Newbie to this malarkey

[Gaffer]

Hi all,

 

After months of lurking on this forum, and being really inspired, I decided to treat myself to a new camera. I'd previously been using a 1mp Fuji thing, which could only hold about 20 pics and I'd have to replace the two AA bateries twice to get those!

 

After much (re)searching around on t'interweb I went for a camera that would suit my needs based on my potential competency (I'm never going to be any real good) and decided on a Panasonic Lumix G1, which I love, even though it's stupidly over priced.

I'd played around with the camera, looked on this forum for further inspiration and read a couple of mags before investing in the bigger Panasonic lens, 4-lens Macro set (£14 off ebay) and Polorizing and UV filters (together £12 off ebay).

 

My holiday last week on the Isle of Wight was my first time out with all my new gear. At first I just used the iA function, followed by the A and S, before settling down on 'day 2' with the M function. I cheated at first by using the iA function and pressing down on the button halfway to see what settings the camera would use, then I tweeked the setting in M to get what I wanted. I don't know if this is the right way to start out, but I learnt a lot from using this method.

 

 

As the week went on, and my confidence grew, I made my own judgements. And here are my results......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garth.

[nursejudy]

well done

I love my panasonic...will be watching for more pics from you to see what you and the camera can do...some of these should be in the comp

 

judy

[poledark]

Nice selection of pics Gaffer

 

DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE....................just keep taking pics of what you like/are interested in. DON'T start fiddling with the settings, put it on AUTO and let the camera do the work for you.

 

BUT..........try and keep the verticals vertical, and the horizons level

 

Den

[RobStubbs]

Yep, a nice set of pics !

 

Rob.

[Snatcher]

Good pics and welcome to the forum. Good bunch of folk here and very friendly. Hope you stick around and have a go at the monthly photo comps

 

John

[Clifftop]

Nice Gaffer, i really like the flowers and Bee.

 

 

Cheers Fred

[Gaffer]

Thanks guys for the comments.

 

I've taken some more and had a play with some I'd already taken. To you guys these may not be to your taste, but I love the HDR look.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garth.

[benacre]

As a pro (No not that sort of Pro) i think they are good.

 

http://www.freewebs.com/benacre/index.htm

[Gaffer]

Thank you for your compliment. I'm really happy with my results so far, especially at I can't even 'see' a good picture take, unlike you guys, and secondly I'm colour deficient (colour blind), so what might look good to me, might be total rubbish to everyone else.

 

I really like your work, fantastic stuff! The missus wants the laptop now so she can have a ganders at your work.

 

Garth.

[Newt]

Hiya Gaffer. Good to hear from you again.

 

I like the photos.