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I am pretty new at taking photography seriously, I have always had a camera, but it was a case of point and shoot. Then in 2007 I had a motorbike crash leaving me in a wheelchair, I went out a few times just taking snaps of wildlife and buildings etc. Then in April 2009 I suffered a fairly big stroke, and part of the rehab programme included a digital editing course. I took it up and loved it, I then decided I can express myself in my photographs, I can capture moments in time that will never be replaced. All my work has been using a tripod as from the bike crash I had a very badly shattered upper right arm, and from the stroke I have a pretty useless curled up hand. I want to get into it more and more, recently bust my camera when I fell out of my wheelchair, whilst being an official photographer for a charity event my stroke club was holding. As I hit the deck the camera came out worse that I did. A great person has given me a compact to use, I can just do the press and shoot on it. But because of my physical limitations I cant press the buttons and turn the dials on it as they are too small. I normally go out once a week with one of my carers taking photographs, thankfully this last week I used her camera.
 
Very sorry to hear your story mate.

It can only make you stronger I guess.

How old are you if you don't mind me asking?
 
Wheels said:
I'm 42 but feel 142:|
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Hopefully you will feel younger tomorrow! I also had a motorcycle smash some years ago and understand the resultant frustrations.

Getting out and about has helped me enormously and the photies add to that, I hope the same will be true for you.

At least we know how important life is and not to waste it on mere existence :cool:
 
TinaC said:
Hopefully you will feel younger tomorrow! I also had a motorcycle smash some years ago and understand the resultant frustrations.

Getting out and about has helped me enormously and the photies add to that, I hope the same will be true for you.

At least we know how important life is and not to waste it on mere existence :cool:
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Your right getting out this last couple of months has made me a bit more confident being outside, once behind a camera, I get lost in the images and forget or ignore the hermit side of me saying go home your ok in there.
 
I know how you feel, I damaged my knee in 2002, and now I can't run anymore without falling over :( , however it's not stopped me doing other things, my word of advice is think positive

It's about the abilities not the disabilities :thumbs:




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Rob 80386
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.

I'm not sure if this'll be much help but I remember reading something a while ago about a very talented photographer who was also in a wheelchair. If I remember correctly, his camera was on his lap and he looked down from above (like a waist level viewfinder). :)

If you're thinking about diving right back in, maybe it would be worth looking at a DSLR with either a right-angle viewfinder (or even one with live view) and use a cable release to trip the shutter. There's also a product called the 'Zigview' S2 which is a combined remote viewing screen and shutter release. Unfortunately, they're not that cheap though but it's something to consider.

Hope that gives you some food for thought.
Best wishes,
Si
 
Did you manage to get any pictures from the charity event? Did the memorey card survive? I notice that your fluffy caterpillar piccy is a couple of years old in another thread. Would be nice to post some more up-to-date pics perhaps?
Impressive postings BTW, 21 posts in just a few hours.
 
Spiritflier said:
Hi and welcome to the forum.

I'm not sure if this'll be much help but I remember reading something a while ago about a very talented photographer who was also in a wheelchair. If I remember correctly, his camera was on his lap and he looked down from above (like a waist level viewfinder). :)

If you're thinking about diving right back in, maybe it would be worth looking at a DSLR with either a right-angle viewfinder (or even one with live view) and use a cable release to trip the shutter. There's also a product called the 'Zigview' S2 which is a combined remote viewing screen and shutter release. Unfortunately, they're not that cheap though but it's something to consider.

Hope that gives you some food for thought.
Best wishes,
Si
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Hiya Si

Thanks for this, I wont be diving back in just at the moment but soon hopefully, the DPA have some good info on their website along with some great adaptations. I have just been searching for what you put and your right they are not cheap, but a brilliant idea.

Cheers

Julian
 
NigelPaul said:
Did you manage to get any pictures from the charity event? Did the memorey card survive? I notice that your fluffy caterpillar piccy is a couple of years old in another thread. Would be nice to post some more up-to-date pics perhaps?
Impressive postings BTW, 21 posts in just a few hours.
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Hi NigelPaul yes I got some photos before the crash test dummy incident the memory card survived thankfully some can be seen at http://www.think-ahead.org.uk/Activities/PhotoGallery/tabid/72/AlbumID/432-16/Default.aspx the ones with JS were taken by me.

Also there are a few postings on here from me on here other than the caterpillar, with some very recent ones.
 
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