It'd be nice to get to know all of you a little better, so I'm going to ask some questions
Do not be obliged to answer all of them.
Here we go!
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Location:
What you do:
Hobbies (and how long):
Camera gear owned:
Music you listen to:
I'll think of more soon
I'll go first:
Name: Adam
Age: 18 (19 in December)
Gender: boy!
Location: Perth, Western Australia
What you do: 2nd year Undergraduate Mechanical Engineer at UWA
Hobbies (and how long): Camera (since a few years ago), guitar (since nov. 1999), computer (since I was born hehe)
Camera gear owned: Olympus D-360L, Canon EOS 300D, EF-S 18-55, EF 50mm f/1.8 (tripod, camera bag, lens pen hehehe)
Music you listen to: Hillsong, Planetshakers, Delirious, any guitar music!
Hi Adam! Glad to meet you!
Name: Ian
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
What you do: Business Analyst
Hobbies (and how long): Guitar (15 years)
Camera gear owned: Canon Powershot S30
Music you listen to: Rock - currently listening to Velvet Revolver's new album and lovin it!
I'll go third
Name: Julian
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
What you do: IT Consultant
Hobbies (and how long): Photography, Music, Cooking, Reading, Sleeping, Maintaining Shuttertalk
Camera gear owned: Canon EOS 300 + couple of lenes, Fujifilm S5000
Music you listen to: Hillsong, other christian artists like Shaun Groves, Steven Curtis Chapman...
Name: Rufus
Age: Over 40
Gender: M
Location: Midlands UK
What you do: I cant explain what I do, sorry!
Hobbies (and how long): Photography - 30 years,
Guitar - 20 years, Bass - 1 year, Drums - 30 years, song writing, 15 years.
Motorcycles, 28- years
Dogs - Always
Camera gear owned: Canon 10D, 100mm 2.8, 28-105,50,70-300,24-85, 17-35. 550ex flash with off camera bracket etc, 20gig Xdrive, blah blah, blah. Plus more and more....
Music you listen to:
Oh dear. Too much. However, my favourite Christian band is/was Waterdeep.
Please note that I only provided the gear info for reference. NOT as any type of boast. Indeed, some of my best shots have been taken with a bare minimum of equipment.
Nice to meet you all
Don't worry, I'm not looking at you as a gear boaster, I asked the questions, and you were just simply answering them
Name: Amy
Age: 21
Gender: female
Located: TX, USA
What I do: student at JBU, also art assistant for my mom who's a greeting card artist
Hobby: fine arts, photography, reading, scrapbooking, outdoors
fav music: Newsboys, Third Day, Dean Martin (Old classics)
camera gear: Nikon AF 28-80mm & D70s
Name: Rene
Age: Older than dirt
Gender: M
Location: Southern Illinois, USA
What you do: Retired Engineer, But.....Track Photographer at the local drag strip, teach Photography and Photoshop at the local college
Hobbies Photography, Fine Art, Drag Racing
Camera gear owned: Film: Pentax cameras (5), Kodak Retina, Digital: Sony F828, Canon 20D, Olympus C3020, Fuji A340.
Music you listen to: 50's and Country/Western.
g'day adam
Name: patrick
Age: 41
Gender: M
Location: Perth WA
What you do: Mechanical Egnineer
Hobbies (and how long): photography - 5 yr, scale modeling - as long as i can remember
Camera gear owned: too many to list. all film except for an ixus 60.
Music you listen to: whatever is on the radio
OK here we go
Name: Pat (also answers to Trish)
Age: Depends on how I wake each morning
Gender: Guess
Location: Shoal Bay, Port Stephens (200kms north of Sydney)
What do I do: besides cleaning house, ex Real Estate Agent who still dabbles
Hobbies: Photography (beginner) running my genealogy website & Forum
Camera & Gear: See below
Music: Music? while the cricket is on?
Name: Keith
Age: 44
Gender: M
Location: Texas
What you do: Sound Engineer for rock bands (nightclubs and concerts), former professional rock guitarist
Hobbies: Photography and photoblogging, 3D/Stereo photography, large-scale model rockets, restoring WWII rifles, N-Scale model railroading, cooking, gardening, beer and vodka
Camera gear owned: Sony F717, Bushnell/Slik tripod w/pan-tilt head, numerous old film and 8mm cameras
Music you listen to: I try to get away from music when I'm not working, but I like King'sX, Queensryche, Jellyfish, Pink Floyd, Alter Bridge, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Dean Martin, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Faith+1, BeBop Deluxe.....
Name: Matthew
Age: 31
Gender: M
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
What you do: Warehouse worker for a watch and jewelry importer.
Hobbies (and how long): Photography, four years; also enjoy kayaks, playing with my dogs, and reading. I have a lot of different interests, but few that have expanded into full-blown hobbies.
Camera gear owned: In order of use: Olympus E-1, E-300, and Stylus 800 P&S; lenses include 50mm f/2 macro, 11-22 wide zoom, 35mm f3.5 macro, 40-150 telephoto, and 14-54 standard zoom. (There's a Sony F828 waiting for someone I know to take up photography, too.) I've recently started building a lighting kit, and have an Alienbees B800, a couple of stands, umbrellas, a 3' lightcube, two on-camera flashes, and assorted other odds and ends.
Music you listen to: according to my iPod, my most listened to songs are by Poe, Rachael Yamagata, The Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Daniel Johnston, Bedouin Soundclash, and Blue Man Group.
name:Lorraine
age :55
gender: female
location: Campbell River,B.C. Canada
what do you do:waitress at a local restaurant
Hobbies:doing dog agility(modified equestrian that horses do)obedeince& rally-o
camera-canon rebel xt 350 and play with microsoft digital imaging
I must have missed this thread before:
Name: Chris Brown
Age: 34
Gender: M
Location: Perth, Australia
What you do: State Manager and Wedding Photographer/Videographer
Hobbies (and how long): Photography (24 yrs), Reading (28 years), Camping (15 years)
Camera gear owned: Canon 5D and 20D bodies, Canon A95 point and shoot, Canon Pro 90 (broken), Canon 17-40L f4, Canon 24-70L f2.8, Canon 70-200L f2.8 IS, Canon 85 f1.8, Canon 50 f1.4, Canon Extender, Sigma 1.4x teleconverter, Canon 580EX Flash, Canon 420EX Flash, Polaris Light Meter, Lightsphere x 2, Flip-It x 2, 19GB CF cards, Canon remote release cable, various filters, Bowens 500 Watt Studio Flash x 2, Bowens 250 Watt Studio Flash x 1, Softbox x 2, Manfrotto tripod x 2, Manfrotto monopod x 2, Light Stands x 5, Back drop kit, Telescopic poles x 2, Dragon 5 in 1 reflector kit, Crumpler Camera Bag.
Music you listen to: Various Christian contempory bands. Eli would probably be one of my favourites.
Name:Brad
Age: 23
Gender: M
Location: Kentucky, USA
What you do: Getting ready to finish my undergrad, and co-direct younger youth at church.
Hobbies (and how long): Photography (always liked taking pictures, but about a year as a serious hobby). Writing prose/poetry, I'm an aquarist (no that isn't a zodiac sign lol). I also enjoy what my wife calls useless information!
Camera gear owned: My dads old 35mm canon AE-1 and a few lenses. and a Fujifilm FinePix A340. Hoping to soon get a Canon rebel DXT...
Music you listen to: Contemperary Christian (i.e. Third Day, MercyMe, Casting Crowns), new country, old country, bluegrass, folk... and those in between
name Teri
age 30
gender Female
location Illinois
What I do I stay at home with the kids.
Hobbies Draw, i love photography just not very good at it lol sitting in front of the computer when kids are at school and my animals. I have a lot of them. Ill list them for fun
1 Mali Uromastyx, 1 Savannah Monitor, 1 Bearded Dragon, 1 Eastern Box turtle, 1 three toed box turtle, 2 Leopard Geckos, 1 Kenyan sand boa, 1 rat, 1 common musk turtle, 1 cockatiel, 2 painted turtles, 1 figure eight puffer fish 1 green spotted puffer fish, 1 teddy bear hamster, 5 dogs, cats, 3 horses and 4 kids..I love them all.
Camera gear owned Kodak easyshare z710
Music I listen to I love music..Seether, Flyleaf, Disturbed, Three Days Grace are a few.
umm I think that is it..I really like reading this forum being a new member here, its amazing to see all the great photos you all have taken, love lookin at them.
Hi Teri
It sounds like you have a very interesting house-hold.Wecome to the forum.I think this one is one of the nicest and user friendly forums ,I have ever been on.I have 4 little beagles that I love taking pictures of.
Lorraine
Thanks!
I agree for the little time that I have been here I find it very friendly as well..its a nice place they have set up here.