Hi, I'm Kate and I live in the very photogenic city of Bath.

I've recently got a nice new Nikon, and am busy reviving my photography hobby, which went by the wayside a bit when I had a lot of changes in my life.

I used to do a lot of studio portrait work, and am hoping to get back into that - just waiting for the studio to be finished - it'll be ready to set up this weekend. I'm veering now towards fine art photography. I've got a heck of a lot to learn, but it'll be fun along the way!

I'm also a photoshop addict - particularly photo restoration and montage.

I'm a subscriber to DCM, and particularly enjoyed last month's art photography issue.

Looking forward to chatting to you all.

I'm new to the forum. Going to buy the new issue this week for the first time.

I usually just read people's post to get more info but I'll post every now and then.

Hi, I'm Carol, thought I'd drop by to introduce myself.

I live "oop North" about 10 miles from Durham City.  I guess I'm what you'd call an enthusiastic amateur, not much clue as to what I'm really doing, but I do manage to get some reasonable shots, and one or two that have received favourable comments!  Started last year with a Fuji A510 Zoom compact, which I've enjoyed using.  I mainly take photos of my garden, it won a prize this Summer, and my dog, a rather large Great Dane.  A week ago I decided to go for something a bit more challenging, a Fuji S5800, which compared to some cameras I've seen mentioned, isn't going to light a lot of fires, but it's just a stepping stone on a rather enjoyable learning curve.
I'll be back regularly, looking for help, hints, tips, advice and probably yelling for assistance when I've managed to muck something up!  Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to post some photos too!

Carol

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Carol

My DCM Gallery

Hello all - another newby here! New to this site and quite new to digital photography so i'm looking forward to picking up tips from everyone. just as soon as I work it out I'll upload some photos.

pentaxpete, doyle369, kate57, various, pocketwitch, averagechap welcome to the forums look forward to seeing your galleries grow and develop.

Angela

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Don't ask me complicated questions......I'm blonde!!

My Gallery for comment

My Flickr Gallery for comment

thanks for tips

Yet another newbie here. My name is Dean, I am (when I get the time) an automotive freelance photographer. I use exclusively Nikon gear, and I'm still in love with my D3 after 4 months use...what a beast!

I hope to be able to learn a few helpful hints and tips on the forum, and I'll certainly contribute to the best of my ability :)

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www.deanphoto.co.uk

www.flickr.com/deanphoto

Hi
Jeff here, just getting into photography, just bought a Sony Alpha 200 DSLR. How do you post a photo to the forum?
Thanks
Jeff

ok sorted

By the way that's not me lol

Hi all - another newbie here

I've always been interested in photography (my real name, believe it or not, is David Bailey - so I've never really been able to ignore this particular area of the arts ), but I've only been taking it seriously in the last year or so. 

I bought my first DLSR (Nikon D40) about a year ago for a holiday in South Africa and I've taken some shots I'm quite proud of; and once I've worked out how to post them on here, I hope I don't bore you senseless with them.

Hey everyone

 

I'm Dave, new to this site, and relatively new to photography. At the moment I'm shooting with Nikon D40 and D-70 with 18-55mm lens on the D40 and 28-200 on the D-70.

I've got a gallery on the readers portfolio page, but its quite amateurish, any and all feedback would be great.

I hope to chat to people soon, have a great weekend, kindest regards

Dave

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Point, Shoot and get lucky

Hi,

My name is James, im 14,

It all started when I got my Nikon D40. At first it was only a little bit and then after a while I was finding myself taking pictures to go to sleep and waking up with filters, lenses and SD cards around me.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/31354230@N04/

hey ppl im new erm joined todai becuase in college we have to submit work for a competition and all that so thought why not erm my photos are on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/trinovid/ i shoot on a nikon D80, cannon ae-1 and a lubitel 2

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Ahoy hoy. My name is Neil, I'm 23 and I live in the North West of England. I've been into photography for a few years, just as a hobby really - I love it. I got my first SLR about 19 months ago (Canon EOS 350D) and have averaged 1,000 shots per month since then. I mostly use Flickr to upload and share my photos but I stumbled across this forum (I found a link to this years competition, linked from another photography forum) so thought I'd give it a shot.

When it comes to shooting styles I don't fixate on one area - I can be out in the local park of a morning shooting landscapes, animals, even action shots (I like to jump) and then in the afternoon I can be shooting still-life, self-portraits, all kinds really.

Hello everyone I'm Shazza and I live in Milton Keynes.

I have always liked taking photos but it is just recently though that I have started looking at photography more closely since I bought my husband his first SLR camera for his birthday. I was considering buying myself the same camera a Fuji s5700 but was recently tempted into actually purchasing a Canon Ixus 80 after seeing how clear some of the pictures my friend took on her Ixus 70.

I am hoping to expand my knowledge and skill and eventually buy myself a SLR camera to accompany my small digital camera but for the time being my pictures should be classed as work in progress I suppose as I am still learning.

I don't have any particular photographers I admire nor do I like certain styles - I like taking pictures of almost anything and everything which sometimes renders me lucky, sometimes not so lucky.

I'm looking forward to learning some new tricks and picking up handy hints from the more experienced photographers on here, and to growing in confidence and technique with the other learners.

I'm off to upload a few pictures into my gallery now.