To introduce myself
Oct 7, 2018 15:17:24 #
Hi everyone. I am a "newbie" to this digital photography world, and I believe I can learn much from the people on UHH. My photography background: In 1970 I bought my first camera, a brand new Nikkormat with a 50mm 1.4 lens. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Since my cooking skills were poor, I turned my small kitchen into a dark room, took some basic photography classes, and learned how to develop film and print B&W photos. But my photo interests soon changed. An opportunity to apprentice as a camera assistant for an Emmy award winning cinematographer presented itself and I took it. After a two year apprenticeship I was on my own. For the next twenty years I worked as a cinematographer shooting and editing 16mm and 35mm film and later videotape. All of this was before digital took over. A severe back injury ended my career and caused me to pursue other work. Presently I am in the process of retireing from a second career, and my creative interests have once again turned to photography. Wow!! This digital world is so reliant on computer skills, and the learning curve is very steep for me because my computer skills are poor. For example, (and I'm embarrassed to admit), I can get an image into LR, but I don't know how to get it out LR to post on UHH. As I said, I have much to learn which is why I joined UHH. Thanks in advance for your patience.
Oct 7, 2018 15:35:43 #
Welcome to the forum; happy to have you here. How's the back doing?
Oct 7, 2018 15:46:14 #
Thanks much for the welcome. Had back surgery years ago, still with pain, trying RFA procedures with hope to avoid another surgery.
Oct 7, 2018 16:02:45 #
Oct 7, 2018 16:55:26 #
chipmt2 wrote:
Welcome to the forum and your future retirement into a great hobby. Lots of opportunity for you as a photographer doing family portraits, commercial work and weddings if you have the temperament. Best wishes.Hi everyone. I am a "newbie" to this di... (show quote)
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Oct 8, 2018 14:59:27 #
Welcome to UHH. The computer skills will come with LOTS of trial and error fiddling. Just be curious ("I wonder what this does?") and remember what you did. I started with a Radio Shack computer back in the early 80's and grew into Macintosh by 1984 and never looked back. Never took a class, just hacked and hacked and hacked. Good luck!
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Oct 8, 2018 17:13:24 #
Welcome to UHH chipmt2, glad you joined us. Hope your back pain subsides.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
Oct 8, 2018 17:38:16 #
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