I absolutely agree...it is simply unbelievable... what worth1000,com is to Ps, sort of.

I just recently discovered it, and honestly, I now blush with shame every time I look at my camera.

I'm really sorry to hear about your elbow... maybe training yourself to be more ambidextrous might help, but if it's that severe, surgery might be the option (not thinking 'amputation'... well short of that - pun? ). No matter what, maybe taking some of those 'sick days' to get it done? Whatever.

Anyway, I bless your effort at finding photonirvana... thanks for taking the pains (literally) to update us. Btw, the ipad has a free Dragonspeak app you can dictate into and it is amazingly accurate.

Mighty impressive shots Roman! Looks to me your well on your way to some great stuff!

Thanks!  Im learning, and getting there.  My work load has been insane the past few years.  But not playing drums, i have gained back about 20-30% more strength in my elbow.  just crazy what abuse we do to ourselves.

Dave ... one often forgotten issue since all the manic hysteria pertaining to 'RSI'  [almost the AIDS of the technology generation] is Ergonomics.

.....even anthropomorphics....

But in reality....think 'posture'..... how a nagging pain in a shoulder can be caused by an ill-fitting shoe.

They shouldn't have called it 'RSI'.....it SHOULD have been 'BP-E'..... and it would have been 'cured' sooner.....

Jafo,

 you are 100% correct, my problem is that im at the mercy of the plants i work in.  Some are great, some are horrible.  I try and re-organize things when i know im going to be working on-site for any length of time.  But sometimes there is nothing that i can do, and some of these are just horrible to work at. 

I always enjoy looking through your photos when you post them on Facebook. You definitely have talent!

In my area we have an amateur photography club (and we are a small population) They meet monthly, have photo shoots, enter things with a state/regional photo club, go to seminars. Of course, you don't gotta do all that. Mostly they share shots between each other (it seems the bulk are digital, but some are not) Hints on F-stop, film speed, lenses, even some marketing. At our club there are some international known folks whose prints, digital and real, sell for thousands down to the backyard photographers with a $10 camera. The pros will tell you what what they learn from the novices is well worth the annual dues, and of course the other way around for the rest of us. Seeing in-person the photos that we have all taken and getting the feedback is past valuable. It gives confidence to hear someone whose shots you admire say something like, "That's really a nice shot, I'll have to do that some time."

Just something to try.  I used to go to computer club too, but everyone does that via internet any more. We need to touch real people more often than we do. Before we ruin our eyes completely (boy I miss my eyes)

Thanks Xiandi!

LizMarr, I want to take some classes, etc. but i have no set schedule, so its near impossible for me to say "yeah i can take a tuesday class for x weeks" i hate it.  maybe one day..