WELCOME to all the recent victims, I mean, members. Shoot your pics as you will. This place... It's special. WE, the COMMUNITY, love seeing what people can do; no matter if it sucks or is great. A lot of us LOVE to help those who don't quite have the eye or technology down. We all start somewhere. Trust me, Lord Raven, Ender90210 and myself (the old guard) have helped a lot of people get their stuff tight. And while we might teach as much, the 2nd generation WILL!

A lot of people don't think they can shoot a picture. WHO CARES??? It's all digital, erase it until it's right! (lol) Seriously tho, we ALL played with the toys. There musta been a story in your head when playing with them. The next step (beyond writing fanfic, imo) is doing dios or even 1-shot scenarios that can tell the story. LOOK at any 1-shot (PHOTOS) and it tells a story.

Some of us older folk like the challenge of just pulling a figure from our collection (or a couple of figures) and see what we can do. THAT'S the joy of Weekend Warriors. "Here, the idea is to use General Hawk (upcoming) and see what you can do with him!" If you don't like YOUR shots, look at other people's and it can give you inspiration. I KNOW that Luke Ellison and Outrider blew my mind and I just HAD to learn how to do foto manipulation (ie; aerial shots). Then along comes someone like DaveCW90210 and MC HAMMER comes in and says, "CAN'T TOUCH THIS!!!"

ANd then, it comes down to style. I may have followed other people's examples but I've come up with my own style. For me to throw down DaveCW-style shots, it's not me. But... Find what works. ANd when the dios' stories are so incredibly strong, the photos are just icing on the cake!

Ok, ok, I'll shut up now...