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02/03/2024 09:23:06 AM · #1 |
Longtime mediocre member. I just renewed my membership for my 20th year. I have learned a lot from this site. I have made some friends.
I don't always agree with the scores but...photography is so subjective. I don't style my entries for what I think will score well. I style them for what I like.
I can't imagine not having a place like DP to touch down, catch-up, enter some challenges, gather some education and just be part of a greater, diverse community.
Thanks for being here and having me for all these years.
~Tammy
*edited for spelling and to add a few pics.
i have come a long way from this:  to this:
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02/03/2024 10:53:09 AM · #2 |
Cool! Glad you've hung around so long. :-)
Many awesome shots to look at, but this was one of my favs. Fun photo, fun story!
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02/03/2024 10:57:46 AM · #3 |
I agree it's been a great place to learn and play. I was on a couple of other contest sites prior to DPC, but they weren't exactly what I was looking for. Then I found mention of this site in a discussion on one of the others. Was exactly what I wanted and I've been playing here since late '07.
Despite everyone complaining of the smaller numbers lately, I think DPC staying relatively small is what is best and unique about it. It is run by and for the members, not a commercial entity for someone to earn a profit from. Well worth the $25 per year. |
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02/03/2024 11:01:01 AM · #4 |
I've become fascinated with lighthouses in the last couple of years. Spotted this one in your portfolio. Seems most of the "spark plug" style lighthouses are in the northeast. I may have to make a trip sometime.
Is this also the site of an old fort? Looks like there may have been some canons in that wall at some time.
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02/03/2024 12:24:24 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
I've become fascinated with lighthouses in the last couple of years. Spotted this one in your portfolio. Seems most of the "spark plug" style lighthouses are in the northeast. I may have to make a trip sometime.
Is this also the site of an old fort? Looks like there may have been some canons in that wall at some time.
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Yes! It was an old fort. Now the site of a community college that has been built and integrated into. Unfortunately, it was severely damaged in one of our storm and is currently being repaired and restored. |
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02/03/2024 04:29:03 PM · #6 |
Congrats on 20 years.
I particularly love this shot - so full of life and energy.
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02/23/2025 08:24:22 AM · #7 |
| Drug this out of the archives to say, I renewed my membership. I am still here. I don't enter a lot of challenges, but DP is part of who I am as a photographer. I appreciate the community and the support. |
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02/23/2025 10:21:21 AM · #8 |
| And we appreciate you, Tammy :-) |
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02/23/2025 11:29:45 AM · #9 |
| I registered 2 weeks after you Tammy! And I'm also still here, still enjoying it. The hard part is to enter a challenge named "xyz XII" without repeating yourself. That's a real chellenge )) |
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02/23/2025 11:43:20 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by LevT:
... The hard part is to enter a challenge named "xyz XII" without repeating yourself. That's a real chellenge )) |
Hey! We've only had 2 with a roman numeral X or greater so far this year. :-D |
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02/23/2025 02:34:15 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by LevT:
... The hard part is to enter a challenge named "xyz XII" without repeating yourself. That's a real chellenge )) |
Hey! We've only had 2 with a roman numeral X or greater so far this year. :-D |
The really sad one is "Self Portrait XII" Getting older is no fun and seeing it happen on DPC is even worse!!!! |
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02/24/2025 10:30:00 AM · #12 |
That's good to hear, Tammy!
You have come a long way, as you said.
I like to think that I have, too. DPC has changed my life. |
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02/24/2025 12:25:17 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by GolferDDS:
The really sad one is "Self Portrait XII" Getting older is no fun and seeing it happen on DPC is even worse!!!! |
Ha, now the oldies can speak up ... You only started in 2015 ;-) Imagine having a (edited) self portrait of 2004 online at dpc. |
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02/24/2025 01:50:26 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by willem:
Originally posted by GolferDDS:
The really sad one is "Self Portrait XII" Getting older is no fun and seeing it happen on DPC is even worse!!!! |
Ha, now the oldies can speak up ... You only started in 2015 ;-) Imagine having a (edited) self portrait of 2004 online at dpc. |
I registered in 2002. The earliest entry ( not a Self Portrait challenge) I was a subject in was in 2003! No grey hair then!
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02/24/2025 03:05:49 PM · #15 |
Let's post our first DPC selfies, it should be fun. I can start... this was my "Self-portrait III" entry back in 2005, 20 years ago!
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02/24/2025 04:50:44 PM · #16 |
2005:
2006:
 (in case the dewdrop "doesn't count", jejeje) |
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02/24/2025 04:51:53 PM · #17 |
8/5/2003 but can't see my face
2/2/2004
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02/24/2025 10:06:08 PM · #18 |
2012
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02/24/2025 11:09:59 PM · #19 |
2012
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02/25/2025 01:15:44 AM · #20 |
2005
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02/25/2025 03:11:38 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by GolferDDS:
I registered in 2002. The earliest entry ( not a Self Portrait challenge) I was a subject in was in 2003! No grey hair then! |
Oops, sorry, I saw 2015 but that seems to be a date of a name change. You actually registered a month before I did.
Here is my self portrait of 2004
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02/25/2025 02:53:00 PM · #22 |
My first. I guess I prefer to keep a secret.  |
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02/25/2025 03:21:54 PM · #23 |
My first appearance in 2011. I think I was born with gray hair. |
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02/26/2025 12:41:18 AM · #24 |
 2011 (If you don't count a partial reflection) |
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02/27/2025 03:12:55 AM · #25 |
Almost 23 years have passed since I first participated here. It brought me photography knowledge and skill, a lot of friends around the world, a couple of BFF's and via the BFF's even my wife who I am still with 18 years later. Also great memories from the Europe and Amsterdam GTG's. I could argue about how the design and process has not changed, but everytime I visit DPC it feels like home. My new camera will arrive tomorrow (X100 VI) -sold my Nikon kit in 2016-, thinking about subscribing again and have some fun here.
This is from 2005, entered just to show my face for the people on the dpc chat (it is rather crap):
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