Welcome and I'm happy to make your acquaintance. When I first started photography, I was pursuing a Masters Degree at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since it was some rather analytical stuff , I decided that I needed an outlet to relax. TV? I didn't have one available and the license fee wasn't worth it. But I happened to be living in one of the most picturesque cities in Europe and I spent my free time outdoors with my friends so why not get out and take some photos? This was a great plan until the unthinkable happened. My old point and shoot camera decided to "cease and desist" (rest in peace, old chum). A dear friend suggested getting a DSLR, rather than another "point and shoot". And she even made the trip into town on a weekend with me to have a look at our choices. It turned out to be a rather wise decision since that camera traveled with me to many other cities across the UK and Europe before returning home to Barbados.
Restarting your life is always turbulent. There will be hits and misses along the way. Once again, I decided to use photography to occupy my free time and to keep active. When I initially bought my DSLR, I had been using the AUTO mode which was fine. But I became intrigued by the other settings on the dial. What did Aperture mean? Shutter speed, I can guess at. What's an f-stop? And ISO what??? It was time to demystify that fancy black box in my hands. I joined Flickr and then enrolled in a few short photography courses to learn the fundamentals of photography and photo editing. The more I learned, the more I wanted to learn and I continue to feel that way today. Still striving and still learning...
I'll leave you with a few happy memories from that first trip out with my very first DSLR, SOOC.
Until next time...