Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

Greetings to everyone here on the forum, and a big Thank you to all the people who have worked on in making such an exceptionally wonderful website :) I have been following this website for quite some time now and learned a lot. I am hoping some day i would be able to afford those big black machines and those pieces of glass, and would be able to put fully into practice what i have learned here.Till then i am happy playing with my modest Nikon D40 :)

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Originally Posted by BexaPic

Hi! I've never joined these thing before and don't know how to use it! So any help would be great! I love photography and always have but would love to learn how to use my camera it full potential.

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Hello there. Welcome to CiC.

I hope you find that this is the forum that can help you learn how to use your cameras to its full potential. As well as teh tutorials you can get to from the menu bar up at the top, there are always people on here who are very willing to share their knowledge and skill. All you have to do is ask the questions.

As to how you take part in the forum> There are basically two ways: You can post a reply into an already existing thread, or you can start a new thread.

If you click on 'Forum' on the menu bar you'll get a list of all the various sections that make up the CiC forum. Click on any one of them and you'll then a get a list of all the threads in that section. Click on any one of them and you get a list oif all the posts in that thread.

Down near the bottom left of every thread page you'll see a button 'Reply to thread'. Hit that and you get a window into which you can type your message, just like you posted this introductory post.

If you want to start a new thread, click on one of the sections listed under 'Forum', Near the top of the screen you'll see a button '+ Post New Thread'. Click on that and you'll see a similar window into which you can type your post. But you'll also need to give your new thread a name. There's a window for that.

Don't worry about making mistakes. No-one worries about that around here.

And, once you feel more comfortable with using the forum and 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.

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Originally Posted by NikD40

Greetings to everyone here on the forum, and a big Thank you to all the people who have worked on in making such an exceptionally wonderful website

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Hello there and welcome to CiC. Glad that you like what you've seen so far.

It's always nice to be able to afford the nice new, high-spec gear. But, as we always remind people: -It's not the gear that makes great images, it's the person behind the camera. Just because it's now getting older (as is my Canon 40D) doesn't mean it's any less good that when it was first produced.

And ............You've maybe seen that most of us tend to use our real names on here. It makes communication more friendly and CiC is that sort of site. Did you know 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.

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Originally Posted by Donald

Hello JP and welcome to CiC. CiC is very much a site set up to support learning. So I hope it fulfills that purpose for you. Post up some of you images and inmvite comment. You'll find tnat people do give constructive and helpful comments.

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Thanks for the welcome Donlad.

I will try and post up some of my worrk asap, I am a person who really appreciates any comments on my photos, no matter what it is. :D

Looking forward to the advice.

JP

Hi, I have followed this group for some time, and have always found its content useful, and stimulating, I am a photographer living in south west Scotland, and have embarked on a project of documenting life in Dumfries & Galloway, (among other things photographic ) both film & digital.

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Originally Posted by looksee

Hi, I have followed this group for some time, and have always found its content useful, and stimulating, I am a photographer living in south west Scotland, and have embarked on a project of documenting life in Dumfries & Galloway, (among other things photographic ) both film & digital.

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A very warm welcome to CiC. delighted that you've decided to sign up.

I really look forward to seeing some of your project work. I love D & G. Was there for a week last October. You can see what I managed to do by clicking here.

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.

Hi my name is Paul and I am a keen beginner I'm interested in landscape photography and look forward to your comments when I work out how to upload my photos

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Originally Posted by Firey

Hi my name is Paul and I am a keen beginner I'm interested in landscape photography and look forward to your comments when I work out how to upload my photos

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Paul Great to have you here. Hope you enjoy being part of the forum.

As far as posting images is concerned, just follow the link to 'How do I post images ...' available via the 'HELP/Rules' tab on the Menu Bar at the top.

Hello, My name is Bob. I live near london having been born in the US. I've been sort of casually into photography for several years but now that we've moved to Europe, I'd like to improve my skills especially in composition.

Hi Folks!
I'm Jim, been doing photography for awhile now, yet consider myself a beginner because there is just so much to learn. After discovering Cambridge in Colour I felt this might just be the place to take me to the next (?) step, wherever that may be. I find this sight easier to understand than any I have yet seen. Originally from Monterey California I now reside in Reno NV. I love all forms of Photography and am looking forward to improving in each of those forms (time permitting) with the kind help of all of you. I am not a computer person!

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Originally Posted by Dave Humphries

Hi Nate,

You do say the nicest things :)

I'd feel really old if I told you when I passed through Phili, and I was about your age then :)
It was a hot summer and 104 the day we drove through.

There's a hint in your post that you do now own a camera, so what did you get?
And which branch of engineering are you studying?

Welcome to the CiC forums from ...

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I don't remember many summers that hot. Sorry you couldn't have visited on a more pleasant day!

I ended up getting a Cannon Rebel T3i (600D) and I like it so far.

I'm studying materials engineering, but with a strong background in electrical.

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Originally Posted by rgrickert

Hello, My name is Bob. I live near london having been born in the US. I've been sort of casually into photography for several years but now that we've moved to Europe, I'd like to improve my skills especially in composition.

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Hello Bob. You are very welcome. And welcome also to this side of the pond!

I hope you find the forum an helpful resource in terms of learning and developing your knowledge and skills. There are certainly always plenty of people on here very willing to share experience and to complement the ideas set out in the tutorials.

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Originally Posted by Jim Sixer

I find this sight easier to understand than any I have yet seen.

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Jim - We always hope that one of the strenghths of CiC is its simplicity. There's a set of tutorials and then there is this, uncomplicated, forum. And that's the way the site has been kept. That, I believe, better aids learning. And that (learning) is the first and primary reason for CiC's existence.

So, please do join in with questions, comments and, of course, some images for comment.

Hi! I am so glad to join this photography group and forum! I think I can learn from you and hopefully, anything I know, I can help you, too! I happen to be off of work today, so I am tinkering around and making waves in the photography world! I look forward to seeing what everyone else is doing and working on.

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Originally Posted by LineOfGold

Hi! I am so glad to join this photography group and forum! I think I can learn from you and hopefully, anything I know, I can help you, too! I happen to be off of work today, so I am tinkering around and making waves in the photography world! I look forward to seeing what everyone else is doing and working on.

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Dinah - Great have you on CiC. Welcome.

You've picked up on one the underpinning principles of the forum - sharing knowledge. That's what CiC is very much about - helping colleagues learn by sharing what we know and what skills we have.

Hope you enjoy being part of it.

Hi everyone, I'm Tammy from Indianapolis. I have enjoyed photography as my hobby for a few years now. I'm looking for tips to really make my photos pop. Any help would really be appreciated. I will be posting photos and hope you get a chance to view them and give me your feedback :)

Hi everybody,
My name is Gabriël, a former teacher (65) and taking photographs since my 12th.
I use a Canon 60D and my favourite lens is my 100mm IS macro.
I also have the 15-85mm IS and the old, heavy Magic Drainpipe 80-200mm 2.8

Hope to see and learn a lot here.

Hi all, I am Dragos, I am from Romania and currently living in Denmark. I am an amateur photographer, in a never ending learning process. I like to try different styles and techniques. I am always interested to see good quality and inspiring images from almost any area. I hope to learn many things and meet interesting people while being a part of this community
Cheers!

Hi people! My name is Andre, I'm from Brazil. I have a Canon 7D and I'm trying to play it!
I hope I can learn a lot here and maybe help in some thing if I can.
I'm happy to be part of this community! Thank you!

Looks a like quite a few folk might be signing up onto CiC following the issuing of the latest Newsletter. So .......

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Originally Posted by tbailey

Hi everyone, I'm Tammy from Indianapolis.

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Welcome Tammy. One of the best ways of using CiC to learn is to ask questions. That's what the foirum encourages. And there is no such thing as a dumb question on CiC.

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Originally Posted by gvasseldonk

Hi everybody,
My name is Gabriël, a former teacher (65) and taking photographs since my 12th.

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Hello Gabriel. I look forward to seeing some of you work with that macro lens.

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.

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Originally Posted by dioneanu

Hi all, I am Dragos, I am from Romania and currently living in Denmark. I am an amateur photographer, in a never ending learning process.

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I think all of us on CiC are in that situation. But that is one of the wonderful things about learning - it never does stop and there are always things out there to be discovered.

I hope you enjoy being part of CiC and that this forum helps on that journey of discovery

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Originally Posted by andreattene

Hi people! My name is Andre, I'm from Brazil.

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Hello Andre and welcome to the CIC forum.

Like Gabriel above, you may when it will appear underneath your Username in all your posts.

I am very glad that you feel that as well as learning from people on here, you will be able to share your knowledge and experience to help others. That is what keeps CiC such a vibrant community.