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Newbie to photos

  • 26-07-2012 1:56pm
    #1
    CraigSmith
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Decided to pick up a nikon today.

    I know there is plenty of tips and everything but what would be the main thing each of you would tell a brand new person to photography?

    Also here are the only 3 pictures i took this morning when I got the camera.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/83461031@N04/with/7649235822/#photo_7649235822

    Thanks for all the help in advance guys and girls! :)


Comments

  • #2
    Nebezpeci Mys
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭Nebezpeci Mys


    ...well, my first advice would be read the manual, experiment, play with the settings and be patient.... it takes a while before everything falls into place (or I might have been a total exception :)).
    Oh, and reading the so-many-times-mentioned 'Understanding Exposure' helped a lot too... Happy shooting!


  • #3
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    I'd say learn what each element of the 'exposure triangle' does, how it affects the image, and how they affect each other. It does take a while.


  • #4
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    Here's an oldie worth a mooch through (with a bit of a fun side to it too). Enjoy (and beware of any curved ball(s) that maybe in there)


  • #5
    CraigSmith
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭CraigSmith


    Wow theres some great tips on that link !


  • #6
    xeiramnnax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭xeiramnnax


    AnCatDubh wrote: »
    Here's an oldie worth a mooch through (with a bit of a fun side to it too). Enjoy (and beware of any curved ball(s) that maybe in there)

    Thank's very much for this - great link! Now to get out of work and start trying some of these tips! :D


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  • #7
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    If you embed your images into threads then you can get C&C on them which is a great way to learn.

    Instructions are given in the OP of each Random Photo thread.


  • #8
    elven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭elven


    If you can imagine yourself say 5 years down the line, and you've learned all about how to use the camera, what sort of photos would you like to be taking?

    Are you looking at a particular kind of photography at the moment, hoping to learn how to do that? Or do you just want to be 'good'? If that's what you're thinking, try to narrow it down a bit. You can't judge how well you're succeeding, if you don't know what your target is.

    Having said that, it's a good idea to get the technicalities down first and learn how to control the camera so that you can make decisions about which settings to use, based on the effect you want it to have. That relationship between "I change this >>> this happens to the photo" is the single most important thing to learn, in the sense of finding out how to create photos. But having a strong idea of what you want to create, that's what will drive you to make your own photos and not just be doing 'photography by numbers'.

    Have fun, and good luck :D


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