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Just got an SLR camera for the first time. Advice for beginners?
Posted on 3/27/14 at 7:50 am
Posted on 3/27/14 at 7:50 am
Besides watching the How to Youtube videos and reading the manual? Thanks.
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 7:53 am
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 7:52 am to prplhze2000
point forward and click.
fo real tho, get to know the ins and outs of the standard features of the camera before you go spending Thousands on special lenses and filters.
fo real tho, get to know the ins and outs of the standard features of the camera before you go spending Thousands on special lenses and filters.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 7:52 am to prplhze2000
Just watch some youtube videos then take a bunch of pictures and experiment on your own. It takes some time and practice to get the best looking shots.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:16 am to EarthwormJim
Two options.
1. Go take a class at a camera shop or local university/junior college. Not sure where you are located but LSU offers good "leisure" classes.
2. Self educate (YouTube/books) and take a metric butt load of photos.
Seriously, digital has made learning a bazillion times easier than learning with film (which is what I did). Marry yourself to the camera and take it everywhere for six months. You will become proficient.
1. Go take a class at a camera shop or local university/junior college. Not sure where you are located but LSU offers good "leisure" classes.
2. Self educate (YouTube/books) and take a metric butt load of photos.
Seriously, digital has made learning a bazillion times easier than learning with film (which is what I did). Marry yourself to the camera and take it everywhere for six months. You will become proficient.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:24 am to jbgleason
Take pictures on train tracks
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:26 am to prplhze2000
Become one with the no flash setting
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:38 am to prplhze2000
Once you've gotten the hang after a while, I'd go ahead and get a couple of different prime lenses. You can spend a lot less for high quality prime lenses than with zoom lenses, which will have some degradation at the high and low ends of the zoom anyway. I find that prime lenses force you to compose better photos. Without the laziness of the modern zoom lens, you really have to focus more on getting the right shot than just zooming and clicking. This of course depends on your application.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:39 am to MSTiger33
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This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:41 am to prplhze2000
Buy the book Understanding Exposure.
Then set your camera to M and never look back.
Then set your camera to M and never look back.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 8:46 am to prplhze2000
quote:
reading the manual
quote:
watching the How to Youtube videos
3. Open "prplhze2000 professional photography"
4.???
5. Profit
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:03 am to J311slx
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:13 am to prplhze2000
1) There are no shortcuts. Filters and cheap editing looks like someone with no talent trying to make crappy stuff interesting. See: pretty much everyone you know on facebook who has opened an awful photog biz.
2) Light. If you want to take stellar photographs, look for the best light. Get up early, go outside after storms, look for interesting light all the time. Shots taken during the middle of the day are usually going to be dull, even if the subject matter is great.
3) Learn to shoot B&W. It won't cover your bad eye for subject matter or your lack of skills. But there are subjects in B&W that just aren't the same in color. Get a good B&W suite (Silver efex pro is good).
4) Make prints.
2) Light. If you want to take stellar photographs, look for the best light. Get up early, go outside after storms, look for interesting light all the time. Shots taken during the middle of the day are usually going to be dull, even if the subject matter is great.
3) Learn to shoot B&W. It won't cover your bad eye for subject matter or your lack of skills. But there are subjects in B&W that just aren't the same in color. Get a good B&W suite (Silver efex pro is good).
4) Make prints.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:13 am to EveryonesACoach
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Once you've gotten the hang after a while, I'd go ahead and get a couple of different prime lenses. You can spend a lot less for high quality prime lenses than with zoom lenses, which will have some degradation at the high and low ends of the zoom anyway. I find that prime lenses force you to compose better photos. Without the laziness of the modern zoom lens, you really have to focus more on getting the right shot than just zooming and clicking. This of course depends on your application.
And this.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:19 am to Pettifogger
+1 on this.
Best purchase I ever made, and I have about $10k in equipment, is the 50mm f1.8 Canon prime I bought for $125. It bothers me immensely that I have multi-thousand dollar lens sitting in the case while I continue to use that one for 80% of my shots.
Best purchase I ever made, and I have about $10k in equipment, is the 50mm f1.8 Canon prime I bought for $125. It bothers me immensely that I have multi-thousand dollar lens sitting in the case while I continue to use that one for 80% of my shots.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:29 am to prplhze2000
Lightroom or something similar for photo editing, shoot in both JPEG and RAW formats.
Just a little practice with Lightroom with no training can make crap photos nice and nice photos really nice.
You can get Lightroom 5 from Amazon for $130, others might have it cheaper...
Just a little practice with Lightroom with no training can make crap photos nice and nice photos really nice.
You can get Lightroom 5 from Amazon for $130, others might have it cheaper...
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 9:30 am
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:32 am to jbgleason
Good cuz it was the Canon T3i that I got.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:38 am to jbgleason
95% of your shots should be made in Aperture Priority mode (AV or AP depending on make of camera), NOT Manual mode. You set the aperture, the camera sets the shutter speed.
Keep your exposure value reduced by about 2/3 of an f-stop to avoid overexposure.
Lenses with large apertures/small f-numbers (fast lenses) are worth the enormous cost.
Stick with either Canon or Nikon.
Keep your exposure value reduced by about 2/3 of an f-stop to avoid overexposure.
Lenses with large apertures/small f-numbers (fast lenses) are worth the enormous cost.
Stick with either Canon or Nikon.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:38 am to prplhze2000
Understanding Exposure
Seriously, other than the manual it's the first book you should read. Until you understand the exposure triangle you're just taking pictures and might as well use a cell phone camera.
Seriously, other than the manual it's the first book you should read. Until you understand the exposure triangle you're just taking pictures and might as well use a cell phone camera.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:40 am to prplhze2000
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:51 am to mcnulty
That is an excellent article. Shoot wide open with a fast lens.
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