Hi, Everybody
Dec 12, 2013 18:31:53 #
kloker
Loc: Austin, Texas
I'm new here, hope to mooch some help to learn more about digital photography.
When I was young (long ago and far away) I took photography classes and learned a lot from my Dad, who was an avid film photographer with a darkroom and the whole nine yards. He let me use one of his beloved Nikons (can't remember the model now) and I became enamored with black and white photography. I really enjoyed it for a while. But then came marriage and kids and work, and I lost touch with it, no time. No time for years. I kind of regret that now, but it's spilt milk.
I'm 62 now and have a granddaughter who is 14 and an avid and prolific photographer. She has gotten me excited about it all over again, and so I've decided to get back into it as a hobby activity I hope to pursue a little bit.
I've been playing around some with a D40 I acquired, and got the full frame bug recently. So I went out and picked up a pristine low mileage D700. Ordered the Busch Guide for it and am studying that now. Don't have a lens for it yet, so I'm watching my local CL for a 50mm to start with.
After that I will likely turn into a wild man, annoying friends and family members to tears with my constant badgering and hovering around inside their personal spaces with a camera. But they know me, so I figure they know what to expect. And if they don't, well, that's just too bad.
I hope to learn a lot, though the digital experience is kind of new for me. And all that stuff I knew when I was young? Well, I killed those brain cells long ago. So it's all brand new, eh?
Larry
When I was young (long ago and far away) I took photography classes and learned a lot from my Dad, who was an avid film photographer with a darkroom and the whole nine yards. He let me use one of his beloved Nikons (can't remember the model now) and I became enamored with black and white photography. I really enjoyed it for a while. But then came marriage and kids and work, and I lost touch with it, no time. No time for years. I kind of regret that now, but it's spilt milk.
I'm 62 now and have a granddaughter who is 14 and an avid and prolific photographer. She has gotten me excited about it all over again, and so I've decided to get back into it as a hobby activity I hope to pursue a little bit.
I've been playing around some with a D40 I acquired, and got the full frame bug recently. So I went out and picked up a pristine low mileage D700. Ordered the Busch Guide for it and am studying that now. Don't have a lens for it yet, so I'm watching my local CL for a 50mm to start with.
After that I will likely turn into a wild man, annoying friends and family members to tears with my constant badgering and hovering around inside their personal spaces with a camera. But they know me, so I figure they know what to expect. And if they don't, well, that's just too bad.
I hope to learn a lot, though the digital experience is kind of new for me. And all that stuff I knew when I was young? Well, I killed those brain cells long ago. So it's all brand new, eh?
Larry
Dec 12, 2013 18:37:55 #
kloker wrote:
I'm new here, hope to mooch some help to learn mor... (show quote)
Hello Larry
Welcome to the uhh forum
You will do just fine like riding a bike once you get started again some of that knowable information will return from years past.
Post pictures ask questions and most of all have fun.
Keep in touch
saying hello from Pittsburgh
Dec 12, 2013 18:49:37 #
Welcome to UHH Larry. I'm learning too and this is a great site to learn about photography. You will find lots of help here from some great people.
Dec 12, 2013 18:53:46 #
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Dec 12, 2013 19:15:00 #
Welcome, Larry. Looking forward to your posts. Maybe Santa will bring you a lens. ;-)
Dec 12, 2013 19:19:29 #
kloker wrote:
After that I will likely turn into a wild man, annoying friends and family members to tears with my constant badgering and hovering around inside their personal spaces with a camera.
Nothing wrong with being a Wild Man!!!!
Welcome to the forum!!!
Pat
Edit: Noticed you're from just down the road.
Dec 12, 2013 19:43:40 #
Dec 12, 2013 21:29:50 #
Hello and welcome!! I grew up in El Paso. When my ex-husband and I were at Ft Hood one of our favorite things was to make a big bag of popcorn, drive down to Austin and feed the squirrels on the lawn if the Capitol building. I still think it's the most beautiful of all the state Capitols I've seen.
Dec 13, 2013 05:20:42 #
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Dec 13, 2013 07:05:33 #
kloker
Loc: Austin, Texas
Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome! Pat, I'm on the South edge of Pflugerville, so not far from you. Who knows, one of these days we might collide. Right now I've got a lot of homework to do to bring myself up to level with the D700, so I can get out and start doing some walk around shooting. Once I can scrounge up a couple two or three lenses I will get it going.
One thing's for sure. There are a lot of photographers these days. It would seem the digital era has spawned a lot of growth in this hobby. That can't be a bad thing, I think. I've spent so much of my life in a hurry, never having time to even slow down, let alone stop to look around. I hate that, I know I've missed a lot by living at such a fast pace. Time to change that, and I know this will help me do it. And I live in a beautiful area, too. There are all kinds of possibilities around here for subject matter, and one of the things that has kinda gotten me going in this direction is some of the work I've seen by some locals that is just really talented. I'm looking forward to jumping in.
Larry
One thing's for sure. There are a lot of photographers these days. It would seem the digital era has spawned a lot of growth in this hobby. That can't be a bad thing, I think. I've spent so much of my life in a hurry, never having time to even slow down, let alone stop to look around. I hate that, I know I've missed a lot by living at such a fast pace. Time to change that, and I know this will help me do it. And I live in a beautiful area, too. There are all kinds of possibilities around here for subject matter, and one of the things that has kinda gotten me going in this direction is some of the work I've seen by some locals that is just really talented. I'm looking forward to jumping in.
Larry
Dec 13, 2013 09:25:45 #
Dec 13, 2013 12:37:21 #
welcome and thanks for the smile, your sense of humor will stand you in good stead for some of our more humorless(it seems some times)members
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