Recent content by joyofanonymity

Thanks for the welcome Grendel. The responses from everyone else on this thread has been so positive so it's good to know there's a great support network to learn with on here...

Great example DizMatt :D

Thank you - I agree that almost everyone on these forums here has been amazing - to the point where I love coming on here and know i'll get some great advice, feedback or just chat :clap: I was a bit taken aback as a result at awp's comment so thanks again for seeing my side. Thank you :)...

Absoultely - if I was writing for a magazine the editor would already probably have a staff (or various freelance photographers) and if not, I'd definitely pass the mantle onto someone with far more experience. And the only reason the pictures get published is that the site wants the reader to...

I'd like to say thank you to everyone who stuck up for me on that point there...I would never dream of taking business away from a pro - the standard is incomparable anyway. It's much the same for many of the more creative and competitive industries; people do work for free to either get...

I think that's a little harsh... The site I write for has a number of contributors - some are there as mainly photographers and some as reviewers. The reviewers go along and write and if they don't take a photographer (as we're spread all over the UK) then they can either take their own or...

Aha - thank you :D Every day's a school day... :lol:

Thanks for the tip - I certainly will do :D (guess who hasn't worked out how to multi-quote in a forum)... :shake:

Eek - I master one thing then it's another whole ball game for the next :lol: I still need to play about with white balance and things. How do you guys do it - sometimes it makes my brain hurt :thinking:

No, i'm not selling them :) i'm a music reviewer (writer by trade) and as part of the work I do - for free - there's the requirement for photos of gigs. I got myself a DSLR as I wanted to get better at it so some of the pictures get published with the review I write. I'm a much better writer...

Oh, right. Thanks :) And, well yeah I know I should read the manual it's just a bit daunting all at first for a noob :shrug: I've been reading bits and bobs to teach myself as it is a bit like a whole new language. I was just chuffed with myself for learning something new without having to...

ooh, what does RTFM mean? I can't post them here because I took them for publication and all the good ones (ie not blurry lol) will be going to the publication...but as soon as they are published I'll post the link :) (actually, that makes me a bit nervous...:eek:)

Hey! I just wanted to share the excitement of having *finally* having conquered how to control the shutter speed on my new DSLR. I've been togging gigs for reviews I do and everything was blurry because the artists never stand still :lol: and finally last night found the scrolly thing which...

Hey, Nice picture :clap: And cheers for the heads up - was considering not taking the camera for a split second there but on reflection, i'm going to take it and hope that since it's an indoor gig, that they might have a few less barriers to pictures...:shrug: a girl can hope, anyway...lol...

On the recession point of the OP I think that because less people are moving, and are choosing to just fix what they have currently, the tradesmen can sometimes just pick and choose who they work for as they are in demand. It's what i've managed to observe anyway...sorry I can't help any...