Oct 30, 2007, 02:22
Hi All,
Just joined, and I thought I'd give a quick intro and say hello.
I'm an English chap living in Melbourne, Australia. I've been brought over here by a big Car company to work on a new car project due for release in 2011. I'm a car designer, previously working at Aston Martin, Jaguar in the UK and Volvo in Sweden before landing the job over here at the beginning of last year.
Photography-wise.. always been interested but never really taken it seriously since doing some shooting and developing back at art school in the mid- 90s. I bit the bullet mid last year and treated myself to a Nikon D100 and 28-200mm lens for my 30th birthday. I spent the next year having a great time taking loads of pics, all with auto on and not knowing what all the settings were.
Since the middle of this year I have completed 2 CAE courses here in Melbourne, the second just finished yesterday. They were run by a fella called Christian Pearson from and were a great way for me to get to know the camera and to learn techniques right from the basics through to some more advanced techniques in the last few weeks. Christian told us about this site, so that' s how I found you bunch.
So now I have 'AUTO' firmly in the OFF position, and am confidently shooting in RAW whenever I can. Still soooo much to learn, so I am looking forward to using this site to interact and learn learn LEARN.
Just booked in to another course starting in Jan 2007; an Advanced Diploma in Photography that will be part time and I am extremely excited about!
I have recently had the fortune to be contacted my a couple of mags, and will have a few bits and bobs appearing in them soon.
And soon thinking about upgrading the camera and lens, but still undecided.
Phew! That was a short version of a story that could have been a lot longer.
So.... hello!!
Luke.
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Just joined, and I thought I'd give a quick intro and say hello.
I'm an English chap living in Melbourne, Australia. I've been brought over here by a big Car company to work on a new car project due for release in 2011. I'm a car designer, previously working at Aston Martin, Jaguar in the UK and Volvo in Sweden before landing the job over here at the beginning of last year.
Photography-wise.. always been interested but never really taken it seriously since doing some shooting and developing back at art school in the mid- 90s. I bit the bullet mid last year and treated myself to a Nikon D100 and 28-200mm lens for my 30th birthday. I spent the next year having a great time taking loads of pics, all with auto on and not knowing what all the settings were.
Since the middle of this year I have completed 2 CAE courses here in Melbourne, the second just finished yesterday. They were run by a fella called Christian Pearson from and were a great way for me to get to know the camera and to learn techniques right from the basics through to some more advanced techniques in the last few weeks. Christian told us about this site, so that' s how I found you bunch.
So now I have 'AUTO' firmly in the OFF position, and am confidently shooting in RAW whenever I can. Still soooo much to learn, so I am looking forward to using this site to interact and learn learn LEARN.
Just booked in to another course starting in Jan 2007; an Advanced Diploma in Photography that will be part time and I am extremely excited about!
I have recently had the fortune to be contacted my a couple of mags, and will have a few bits and bobs appearing in them soon.
And soon thinking about upgrading the camera and lens, but still undecided.
Phew! That was a short version of a story that could have been a lot longer.
So.... hello!!
Luke.
