An Introduction

Back in 2007 I went on Holiday with the Family to view the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion Park. Because the views were going to be exceptional I decided that my point and shot camera was not going to do the job and it was time to get a proper digital camera. Not wanting to spend too much on something that might not get used after the holiday I bought a Nikon D40x kit with two zooms.

The holiday passed off well and I took a number of pictures. However they were little more than snaps as I had set the camera to capture JPEG rather than RAW and so was unable to do much to improve them. However the new camera was something that I started to carry around and I started to learn how to use the settings and RAW format. In March 2008 I upgraded to the D300 and two better lenses and the Nikon bug had got under my skin. Six months after the D300 upgrade it was time to get the D700 and experience Full Frame Digital Photography.

Now I have the toys it is just a case of using them as much as possible and get as much feed back as possible. I post some of what I shot onto Flickr and submit shots to Groups on the site. I also post on the Nikon Cafe. At present feedback is limited.

With this blog I hope to share some of the joy and the frustration of learning to shot in Digital having started my photography with Film.