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I was prodded into saying "hello" by the good folks who I found through an IRC channel search the other day. Hello. My name is Keith and I'm a part-time website designer and part-time "Mr Mum", living in West Yorkshire.

I rather half-heartedly hopped onto the Digital SLR bandwagon about a year ago, and was mostly too scared to take my newly-acquired Nikon D40 out and about, but, once I discovered what you could do with Photoshop and Camera Raw, I couldn't get enough of it.

I had my own cheapo B&W darkroom in the 80s. I learned SLRs with my budget Praktica and Yashica gear, but the more I spent, the more I was afraid to use them. So it all stopped. Twenty years later, I'm thinking "what the hell", and I constantly annoy my family with abrupt stops, while I take that perfect image. Oh well, revenge is sweet.

This year, I acquired some lenses (including the pretty good 16-85VR) and went mad one day in May, coming home with a shiny new D300 — I reckoned there was no point messing around with a D80. Now, I must be feeling strong, because I keep getting the urge to make my camera backpack heavier with glass. If only I still had the cash.
 
Hello :)

Could make your backpack problems worse by reading here ;)
 
Hey, No doubt your backpack will get heavier you may need a crane to carry it soon :lol:

Enjoy the forum, and most of all. Enjoy photography

Tony
 
Thanks for all for your welcomes. I was going to introduce myself with a totally fabricated and bizarre story, in an attempt to inject some randomosity into this sub-forum, but I chickened-out.
I've not spotted any more topics suitable for participation yet, but it's only a matter of time. Meanwhile thanks again, and please think of me when my backpack gets slightly heavier again next week.
 
I already said Hello about 18 months ago, but I never really immersed myself in Talk Photography land, although I regularly use the IRC channel.

Anyways, I decided that I should get more involved in the forums, after I enjoyed the TP outing to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park recently. I guess I avoided this before because I find the size of this BBS so overwhelming - it's HUGE, or at least it appears huge, and I don't want to spend all day reading it.

So, if anyone has any tips on how I could dip into TP without drowning, I'd appreciate it. Meanwhile, you might be hearing a bit more from me in future.
 
Hi Keith :) This is my first forray into forums for a while too....I know what you mean about drowning.....I am trying to read a couple of the forums only for now and take it from there but it's not easy when you see something that looks interesting...then I feel bad because I forget where I've posted and feel rude for not replying for ages!
 
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