Len Philpot
Well-Known Member
Shiny brand new member here, right out of the box! 
I've just signed up and looking forward to participating. I'm retired and a hobbyist landscape photographer here in the deep south US (central Louisiana). If interested, my Flickr photos are linked in my signature.
Although I had a cheap camera as a child (a third-party 127 Kodak Instamatic look-alike) I didn't shoot anything with purpose until I was an art / graphic design major in college. I took a couple of B&W photo classes and used a Yashica medium format TLR provided by the university. A few years later I bought a Pentax ME Super, shot for a while then subsided until I bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D) in 2007. I shot that for a while then kind of took a break. But I bought a Canon T8i (850D) in late 2020 and have been at it since. I have no intention of falling away now!
Currently I'm using the T8i with an older Sigma 17-70 f2.8/4.5 DC Macro and a Canon EF 70-200 f/4L (plus an old Ricoh Rikenon P 50mm f/1.7 just for fun) but I've been thinking about getting a used Canon EF 24-70 f/4L. My software preferences include ART for raw editing and Affinity Photo. My biggest challenge is finding good subject matter.
Glad to be here.
I've just signed up and looking forward to participating. I'm retired and a hobbyist landscape photographer here in the deep south US (central Louisiana). If interested, my Flickr photos are linked in my signature.
Although I had a cheap camera as a child (a third-party 127 Kodak Instamatic look-alike) I didn't shoot anything with purpose until I was an art / graphic design major in college. I took a couple of B&W photo classes and used a Yashica medium format TLR provided by the university. A few years later I bought a Pentax ME Super, shot for a while then subsided until I bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D) in 2007. I shot that for a while then kind of took a break. But I bought a Canon T8i (850D) in late 2020 and have been at it since. I have no intention of falling away now!
Currently I'm using the T8i with an older Sigma 17-70 f2.8/4.5 DC Macro and a Canon EF 70-200 f/4L (plus an old Ricoh Rikenon P 50mm f/1.7 just for fun) but I've been thinking about getting a used Canon EF 24-70 f/4L. My software preferences include ART for raw editing and Affinity Photo. My biggest challenge is finding good subject matter.
Glad to be here.
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Happy New Year too!
It's funny, I didn't expect my mention of this forum to take off like this... but it's great!
