Hello all,

I'm new here. I won't start with the traditional "please allow me to introduce myself etc etc..."

I am looking for some good photography forums, and as I browsed the galleriy and read a few posts , I feel, hope you're not offended, it's not way above my head here.

I'm an offset-printer, seven-to-four, sometimes later, sometimes weekends, a very stressy and tiresome job, and photography is one of my passions. I've had an OM2, then 4 for years, but about a year ago, I went digital. Now I use a Canon 350D set to manual and aperture priority and a few Sigma lenses:  10-20 f4-5.6 , 18-50 f2.8 and 105 f2.8. The darkroom-with-chemicals has been replaced by Photoshop CS2.
As I sometimes have to do Photoshop work at my job, I may have some tricks to share, although I suppose you know them all.

It's my first digital camera and I won't go back. I remember having to change film in a black bag to be able to shoot in Musea where there was less light...now you switch from 100 to 800 with a few clicks. What I do miss on the 350 is spot metering. I was used to that on the OM4.
I'm also a tripod fanatic as I don't like unsharp pics.

That's it for now. I stop lurking and I will open my gallery soon. I'll try and be active here, but with the uirregular hours and stress I often simply fall asleep when I come home. Wish I had another job, but then again, many people wish they had a job to start with.

There are no Borg. All resistance is fertile.

Welcome Tanchelyn! Glad you decided to let us know you were lurking about. Thanks for sharing a bit about yourself. I myself am a graphic designer/art director and have had the pleasure of working with a number of offset-printers. Feel free to share and ask questions and I am looking forward to seeing your gallery grow. ~Kort

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Welcome aboard, I'll look forward to your gallery posts.

welcome my friend .... good to see you..

A former OM2/4 user... I like that already...
Welcome from me too!

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

Welcome, indeed!  You know off-set printing and requirements for prints....stuff like that and any Photoshop tricks you might share will be very welcome.  My, I sound too much like "what can you give" when the real welcome is feel free to share and please, by all means, feel free to ask us anything about the photography, etc. you want.    

Besides being fun and a great place to post images, there is a wonderful attitude of sharing knowledge and tips.  Most of what I do now is the result of advice from the sharing members of  Renderosity.   That communication has been invaluable to me.   We will do what we can from this side.

Now, get some good photo together and share a few! You will generally find crituque to the point and kind.  Sure, once in a while someone gets wild or flaming but generally not.  You will find a very, very wide range of creative artistry here.  I am frankly amazed at the purely digital work I view in the galleries and just as amazed at some of the photos I see here.

Welcome and glad to meet you.        TomDart.

Welcome to our little community. You will learn heaps. Have a lovely time and look forward to your posts.
Chris
p.s. the call me the frog queen.

A big welcome to our Gallery and community any Hints and tips and skills are always warmly received.. Look forward to your postings and input in the forum

Danny O'Byrne  http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice" Eliott Erwitt

Welcome to Renderosity! 

Welcome!  I look forward to seeing your photo's

 ecurb - The Devil

Welcome mate!
Don't worry with a bit of fibre we can all become regular -

Seriously we're all mostly like that. Come when you can and have fun!

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Welcome to renderosity. I look forward to your posts. Diane.