Hi Peeps - this is my first posting onto this (any!) forum - so please be very very gentle with me.
I have looked through the photo's on the website, and to be quite frank with you I am a tad over-awed by the quality and talent that you all posess. I am quite new to photography - I bought my Nikon D80 2 years ago (why does the camera become obsolete 2 nano seconds after you buy it?), and whilst I am having great fun - I am basically groping in the dark and trying to pick it up as I go along. I sometimes feel that the postings leave me feeling very much frustrated more than inspired!
Try to remember the frustration of taking your new prize possesion out of its box and (if you are like me, and new to the whole thing) finding all the buttons and dials confusing and frightening. I am a technicall trainer by profession, and it occured to me that it is a shame that there is no on-line training/step by step guide to using the DSLR on the website. Starting from the very begininng - it could be broken into small step by step guides with aims and objectives. Even with the possibility for members to upload their attempts for evaluation. Each session could give project ideas for a beginners portfolio, and each 'step/guide' only needs be very short (climbing mount Everest begins with the first small step), but if well considered then it may turn out to be a giant leap for someone else (i.e. me!). I, for one,find it much easier to learn using a methodical approach, rather than a 'sink or swim'.
Just a thought
Merry Chrstmas and a very 'Snappy' New Year