Excited to be here! - DPChallenge Forums

01/13/2012 08:48:52 AM · #1

Hi there,

There was my digital life before I bought my Canon T3 DSLR. Then there is the life after. I never liked to take pictures with a point and shoot. All that changed when I bought my new camera, and now I love taking photos in the DIY macro studio I built. I think about places we can go for a 'family outing' primarily based on whether or not it will have good photo opportunities. In short, its pervading every aspect of life! :)

I found this website through someones post at shutterstock.com. They said they honed their skills here, so that is why I'm here. I'm also looking forward to learning more about equipment.

Cuttooth

Canon EOS R

Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount

01/13/2012 09:17:41 AM · #2

"Excited to be here!"

Don't worry, the excitement will quickly fade.
Just kidding :)

welcome and looking forward to seeing all those macro shots.

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

01/13/2012 09:37:59 AM · #3

Welcome aboard , plenty of great photogs here we can learn from.

Mike

Tiny

Apple iPad mini 4

01/13/2012 11:04:57 AM · #4

Hello and welcome ,lots to learn here ,have fun.

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/13/2012 11:07:44 AM · #5

Originally posted by Osiris1975:

Hi there,

I think about places we can go for a 'family outing' primarily based on whether or not it will have good photo opportunities. In short, its pervading every aspect of life! :)

lol, sounds like me.

welcome.

cowboy221977

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/13/2012 12:09:41 PM · #6

welcome aboard the crazy train

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

01/13/2012 12:18:51 PM · #7

Yes, around here we call it an "obsession", LOL!

Welcome, and get ready for learning A LOT.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR

01/18/2012 10:06:41 AM · #8

Thanks all for the welcome!

I'm not stranger to critique (been working at fiction writing for ~ 2 years, and critique is how you improve in that field), and I'm not looking for the Flickr experience here (I have a Flickr account for that).

The photos of winning entries are a little intimidating, but I'm going to submit anyway, its the only way to get better.

Message edited by author 2012-01-18 10:07:02.

mbrutus2009

Nikon D850

01/18/2012 10:32:17 AM · #9

Originally posted by Osiris1975:

The photos of winning entries are a little intimidating, but I'm going to submit anyway, its the only way to get better.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Welcome aboard! :)

Giles

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/18/2012 10:44:07 AM · #10

ive been here since august last year was very intimidated and took me 2 weeks to enter a challenge scored 5.2-5.5 for a bit and got the bug back, now shoot for every challenge albeit not always as much effort in the challenges that im not a big fan of but now im consistently scoring over 6. ive won a blue ribbon and i have 2 photos currently at 6.8 and 6.75 so hopefully top ten in those two challenges ive learnt so much and im like a kid in a candy store :) got one friend signed up here recently and another has just bought a dslr and going to get him signed up when hes figured out how to use it.

i love this place hehe, im a moderator on a forum for my industry and ive been slacking off there since i found this site hehe :)

flaherma

Nikon D800

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/18/2012 10:53:07 AM · #11

Hi and Welcome! I am a recent newcomer as well (Nov 2011). I was feeling very intimidated as well, but the nice part is nobody is here to beat you up! Just make sure you make yourself familiar with the challenge rules before you submit and if you have questions, don't be afraid to ask. One piece of advice I can give you is to read the threads even if it seems the topic may not be clear or hold any interest for you. There is a great deal of technical advice to be found in some of them. You'll get a lot of different viewpoints many of which have helped me greatly in different areas.
Most important thing, have fun!

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

01/18/2012 12:05:58 PM · #12

Originally posted by flaherma:

Most important thing, have fun!

+1000

01/18/2012 12:08:54 PM · #13

Thanks Giles and Flaherma.

Digesting the challenge rules are indeed the most challenging part so far. :)

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/18/2012 12:23:18 PM · #14

Be sure to set your camera's time and date correctly, and to keep an unaltered or tagged copy of your original image files if you submit to the challenges.
There have been several discussions about how to save the originals in case you are asked for an "original" file for validation. Basically it's a matter of copying directly from the camera card to a file in your computer without opening moving or copying it using any kind of software, like Windows Media Player, Photoshop, Lightroom ect.
Anyway, Welcome, learn, enjoy, and remember that this entire site and all the input is computer generated. There are no flesh & blood people here besides yourself.

01/18/2012 02:17:39 PM · #15

Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:

and remember that this entire site and all the input is computer generated. There are no flesh & blood people here besides yourself.

LOL MelonMusketeer, in that case, let me post in a language this website can understand:

if (challengePoster == "Osiris1975"):
1stPlace = true
unendingAccolades = true
infiniteRiches = true
lolJK = true (unless (1stPlace,unendingAccoldates,infiniteRiches == True))

Or if you prefer binary:
010011110111001101101001011100100110100101110011001100010011100100110111001101010010000001101001011100
110010000001110100011010000110010100100000011000100110010101110011011101000010000001110000011010000110
111101110100011011110110011101110010011000010111000001101000011001010111001000100000011001010111011001
1001010111001000100001

Thumbs up to whoever decodes the binary :)

Message edited by author 2012-01-18 14:18:13.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

01/18/2012 03:45:25 PM · #16

Osiris1975 is the best photographer ever!

01/18/2012 04:03:45 PM · #17

thumbs up to you, Art!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

01/18/2012 04:39:34 PM · #18

It is customary to issue some sort of thumbs up award GIF that I can proudly put on my profile page. ;-)

01/18/2012 04:54:35 PM · #19

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II