New member from a very wet Wallingford

[Mick Edwards]

Hi everyone,
I am 66 and have been into photography since I was a small lad looking at my Grandad's glass plate pictures.
I started with 2.25" square film and then on to 35mm black and white-35mm colour prints and slides and now digital, including working in mum's bathroom in the early days with the old red lamp and a board across the bath.
My cameras have been a Russian rangefinder, I think it was a Zorki, moved on to a Pentax SLR and finally a Minolta SLR.
Digitally I started with a Fuji S602 zoom, then a Fuji S7000 and the last bridge was a Fuji S9600 which I still have.I have now ventured into DSLR firstly with a Nikon D90 which I have recently upgraded to a Nikon D7000 which is a fantastic piece of kit.
My current lenses are Nikon 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 zoom, Nikon 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 zoom and a Nikon 105mm f2.8 macro.
I look forward to hearing from you all and sharing this wonderful hobby.

 

[Paul Lange]

Welcome Mick

 

[Mick Edwards]

Hi Paul,
Just visited your site, very interesting and informative.
Thankyou

 

[Pete Askew]

Welcome Mick. I'm in the UK at the moment not so far away from you, in Fleet: it's pretty damn wet here too! Nice avatar (wondered where you'd been these last few years!!). Well after that, welcome to RPF. I'm sure you're going to enjoy this place. I'm looking forward to seeing some images.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Welcome to the Forum Mick!
You can tell a long term photographer by how they refer to a format ... 2 1/4 square for eg

The d7000 is a great camera!

Looking forward to seeing some shots!

 

[Brian Moore]

Hi Mick. A warm welcome from the Americas!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Welcome Mick.
The whether is not doing to well today is it.
Hope you enjoy here as many do, and looking forward to seeing some pictures.

 

[Paul Lange]

Cheers Mick, The site is still work in progress but I hope to be adding some more stuff soon once I finish the next couple or projects I have on the run.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Hi Mick, and welcome. Your long history with photography will play a nice role in this group of friendly folks. Looking forward to seeing some of or work.
Ralph

 

[Ben Jennings]

Hey Mick, a very warm (and weather-wise wet) welcome from just down the road in Reading. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Ben

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hi Mick. Welcome to the site. I've only been here for a couple of weeks, and it seems a fine place to hang out.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Welcome Mick - that's quite a journey from glass plate to DSLR - you'll fit right in here

 

[Brodie Jackson]

Welcome, Mick Look forward to seeing some of your work. I'm sure you'll enjoy it here.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Welcome Mick,

You are very to close to the architectural splendour of Oxford! Do you get there often? You will enjoy it here.

 

[Kev Pugh]

And another welcome Mick, enjoy the forum

 

[Mick Edwards]

Thankyou all for the "welcomes" and in case you are wondering the avatar relates to the fact I was a boiler service engineer and I emerged from a rather dirty job a long time ago and my colleagues all cheered and yelled out "look everyone, sooty's here" and the nickname stuck for over 40 years !!

As far as images are concerned there are quite a few that I will put on over a period.(Have only just got round to using my Flickr account), but they will come, just finding my way round my new D7000 at the moment.

 

[Emma Pugh]

Welcome Mick

 

[Thomas brookes]

Hi mick ! Welcome, I have a d7000 and I'm still finding my way around it. Looking forward to seeing your work.

 

[Mick Edwards]

Brimham Rocks, The Idol HDR by Mick (Sooty) Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Paul Lange]

I like the way the image is divided by the "bands" of colours, makes it look quite dynamic. Another Flickr user I see. I think everyone but me is. I still use photobucket but just to host images for the forum.