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willl
28-05-2012, 12:16pm
Hi, I'm the new guy (I think?). :gday::crike:

I'm from the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne (near the Oakleigh/Chadstone area) and am new to these forums. I think a few members here might know me from another photography forum/flickr/whirlpool.

While I'm not overly new to photography, I also don't take my photography too seriously though am always trying to get better photos. Started photography mostly as a way to get away from the computer and get myself outdoors exploring more.

My favourite places to take photos tends to be along the coast from Brighton Beach all the way down to Portsea (and Point Nepean) as it's quite close to where I live. Once in awhile, I'll go the other direction from Brighton and walk towards St Kilda.

In the past I was also into the whole off camera/small light (aka strobist) thing as well. Haven't done any of that for at least a year, but with the recent crappy weather might be something to experiment with whilst indoors :)

As for gear, I shoot with a Nikon D300s with a variety of lenses. Current lens of the moment is my new 85mm f/1.8 G.

Oh, and I think there's no such thing as too many lenses :P
A friend recently asked me how many lenses I had, though I don't own too many I was actually surprised by the final count. Realised I had more than I remembered :D

TL;DR: Hi. I'm Will, from Melbourne and I like to take photos of "stuff" :)

Wayne63
28-05-2012, 1:01pm
Welcome to AP Will, join in on the forums and look forward to seeing some of your pics.

arthurking83
28-05-2012, 3:10pm
G'day Willl,

Welcome to AP.

bleAf
28-05-2012, 5:07pm
Hi WIll, welcome and enojoy your time on AP.

The bright side to having a number of lenses is you have all things covered. :D

I @ M
28-05-2012, 5:12pm
G'day Willl, seems that we nearly met each other on Saturday. Welcome to AP.

Kym
28-05-2012, 5:38pm
:gday: & Welcome
- lets see some photos in the main CC forums (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?5) maybe try a competition or 2 and have fun!

willl
29-05-2012, 9:02am
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone :)


G'day Willl,

Welcome to AP.

Thanks Arthur :)


Hi WIll, welcome and enojoy your time on AP.

The bright side to having a number of lenses is you have all things covered. :D

Too true. Though, I'm still looking at a few other items to cover other "things"/subjects :D


G'day Willl, seems that we nearly met each other on Saturday. Welcome to AP.

Yeah, sounds like it Andrew! I got to the Digital Show around midday and headed straight to the Nikon stand (kinda hard not to, it was the first thing I saw!). Took a few photos with my camera, and also tried the D800... Haven't decided I need one of those yet though :P

Oh, and I uploaded some photos I took from the Digital Show to flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willl/sets/72157629913480982/with/7277686872/) if anyone is curious.


:gday: & Welcome
- lets see some photos in the main CC forums (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?5) maybe try a competition or 2 and have fun!

Thanks Kym. I've already posted a few photos to a thread here (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/showthread.php?105265-Near-Kings-Way-Bridge-Melbourne) that I took after leaving the Digital Show on Saturday.