Introduce Yourself & Welcome Other Members (archive)

Hi, my name is Moti, a transplant from Ontario, Canada, now living in Arizona. I am an avid photographer, who constantly aggravates my wife, by spending most of my waking hours involved in photo ops/editing/printing.

Here is a sample of a recent trip to Colorado.

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Hi everybody my name is Marcelo and I live in Brazil. I started reading about photography in September last year and really enjoyed it. I discovered this wonderful site and since then I've been learning a lot about the art of photography. A big hug for all ...

Hi everyone. My name is George and I have a small holding near Tenbury Wells (Worcestershire - England) where I live with my wife, horse and two cats (in that order!). I retired from the sea four years ago and have recently taken up photography seriously. I am constantly trying to improve my skills, and so have joined CiC which I am sure will help me take better photographs. Reading through some of the threads I am constantly reminded that with a digital camera, the trick is to take lots of photo's, and study each one to see how you could have improved on it. Well. I'm afraid the weather here in the UK this summer means that I have not had the inclination to go out and experiment. So like many others, I am waiting for the warmer, drier weather to arrive before I go out with just my camera.

I am also seriously thinking about joining a course to learn how to take better photo's with a DSLR. Hope to be able to impress you all with my photo's sometime in the future.

Hello all!

My name is Kristian, but everybody call me Tittan (note the double t in the middle). I am 37 years old, and still young at heart. My passion for photography lead me to classes at Fotofagskolen (http://www.fotofagskolen.no/nb-NO - in Norwegian, sorry), and a job for a Norwegian chain of photography studios. Unfortunately the chain went bancrupt only 7 months after I started there, so now I work in my own studio here in Trondheim, Norway.

As you might have figured out, I'm mostly doing studio photography. Kids and weddings pay my rent, while artistic nude and fantasy-slash-zombie-slash-weird-and-scary photography makes me happy. I started out doing landscapes though, and still enjoy a quiet sunrise with my camera on a tripod. To bad life tends to get in the way.

I'm an anarchistic punk-rocker by heart, having played the drums in such bands since the late 80's. I have almost 20 years of martial arts under my belt, and my latest hobby is being head ref of the local roller derby league.

The last thing I should add is that I'm notoriously bad at updating my website, so it never show my latest work. I know, shame on me...

Anyway, glad to meet you, and I hope we'll get along like old friends in no time :)

hi my name is mike and i live in gloucester uk been into taking photos for years but could do with a few tips

Hi there everybody, my name is Beverley and I live in beautiful North Wales. I have had my camera, a canon eos 400d for many years and love going out and taking photographs. I feel that you never stop learning, and its good to join forums such as this one for help, advice and inspiration.

Hello, my name is Ray Sanders from Deland, Florida. I go to Lake Woodruff Wildlife Preserve about every other day. Love the birds and other wildlife out there.
Would love to know if there is a photography group or club in this area.

Wow, in the last 24 hours, we have 18 new members to welcome.

I hope you'll forgive me doing a collective welcome to you all, instead of the individual posts we usually prefer to give.

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Cheers from the Motor City. My name's Lex, an intermediate photographer from Detroit. I used CiC's tutorials extensively when I started getting serious about digital photography, and now I'm interested in learning more specific lessons. I'm here for critique and suggestions, and I'm eager to improve, so there's no need to pull any punches.

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Lex kicked off the marathon last night, joining from Detroit, USA - we'll you have come to the right place :)


Next up was Shirley from the Jersey shore, USA

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Hi, my name is Shirley. I live on the Jersey Shore in new jersey USA and I am a senior who loves photography. I became acquainted with Cambridge years ago when I first looked at their beautiful images. Last fall I purchased my first DSLR. I am anxious to learn how to take better photos than the ones I have taken in the past.

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What camera (and lens(es) did you get Shirley?

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Hi Shirley! I'm another newbie on here

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Hi Marie, welcome to CiC.

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Originally Posted by Ravindra

Hi, I'm Ravindra, based in Singapore and am very new to photography. I love the pics, comments and the guidance provided by you all in CIC. I'm looking forward to post my pics and learn to improve from your critiques and comments.

Thanks & Cheers,
Ravi

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Hi Ravi,

Hope we get your picture posting sorted soon, all the best.

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Originally Posted by marq4porsche

Hello everyone, my name is Marquis. I live in the Tacoma, Washington area and I've recently started getting into digital photography as a hobby. I am a 3D game artist by trade though I love photography as well. I recently brought a Canon T3 and I plan on using it to learn the ins and outs of digital photography.

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Hi Marquis, Plenty of Canon (and T3i) users here to help you, all you have to do is ask :)

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Originally Posted by emilathanasiou

Hi everyone my name is Emil Athanasiou and I come from Greece. Photography will always be my passion, HDR processing my specialty !! Whoever wants to see some specimen of my work may pay a visit at the http://www.flickriver.com/photos/49954421@N05/

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Hi Emil, Welcome to the CiC forums.

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Originally Posted by Fstop Manalo

Hey guys! I'm kinda new here but my photography has been with me for a year already and I feel like a semi pro photographer. Hope I'm right. This place looks great to improve my photography skill. So I hope we can all be happy together sharing our great works.

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Hey Raul, Yes we're very good at helping people improve, hope to see womething from you soon.

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Originally Posted by Riverrick

Hello Everyone,
My name is Rick from Sunland, California. I,m an oldtimer (67) I,m also new new to digital SLR cameras. Recently bought a Canon T2i. I,m sure I will have lots of questions. Looking forward to the forum here.

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Hi Rick, Get going with your questions, the only daft ones are those that nobody asks ;)

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Hi My name is Hudson and | I am from Suffolk in England. I am quite new to photography and know I will be able to pick up some sound tips from the forums

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Hi Hudson, After many from the good ole USA, someone from England :) Welcome

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Originally Posted by JohnD

Hi, my name is John. I'm living in Palm Harbor, Florida. I have done a little photography with a film camera but didn't know beans about digital photography. I just bought a new digital camera and hope to learn more from Cambridge..

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Welcome John, so, to ask the obvious question; what did you buy?

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Originally Posted by chrinijs

Hello everyone, my name is Christel. I live in Belgium and I've started getting into digital photography as a hobby. I also hope to learn more from Cambridge

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Hi Christel, Welcome to CiC, I'm sure we can help, I see you have made a second post somewhere already, so I hope you're making the most of us.

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Originally Posted by Mike S

My name is Mike S and this is my first post to this site. I am an amature photo enthusiast and enjoy editing in Photoshop.
Here is a recently edited sample of the type of work I do. For now I think I will just explore the site and try and learn the ropes.
I assumed by the New Member instructions I could post one image as a sample. Hope I got that right...

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Hi Mike, Yes, you got it right - nice hummer, well done.

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Originally Posted by Henri

Hi, I am new to this site. I live in Texas. I am retired. I love photography, but I am definitely an amateur. I hope to increase my knowledge on photography through Cambridge.

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Hi Henrietta, Glad you found us and I'm sure we can help; come back and ask questions.

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Originally Posted by Bitomco

Hi, my name is Moti, a transplant from Ontario, Canada, now living in Arizona. I am an avid photographer, who constantly aggravates my wife, by spending most of my waking hours involved in photo ops/editing/printing.

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Looking at your join date of Nov 2009, it looks like you have been here a while, perhaps I should say "welcome back" :) although having noticed yours, I see a couple of the others above have been here since 2011 too.

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Originally Posted by Egroeg

Hi everyone. My name is George and I have a small holding near Tenbury Wells (Worcestershire - England) where I live with my wife, horse and two cats (in that order!). I retired from the sea four years ago and have recently taken up photography seriously. I am constantly trying to improve my skills, and so have joined CiC which I am sure will help me take better photographs

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Hi George, You're up at 7 posts already, so I guess you're finding your way around - and will be a quick learner :)

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Originally Posted by Kittelsaa

Hello all!

My name is Kristian, but everybody call me Tittan (note the double t in the middle). I am 37 years old, and still young at heart.

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Anyway, glad to meet you, and I hope we'll get along like old friends in no time

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Hi Tittan, welcome to the CiC forums old friend :D

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Originally Posted by mikey l

hi my name is mike and I live in gloucester uk, been into taking photos for years but could do with a few tips

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Hi Mike, Post some photos and we'll give some helpful advice on how to improve (unless you're being modest and we can't think of anything!)


To one and all above, the following threads will undoubtedly be useful to get the most from your (hopefully long) time with us.

HELP THREAD: How can I post images here?
How to Get Effective Feedback for your Posted Images

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Originally Posted by beavyg

Hi there everybody, my name is Beverley and I live in beautiful North Wales. I have had my camera, a canon eos 400d for many years and love going out and taking photographs. I feel that you never stop learning, and its good to join forums such as this one for help, advice and inspiration.

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Hi Beverley,

You just missed the "group hug" welcome above by posting while I was writing :) :D

Indeed, we never do stop learning (or shouldn't), so I hope we see some pics from you soon.

I think you have (a bit more) rain coming your way tonight/tomorrow :(
I hope it doesn't dampen your enthusiasm.

Welcome to the CiC forums from ....

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Originally Posted by raybug

Hello, my name is Ray Sanders from Deland, Florida. I go to Lake Woodruff Wildlife Preserve about every other day. Love the birds and other wildlife out there.
Would love to know if there is a photography group or club in this area.

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Hi Ray,

We have a lotta Florida members here, so hopefully someone will know.
That said, Florida is quite big :rolleyes:

Wildlife and birds are a bit of a habit with me too, although I'm not quite as 'addicted' as you seem to be ("every other day") :D

Hope to see some shots soon, all the best,

Hello I'm Riet. I live in the norther part of the Netherlands in a very old and beautiful city.
I like to take pictures of birds and flowers.
I'm a teacher and work with children with dyslexia.

Hello just trying to get back in the swing of things . Forty years ago got into photography with a canon Ae1 but life kinda happens , wife , kids , tight money , and time LOL . Recently purchased a canon t3i and have been having a blast ! Lucky for me i belive an old dog can learn new tricks so i'm here to learn a few . Well we know that over exsposer is not a good thing so till later and thanks in advance for advice and knowledge .

My name is Tara and I have recently discovered the magic of taking my D-SLR off "auto". So liberating! I live in Asia (Hong Kong) - a colourful, dynamic, exciting, always changing, part of the world. My real love, in photography, is Street Life - so Hong Kong and the rest of Asia provide me with tons of opportunities to capture every day living. I also have a passion for Colour!

Hello new friends - I'm from New Smyrna Beach, Florida and have had a passion for photography since I was 12. I recently joined a local camera club and have been enjoying that as well. Currently have a Nikon D60 but am finding I'm not that happy with it - not sure if it's me or the camera :) I know - probably me! Looking forward to participating with posts and viewing the work of fellow photo enthusiasts. It is addicting....isn't it?! Pursuit of the perfect pic!

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Darshana - A very warm welcome to CiC. Sri Lanka is a most beautiful place. The last time I had the honour to visit was in in 2002, which is far too long an absence. In which part of the island do you live?

I'm very glad that you have found CiC and decided to join. This is site created to try and help people learn and develop their knowledge and skills. I hope it serves that purpose for you and i look forward to seeing your participation in the forum.

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Hi MacKenzie,

Thank you very much for the warm welcome. I'm on the west side of the island (In City Colombo), I'm Inviting you to visit Sri Lanka again because now the war is over and the cities are very clean and developed. You can observe lovely places in the island without a restriction.
And also I need a help from you regarding photography, I'm having an idea of moving to professional photography as a free time job and a hobby, on Nature and functions mainly and all other verity of stream. so the camera using now is not enough for this. I need to get some advice from you on what camera should I go for.

Best Regards and Thank you,
Darshana

Greetings everyone from Andy in very wet Manchester. Taken pictures for too many years to count starting with a Kodak 110 and progressing through a Zenit, and Canon AE1 to the EOS600D/T3i. It used to be aircraft and technical photos at work, but now anything within reason. Great site for ideas and inspiration.

Hi!
I'm Ruben, from Sweden. I've been photographing only for a few years, mostly outdoors; landscapes, animals and some outdoor activities. It seems I'm doing more and more night time photography. I guess I like seeing what nature has to show me, but my eyes cannot pick up.

Not sure if this is the New Member thread

Hi, my name is Roy and I live in Fife, Scotland. Photography has been one of my main interests for many years but I am not good at presenting my pictures for competition or criticism. Hopefully I can change that with CiC. I have read few of the tutorials and am most impressed at the clarity and presentation of the content. Cheers

Hi my name is William, am from Uganda, and am a new member to CiC and hope to gain loads of experience from you guys who have been in photography for a long time. My particular interest is in Post photo processing! I'd give a fortune to learn how to do good editing.
Thanks to all the administrators of the website!

Hello. My name is Cyndy. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Where I live, I can see water, eagles, mountains, trees and the sunsets are glorious. It's hard not to photograph such beauty, however, I consider myself a wanna-be photographer. My primary mission is learn Photoshop so that I can manipulate images to the best of my ability. I have two cameras that are basically point and shoot, an IPad and my Iphone at the moment. Maybe, one day when I feel I deserve it, I'll purchase a "real" camera. Until then, I'll be in the learning curve called "Photoshop". Thank you in advance for your expert advise!