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- Stephen
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Hi,
I'm sort of new to this so forgive me if I get anything wrong...
Firstly, me: 40 years young, male, studied history at uni due to having no idea what I wanted to do with my life, one 10 year old child called Charlie. One dog called Dexter, 2 cats - Larry and Bella, 2 Guinea Pigs - Dave and Derick. Due to some unwise career choices, I work within the Ambulance Service. Hobbies include walking my Cockerpoo, visiting airshows, drinking real ales, visiting museums and historical sites, travelling as much as possible, cycling (Trails mainly) and recently, photography....obviously
Photography wise, Im a complete amateur - I have taken some lovely photos over the years on my smartphones and my wife suggested, due to my increasing age and boredom, to take up some hobbies - thus, she suggested I buy a 'proper' camera (depending on what your definition of proper is) and start taking some pictures.
I only have 2 cheap (i.e older) bridge cameras at present - A Nikon Coolpix P500, purchased about 4 months ago, and a Cybershot DSC-HX200V. My intention is to learn the ropes with the Sony and give my son the Nikon hoping photography is something we can do together.
I understand (now at least) with both of these, I have shot myself in the foot a bit in terms of editing - as neither of these cameras shoot RAW. I also understand bridge cameras have serious creative limitations. As it stands though, my main interest at the min is getting to grips with how a camera works and practising. I reckon this time next year, I will be remortgaging to purchase a DSLR setup!
Images/Shooting-wise, I'm into taking 'arty' looking shots such as water with longer shutter speeds, sunsets, interesting features of buildings etc etc. I like close-up photography also (I ALMOST got a shot of a bee on a flower once, my first attempt was terrible, by the 2nd go, it had moved on
) I enjoy taking pictures of aviation as im a bit of an aviation geek anyway, I suppose it will add a new dimension to RIAT next year! I also like night landscapes/portraits due to the way artificial light can be used to add interesting effects or be part of the composition. I'm going to try some light painting on bonfire night with my son and some sparklers and I'm due to go to Tromso in December so hopefully can capture the northern lights and get some good shots of the frozen Norwegian Fjords.
I am very much just enjoying experimenting with photography at the moment and enjoying studying others pictures to try and learn something from them.
Once I get to grips with how I can add photos (I have tried pasting and nothing happens and as local files, non of my pictures have URL's) in the spirit of the forum, il add a few.
I'm sort of new to this so forgive me if I get anything wrong...
Firstly, me: 40 years young, male, studied history at uni due to having no idea what I wanted to do with my life, one 10 year old child called Charlie. One dog called Dexter, 2 cats - Larry and Bella, 2 Guinea Pigs - Dave and Derick. Due to some unwise career choices, I work within the Ambulance Service. Hobbies include walking my Cockerpoo, visiting airshows, drinking real ales, visiting museums and historical sites, travelling as much as possible, cycling (Trails mainly) and recently, photography....obviously
Photography wise, Im a complete amateur - I have taken some lovely photos over the years on my smartphones and my wife suggested, due to my increasing age and boredom, to take up some hobbies - thus, she suggested I buy a 'proper' camera (depending on what your definition of proper is) and start taking some pictures.
I only have 2 cheap (i.e older) bridge cameras at present - A Nikon Coolpix P500, purchased about 4 months ago, and a Cybershot DSC-HX200V. My intention is to learn the ropes with the Sony and give my son the Nikon hoping photography is something we can do together.
I understand (now at least) with both of these, I have shot myself in the foot a bit in terms of editing - as neither of these cameras shoot RAW. I also understand bridge cameras have serious creative limitations. As it stands though, my main interest at the min is getting to grips with how a camera works and practising. I reckon this time next year, I will be remortgaging to purchase a DSLR setup!
Images/Shooting-wise, I'm into taking 'arty' looking shots such as water with longer shutter speeds, sunsets, interesting features of buildings etc etc. I like close-up photography also (I ALMOST got a shot of a bee on a flower once, my first attempt was terrible, by the 2nd go, it had moved on
) I enjoy taking pictures of aviation as im a bit of an aviation geek anyway, I suppose it will add a new dimension to RIAT next year! I also like night landscapes/portraits due to the way artificial light can be used to add interesting effects or be part of the composition. I'm going to try some light painting on bonfire night with my son and some sparklers and I'm due to go to Tromso in December so hopefully can capture the northern lights and get some good shots of the frozen Norwegian Fjords.I am very much just enjoying experimenting with photography at the moment and enjoying studying others pictures to try and learn something from them.
Once I get to grips with how I can add photos (I have tried pasting and nothing happens and as local files, non of my pictures have URL's) in the spirit of the forum, il add a few.
