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I think my interest in this hobby (not sure what name you would call it ) took off when i had my first digital camera, which was a small (under 1megapixel) thing, but cost then about the £100 mark (which is all my subsequent camera's have cost :pleased:up to the 8mp one i have now). I took some great images with it, but the quality is bad to say the least and i am always going to try and do something with them , but haven't got round to it so far ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I was then using Paint Shop Pro, i think i started with version 5 which was being given away free on a magazine, I then continued on up to version 8 which i still have around somewhere but alas unused for a few years now.
I not only changed camera's but also the software i now use ps7 and I am not in a hurry to upgrade just yet, as i am still learning things all the time on it.
The same goes with my camera after a good hard think i decided to stick with my little camera's and being a happy snapper, occasionaly i think i would like a better one but then the cost and all the extra learning i would have to do has put me off for a while
Included here is probably my most favorite image took with that first digital camera
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Every so often it hits me. Time zips by and I forget to eat, ignore my cats' insistence on a head-rub, and only get up to visit the bathroom. Am I researching useful info on presidential candidates, or locating examples of living-wills for my relatives? Nope, just visiting DPreview, Imaging Resources,...11-11-2007, 03:21 AM
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I just returned from the family reunion and saw all the "new" digital cameras that my relatives purchased on the way to the reunion....
I didn't even bother taking any pictures with my Kodak 3800.
My sister got her Kodak digital a few years before I got mine and...08-06-2003, 08:56 AM -
If you were to buy a digital camera what would you buy and why? What features are important to you and why?02-17-2002, 03:52 PM
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I'm wondering how y'all first caught the restoring bug?
As for me, I've always been into photography. I started fiddling with an instamatic when I was 8, and had my first darkroom when I was 12.
At age 18, after dropping out of college (different story) I got a job at...08-13-2001, 10:30 PM -
Well I have now got a better camera for those who wish to know it is a fuji finepix s5800 and has come in at my usual budget of not paying more than £100 for a camera
This has come about as over at least the last 3 months i have been experimenting more and more with my camera and learning...06-07-2008, 01:42 PM
that is my grandson who is now 6 and the important 1/2
and thank you for the kind comments,
Oddly enough i sort of bi passed the restoration side,I have done a bit but i really don't have the patience for it, and I am in awe of those that do
Palms
But that is putting the cart before the horse, sort of. My son did some computer work for someone else and got paid with a photo editing program. He didn't want it and gave it to me. WOW, what a world that opened for me. I had literally thousands of genealogy photos and such. badly in need of restoration. I was well into the photo editing before the camera/photography bug bit me again.
Photo art came much later. I've taken inspiration from everyone here and enjoyed the learning process more than I can say. The AHB took a long time for me to learn; and smudge painting is taking even longer. Your technique is great. Your sharing of that technique is generous and kind. Keep being an inspirational teacher. Your love of what you are doing shows. Thank you for sharing.
oh stick at the smudging you will get there with practice :grin:
Palms