Hi all!

've just joined this group so thought I'd take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Marie, live in Stafford and am a mad photographer (emphasis on the mad...it's having kids that does it, you know ).

I've been behind a camera of one sort or another since I was 9, which is far more years than I care to remember. My uncle gave me my first camera which was (if memory serves) as Duaflex TLR. Learning to frame when the image is upside down was a learning curve and a half! I then went through a Kodak Brownie (think I'm giving my age away here...), a Practika SLR, a couple of Chinon SLR's, a fair few Canon EOS's, A Lubital(!), a Mamiya 645 and another Canon EOS (not to mention more compacts than I can recall, I always have one with me). Finally, a couple of years ago I took the plunge and dipped my toe in the digital world (after years of saying I'd never convert! LOL!) and bought a Konica Minolta A200 bridge camera. I loved it so much I'm now the proud owner of a Canon EOS 400D and am lusting after the EOS 5D

Many years ago I used to be a professional studio photographer but decided I preferred inanimate objects so now I concentrate on landscape, macro, still life and abstract. I'm no longer a pro either, though am considering heading back that way once I've mastered digital (if I ever do!).

I'm looking forward to getting to know you all, get involved and hopefully learn a little along the way And if there are any other Staffordians around that fancy a photo outing any time, give me a shout

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Marie

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Hi Marie and welcome, I hope that you enjoy your stay here. We will all welcome your comments on images posted here plus we will look forward to seeing some of your work soon in the gallerys.

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Hi Marie,
welcome to PT lots to see and do here to get your digital juices flowing so get your 5 posts done and get stuck in....

PS: where abouts in staffordshire?

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Hi Maria
Welcome! plenty of friendly people and helpful advice throughout the site. nice to see another canon user. i too would like a 5D. want to have a full frame to replace my ageing 10D to conpliment my 1dmk2
enjoy the site and look forward to your landscapes which happen to be my fav images!

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Hello Marie

to the forums, looking forward to viewing your photo's, enjoy your stay here.

All the best Paul.

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DOH !!!!! have just read your intro again and it says "i live in Stafford"

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Sorry, meant to reply and got side tracked! Yes, for my sins I live in Stafford, though not a Staffordian by birth, only been here 5 years. I'm originally a Coventarian (but don't hold that against me ) and have lived all over England in the last 20 years, my favourite, by far, was Derbyshire (just outside Ashbourne), closely followed by Sussex (I lived near the South Downs which is beautiful). And now I'm stuck in Stafford

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Marie

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I dream of a better tomorrow, where
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have their motives questioned....
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Hi Marie and welcome I’m not a million miles away from you I live near Crewe and Nantwich look forward to seeing your work
Bryan.