and a Happy New Year

Just ordered this book. Thanks for the tip NYweb.

For those of us who lived in the South, my favorite is:

you (singular) ya'll

you (plural) all ya'll

Roger,

I think we better understand each other's point of view. Thanks for your kind post. I think I made a friend. I will remember your saying about needing two people to finish a piece. It would be true in my case. Thanks again. Sammy

Mr. Roger,

I totally agree with everything you've said. I did make errors in my comments. However, when I was a teacher and principal, as you know, I had to be very, very careful with my writing by making several drafts, revisions, and proofreading corrections. Parent newsletters, letters to other administrators, memos to teachers had to be as perfect in all aspects of written language. I no longer am in that role and can now write with a "flow of ideas" to express myself.

In addition, some people are not educated in language arts or may have difficulty with spelling due to any number of reasons. To be less "strict" about English rules of grammar, spelling, etc. is appropriate for the audience of the photography forum.

What I do know about written expression is on a high level, but what I know about photography would give me straight F's. While teaching, I was a stickler for correct written expression from both students and teachers. Poor writing would be embarassing. It would give the public another reason to disrespect public educators.

Here, my purpose is different. I want to learn the ABCs of photography. Being a teacher yourself, I completely understand from where you are coming.

In addition, you should know that error free writing does not come "automatically" to me. It took practice, practice, practice as does photography. Writing still requires rereading, editing, revising as does photography. I don't care to take the time to do that here. Please excuse any errors you may find in this post. Please help me with any questions I may have regarding equipment or photos posted on this forum. I'm a Kindergarten photographer!

From Sammy

Thanks!

Has anyone with a gray market camera ever taken it to be repaired at a place in the states? If so, what happened?

beautiful shot, northshore.

Eyes are the windows to the soul. Certainly true here.

If you are on this blog to network, then (not than) you should present your best side which includes the written word. If you aren't, just let it rip!

Bravo, Bob J.!

As a retired teacher and principal, it is refreshing to be able to express myself without worrying about grammar, spelling, sentence structure, organization of ideas, verb agreement and blah, blah , blah. I am retired and want to enjoy this forum. The idea is to share information about photography. If you are so hung-up on other's writing, join a literary forum. Let's just learn and enjoy. This message with not be proofread. From now I'm doing all my editing in photoshop. :XD:

You are kidding, right?

You shoot such a variety of "personalities." What amazes me is that you capture the physical as well as the emotions and personality of each subject. Your work is so much more than visual art. Bravo!

(My only suggestion is to change your scary avatar so I can relax before my photo is taken!)