Hello everyone! ; I'm from Dallas Texas. ; My partner and I go to Disneyland twice a year and hopefully will be making our first trip to WDW next year at some point. ; Our next trip will be in September for the D23 Expo, DL and DCA as well as our first time dining at Club 33 thanks to a gracious member on another forum. ; Can't wait! I'm not a professional photographer by any means, but I am an artist so I try my best to take good photographs and even have been playing around with photoshop lately, redoing photo's using the Orton Effect. ; I get a little picture taking obsessed when I'm at the parks trying to get the perfect shot. ; Hopefully I can show you all some and get some feedback as well as some helpful hints for our next trip. ; I've been trying to take good night time photo's without 80% of them coming out blurry. ; Here's the both of us last Christmas. ; Yes, we're both big dorks and always wear ears and collect pins: And here's my try at the Orton Effect: Looking forward to sharing photo's and learning something new. Thanks everyone.
Welcome! ; Sounds like you're Disney regulars if you're hitting DL twice a year - so you'll fit right in. ; Definitely gotta get yourselves to WDW though, if you haven't been yet. And lucky you on Club 33! Again...you'll fit right in. ; We all tend to spend a little more time (too much time?) concentrating on photographs in the parks than most folks...including absorbing and shooting all of Disney's incredible details. Definitely do - we're all about sharing tips and ideas, both in the forum threads and the tutorials that you'll see on a few subjects. ; There's no such thing as a dork at Disney! ; ; Pretty much all of us Disney nuts get a little dorky when we're there. ; Pins and ears are tame compared to some of what I've seen from true Disney devotees! Nice job on the Orton...I like it. ; It seems to work particularly well with night and light shots like that, where the highlights stand out in the light hotspots among the OOF areas...very dreamy effect.
welcome aboard! that effect looks nice, nice picture! you'll fit in great around here, there's a whole section on the boards devoted to "letting your hair down" in disney.
Yes welcome to the forums from a fellow Texan! It's too bad that you'll be visiting DCA before the results of the Extreme Makeover:Theme Park Edition starts rolling out and you'll get lots of pics of construction walls and torn down rides....but hey, I think the results will be worth it! Great shot of the Tea Cups! ; Monstro was right behind you, correct?
Welcome aboard & Great work on the Teacups shot. You will be right at home here. I have seen some of the head gear Gary speaks of, so you have nothing to worry about.
Hello and welcome from the second newest newbie. ; ; I'm no longer the newest newbie YIPPIE. ; LOL. ; I also follow those other boards you speak of.
Thanks again for the warm welcome everyone. ; We just got back from a four day trip to San Francisco, so I'm just itching to get back to DL/DCA to take tons of pictures. ; Not that I don't have tons already.
