You may call me JOYIA

January 1st 2005 I joined the Photo SIG . My first statement was " I am a farmer in my fifties , I want to learn from much learned ones"

June 2nd 2005 :- .. I had been playing with almost all kind of film cameras since my childhood. .My basement was flooded almost 27 years ago.. All my cameras with all kind of lenses and all my photos were dumped in mudy water for weeks..All was lost. I said good bye to photography

.I found PhotoSIG in 2004 , kept coming to it .. inspired by great photographers.. my passion for photography woke up again.. Mid 2004 I bought my first 2 MP fixed lense Olympus digital camera assuming it is the best one.Then again got a used SLR flim camera.. but finaly got Canon EOS 350 D .

Possessing good cameras and lenses dons't mean that one is a very skilled photographer.. I am very less skilled photographer with very good camera though....I am learning from the work of all kind of calibers on p-SIG.

I love to critique more as it helps to lean more..I post photos to learn about my mistakes..so I post less photos.:)

I would like to thank wwcsig/Wolfgang for my basic membership . A great person I would not forget in my life time.Great teacher with golden heart and tough rules.

November, 27,2006 :- I upgraded to premium membership..not because I would post more photos..but to support the site ..as with all flaws it is still one of the best site promoting photography..I would be as usual a better critique rather than a better photographer..:)

Wish all of you smooth sailing .. best of luck. regards JOYIA

Photo rating	7,066
Photo critique rating	65,213
Overall contributor rating	72,279