Hello from Southern Illinois

5 years 6 months ago #605963 by le_butters99
Hello everyone,

I have recently decided to get back in to photography. Use to have an old canon point and shoot with full manual control in high school. I learned the exposure triangle, and wanted to get a DSLR. Well 10 years later and I bought a Nikon D7200 used, came with two kit lens (18-55 and 55-200), two cheapo lens (XIT extra wide angle and a Vivitar full manual 500mm), batteries, and all kinds of of accessories, for $850. The camera had 297 shutter actuations. 

I bought a promaster xc525 for the ability to shoot straight down. I am a LEO and I do crime scene photography, and shooting footwear or something on the ground, I need to be able to shoot straight down. When I don't work I like taking Landscape and wildlife photos. I will take photo graphs of just about anything, if it means I can use my camera and take photos.

I'm currently enrolled in a photography for beginners class and will take the advanced class in the spring. I have already learned a lot about composition from this site, and about post processing. I will continue to learn, and hopefully get better as I go. 


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5 years 6 months ago #605989 by Peter Nunez
He Leo, welcome here.  Crime scene photography has got to be pretty interesting.  How did you get started in that?  


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5 years 6 months ago #606060 by Joelle Shields
Very cool gig you have.  Nice to meet you. 


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5 years 6 months ago #606103 by Lady Marie Stark
Nice to welcome you here! 


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5 years 6 months ago #606295 by Oliver Russels
Nice to meet you here! See you around the forums. 


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5 years 6 months ago #606308 by le_butters99
Thank you everyone. Look forward to learning and talking with everyone. 

Currently at a training all week, so I haven't been online much. 


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5 years 6 months ago #606319 by ThatNikonGuy
Welcome, pleasure to meet you.  


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5 years 6 months ago #606374 by Pettigrew
You found the right place.  Good to have you here.  

Canon EOS 7D SLR | XT W/18-55 Kit Lens | Canon 50mm 1.8 | Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 | Canon 28-105mm | Canon 75-300mm | Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro | Canon 100-400
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5 years 5 months ago #606673 by James Sencil
Hi! It is nice to meet you! Have fun in the site!


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