that film offers a better image and and more enjoyable experience.

So, it will be great to hear of your development and to hopefully see some of your work as it emerges.

[BillyP]

Hi Guys,
My name is Billy, I live in Kingston, Jamaica and have been freelancing in photography for the past 15 years. I LOVE environmental and corporate portraiture. I am an avid recreational cyclist (stress relief) and enjoy learning new things by surfing the internet.
Best regards to all.

[InspiredShutter]

Hi, I'm Kiki.
I'm a young beginner in photography. Recently joined this site by recommendation from my grandma.
I own a Nikon D3100.
Best of luck.

[Donald]

Hi Guys,
My name is Billy, I live in Kingston, Jamaica and have been freelancing in photography for the past 15 years. I LOVE environmental and corporate portraiture. I am an avid recreational cyclist (stress relief) and enjoy learning new things by surfing the internet.
Best regards to all.

Billy

Good to have you here. Thanks for joining. Be good to see some of your stuff posted. I hope you'll make your knowledge and experience available to others on here in the spirit of sharing and learning that CiC is all about.

[Donald]

Hi, I'm Kiki.
I'm a young beginner in photography. Recently joined this site by recommendation from my grandma.
I own a Nikon D3100.
Best of luck.

Hello Kiki and welcome to CiC. I'm very glad your Grandma told you about us. Is she already a member?

I hope you enjoy being part of the forum and that it does help your learning and development as a photographer.

[Tonyr]

Hello everyone, my name is Tony and I live in Hobart ,Tasmania. I am new to photography,and what I lack in expertise I make up in enthusiasm and desire to learn as much as I can about this medium.
I have a passion for nature, and birds in particular and look forward to capturing some images of my favorite birds in their natural habitats.
I have recently purchased a Sony A55 with a 18-55 mm and a 55-200mm Sam lense.

[Donald]

Hello everyone, my name is Tony and I live in Hobart ,Tasmania. I am new to photography,and what I lack in expertise I make up in enthusiasm and desire to learn as much as I can about this medium.

Tony - Everything else can be learned - Enthusiasm and passion has got to come from within. So, you're already a long way there.

I certainly hope that CiC lives up to its claim for you - That of being a learning community.

On here you'll find lots of people very happy to share knowledge and experience, as well as being ready to answer any questions that you may have.

I look forward to having you involved in the forum for a long time to come.

[boyyocool]

Hello everyone! My name is Chaitanya! I live in India. You can also call me boyyocool. I am still a teenager and am very much interested in photography. The site is awesome so that's why I joined the forum. It helped me a lot.

[Donald]

Hello everyone! My name is Chaitanya! I live in India. You can also call me boyyocool. I am still a teenager and am very much interested in photography. The site is awesome so that's why I joined the forum. It helped me a lot.

Chaitanya - Hello and welcome to CiC. It's great to have a young person such as yourself joining the forum. There are a number of others, as well us all us old people!

I'm glad you like the site. Do you have a camera at the moment? What is it and what sort of things do you like shooting.

Also - where are you in India? Indeed, you've probably seen that most us use our real names on here. If you want to do that, 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.

[boyyocool]

At the moment I have no dslr but I am very much going to buy an interchangeable lens camera like Somy nex 7 this summer! I like shooting portraits and light photography! If u have any suggestions for a camera for me it would be very helpful.

[Donald]

At the moment I have no dslr but I am very much going to buy an interchangeable lens camera like Somy nex 7 this summer! I like shooting portraits and light photography! If u have any suggestions for a camera for me it would be very helpful.

I am going to copy this post into a new thread in the Digital Cameras and Equipment section of the forum. More people are likely to see it there and to post up a message giving you some suggestions.

[azsage]

Howdy, from Arizona US.
I am happy to have happened across cambridgeincolour. I aquired a canon t3 rebel a few months ago, so as a novice Im excited to have the oppertunity to share and learn.. My current intrests are Landscape, Sky an Celestial as favorites.
(hope ya'all can handle my misspelling, guess I'd rather be taking a picture than hittin' the spell check.

[Donald]

Howdy, from Arizona US.

Hello Cyndi and welcome to the forum. I'm very glad you found us.

I hope you find that learning is as exciting a part of photography as starting produce those images that make you go 'wow'. There are times when it seems not to make sense, but that's when to call out for help from folks on here, who will be happy to help and explain.