Hello all my fellow OSPers!!!

Nice to meet you all!! I'm so excited to be finally able to post a message (I waited for 2 weeks!) And have been religiously reading this forum everyday...it's an awesome place!!!

Thanks everyone for putting lots of great info and ideas. It really motivating for amateur photographer like myself.

I am planning to get myself a D300 but not quite sure which lens to start off with and slowly becoming a profressional wedding/lifestyle photograher.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!!!

Olivia

Welcome to OSP, Olivia! It's fun here

Hi Olivia, welcome to OSP! You will love it here! Best thing to do is search the archives for topics of interest and ask questions. Get involved, you will be rewarded!

Thanks Katie and Mike for the warm welcome! *hugs* I have been surfing on both of your blogs in the past couple of weeks. GREAT WORK AND GREAT INSPIRATION. I hope to have my own one get started soon!

Hopefully I can find someone in OSP that is from Melbourne who I can be of a (free) assistant! Would love to get hands on experience from a pro!

cheers!
Olivia

aloha and welcome olivia!!!

Hi Olivia, Welcome to OSP! Im reasonably new myself... ive been around just a month or so... Im from Adelaide originally... and am in similar shoes... working on growing a business! Hope you feel welcomed by this community! it's a blessings thats for sure. There is atleast one person i know from Melbourne on here... but right now don't remember their username. if you want to see it, trace back to my introduction back about a month... titled "new aussie on deck"

ciao

Welcome!!!
Hey awesome... more aussie OSP members... soon well have enough to have interstate OSP bashes

If your ever up NSW way give us a message!

Jonathan (sydney)

Hi Olivia,

Welcome! Im in Perth, but I lived in Melbourne and assisted for about 3yrs... I would seriously consider cold calling some photographers whose work you like, and see if you can work for them... thats what I did and how I always got my work

See you around

Welcome Olivia!!

If you are on a budget, get the 50 1.8, if not, try the 1.4

Hi Kellie!

Yes I've been on your intro thread a few weeks ago already and have emailed Karen (emeraldeye) about the course that she is running I like her work!!!!

This is the first photography forum I found and I'm hooked on it already! Nonetheless, everyone here are so nice and friendly!!! There is no need to look elsewhere to speak to photographers! What made you start in photography?? I've been stuck in an office for 3yrs and thought it was ENOUGH. I don't want to have my life like that forever. I want to be able to meet new people, work in different environment all the time, love what i do....I'm still a bit scared to take this step but i know it will be the best for me!

But hey! Maybe we can work together someday?! what ya think? lemme know when u come down to melb!

cheers,Olivia



Hi Jonathan!!!Will do....!!!! We could perhaps run a "OSP boot camp" to get to know each other, share the experiences and knowledge!!! I reckon it would be awesome!!

/Olivia



Hi Erinna!!

Thanks for the tip!! Never thought of doing some cold calling!!! As you know, im very new to this and i am not ready to be rejected to be of an assistant LOL. But I'll keep your tip in mind and will do it when i am ready to rock it!!!

/Olivia



Hi Turtle Nate,

Thanks for the suggestion, will do some research on those and consider!!!

/Olivia

Hi Olivia, WELCOME!!!

Thanks for the warm welcome Lorelei!!!!

Yah! Another Aussie on OSP - We are from Northern NSW - we do weddings and are launching lifestyle this year. Will be great to catch up in the future!This is a great place to learn and to share Olivia, so welcome aboard.Also like the idea of an Aussie OSP Boot camp


+1 Great and reasonably priced first lens that you won't grow out of down the track.

see us aussies are ready to take over the world

Hi Olivia.... I agree with errina, i did the cold calling thing when i was after asissting work and got a job within a week, and i knew NOTHING at that point, was in forst year Tafe...and stayed there for over 3 years learnt SOOOOOOOOOO much. (incidentially its the same guy errina worked for haha..she took over from me!)

oh wow!!!! I was thinking if i should take some kind of (short) course before doing this cold calling?? Is reading books, forum, online stuff, and loads of practise suffice?? Or is taking a course much worthwhile? You see, I did a business/IT degree at uni for 5yrs (dont ask me why and how i survived!!!) so going back to school again and to keep my current job for income seem a bit daunting!!!

Looks like I need to contact this guy who's been taking you girls as assistants!! Who is he?!

Thanks Craig&Di!

It's nice to see a couple working together for the same passion!!!! Just did a surf on your website and the photos are beautiful!!!

Thanks for the lens suggestion. Really helps to choose something affordable to start off with!!!!

And yes I am loving this OSP forum because of all the lovely people who are generous in sharing their knowledge!!! I feel "home" when i hop onto OSP. I can spend hours reading post without realising that it would way past midnight!

Proud to be here! thank you all!!