Photography thread
#101
I'm still new myself, owning my first DSLR in 2006. From one noob to another, I say mess with the settings and see what they do. Take full advantage of the instant gratification of digital media. There's plenty of basic info online on F-stop, ISO and aperture settings and what they do.
Welcome to the club, you're gonna enjoy it! Oh yeah, it's just like car modding, first you start small. Then you'll start buying a bunch of shit for your camera and pretty soon you need a backpack just for your equipment when you go on trips or vacation.
Welcome to the club, you're gonna enjoy it! Oh yeah, it's just like car modding, first you start small. Then you'll start buying a bunch of shit for your camera and pretty soon you need a backpack just for your equipment when you go on trips or vacation.
#102
I'm still new myself, owning my first DSLR in 2006. From one noob to another, I say mess with the settings and see what they do. Take full advantage of the instant gratification of digital media. There's plenty of basic info online on F-stop, ISO and aperture settings and what they do.
Welcome to the club, you're gonna enjoy it! Oh yeah, it's just like car modding, first you start small. Then you'll start buying a bunch of shit for your camera and pretty soon you need a backpack just for your equipment when you go on trips or vacation.
Welcome to the club, you're gonna enjoy it! Oh yeah, it's just like car modding, first you start small. Then you'll start buying a bunch of shit for your camera and pretty soon you need a backpack just for your equipment when you go on trips or vacation.
I'm really looking forward to learning, and it will be nice to share here.
#104
Just bought a "slightly used" D3100 on ebay as a starter camera with what I believe is the standard lens; the 18-55mm VR Lens.
Have never owned an SLR, only messed around with a few of my friends'. I hope to become fairly well versed so that I can shoot as a hobby. Any recommendations for a photography noob? Books, sites, or forums?
Have never owned an SLR, only messed around with a few of my friends'. I hope to become fairly well versed so that I can shoot as a hobby. Any recommendations for a photography noob? Books, sites, or forums?
If I were to start all over again though, I would say the thing that has made the single biggest difference in my photographs is my Nikon SB700 Speedlight, I would have bought that first over anything else and next a tripod. Learning to bounce flash is one of best ways to improve your pictures, particularly of people. I just also bought a new lighting setup so now I can remotely fire the flash off camera and have a few umbrellas to bounce off of. Can't wait for the next car shoot.
Check out kenrockwell.com, he has a lot of great info, but don't always listen to his recommendations, they are sometimes contradictory. Flickr also has a huge base of photographers and tons of photos with information on how they were made. Have fun with it though and practice all the time, PM me if you want more info, we'll have to do a photoshoot if you ever come back to TX man lol.