Recent content by MattehCarter

Hopefully, I will be off to Alberta, Canada; I can definitely say that the camera will be coming with me! It is an amazing place to get some landscape shots.

Carousels Spin - that's a shame that I haven't got one :( sonic - I'm glad that the thred helped someone else out as well as my self! HoppyUK - I think I understand that small conversation you and swansealman had there. Barry Senior - Nope, I'm not confused anymore!

Thank you :) I'm going to register to flickr now, and I'll have a look around the sports section.

Thanks for all the replies again! specialman - I like a range of photography, so far I have mainly taken photos of landscape/nature, but I'm moving into the side of photography where I take photographs of people skating/bmxing. And I guess I would define good as having a nice balance of...

Wow, thanks for all the replies guys! It's helped a lot. I don't want to use the manual mode on my camera because I think it would make me better, I want to use the manual mode so I will feel like I have a closer connection with the photograph that I took, and feel like I have done my part in...

Well, since I started photography, I've always wanted to know, how do you use manual settings? And how would I make sure the photos come out with great quality? I am currently shooting with a Canon 450D. Thanks

Thanks for the welcomes :) I'll be posting a lot once I start taking these photos!

Hey guys, My name is Matthew. I am a 16-year-old student currently studying Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Business at A-Level. I have always had an interest in photography, and I get my first DSLR camera tomorrow! I hope that I'll be going out on boxing day to get a few snaps with it, so I...

Wow, what a great set of photographs! Very creative, can't wait for picture 52!