Hi everyone, Jim here and I am 53 and retired from 31+ years of Policing. My interest in photography started in High School. I am a landscape and nature type of photographer. I live in Ontario, Canada but enjoy trips to other parts to photography the gifts nature has given us. I photography a few of the meals I've eaten.

Sean McCormick, age 44, male, live in Alberta, Canada. Rural dweller. Husband. Father. Mildly autistic. Anti-social. Geek. Figure the best way to ruin a picture is to put someone in it. That being said, I like doing candid photography, but I hate rack 'em stack 'em posed photographs. Yuck.

All of my work and projects can be found thru my site:

http://www.mccormickphotography.com/

Sean M.

I'm not really sure how long ago I've started getting into it, but it may be the time when I first got into photoshop in grade 9 then eventually moved on and into adobe lightroom. I finally got into using DSLR last month ago when my fiancee gave me one for my birthday. It wasn't much of a surprise since I had to use my discount on my gift.

Here's my page, not a lot on there but it's a work in progress:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beholders-Eye-Photography/417349315042256?directed_target_id=0

One of the other reasons why I got into it was because some lady in New Brunswick had a sit down with me and we talked about different skills and techniques on making photographs better (while viewing my first session through a photographer I use to work with that I use to do promotions for who is good at doing landscapes, just not people).

I kind of got crazy inspirations from there and onward when a guy in my anime community was just trying to 1up everyone thinking he's professional and all that while being too boastful about his 'unedited' images that clearly needs some work on even when I tried offering my services for free to help the guy out -- just to hopefully make a friend, but no.

I've did lots of editing for people in the past, and one specifically where I never really got much of a thanks for all I've done for her. I had to refuse her demands last year due to myself trying to submit art to a mascot design contest (and it was BIG for me to participate in since I'm out of most people's league).

I see photography as an art and like most things, there's always room to improve into something you want to get better at with a lot of effort and time you put into it. :happy:

I came to this group to be inspired and to workout with other photographers here and make some friends as well.

Hi - I'm Dan - live in NJ and I bring a camera (most times my new Fuji X20) with me most places.

My camera (a.k.a. "my other eye") allows me to "stop and smell the roses" allows me capture a single frame of life, a memory.

Thanks for letting me join the group!!