I am getting ready to sign up for some beginner photography classes.
Anyone have any tips or suggestions for a newbie?
I am getting ready to sign up for some beginner photography classes.
Anyone have any tips or suggestions for a newbie?
Prints and more available at: http://BSPhotography.co/
Digital downloads available at: https://licensing.pixels.com/profiles/1-brian-shoemaker
IG: BSPhotographyZ9
Best of luck in your classes. Once you get the basics make minor changes with your settings to see what the difference is in the photo. I love digital as I delete and shoot again all the time. This is a good forum to ask plenty of questions. Lots of responses to my questions have been great benefits.
Signed up for my first class, see how this goes. I got my equipment and tried to self learn but was not overly successful. Time for some proper teaching.
Prints and more available at: http://BSPhotography.co/
Digital downloads available at: https://licensing.pixels.com/profiles/1-brian-shoemaker
IG: BSPhotographyZ9
There's not a lot of advice to give since you're already doing the best thing by taking classes. Once you understand and grasp the basics of exposure, and how and when to use different combinations of iso, shutter speed, and aperture, just PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE! My formal training was almost 40 years ago long before digital. I learned by shooting film and then processing everything in the darkroom to see the results, and then doing it all over again, old school style. With digital the learning curve is much shorter.
Here's some advice as you progress; A camera is just a tool, don't start chasing higher end cameras expecting it to make you a better photographer, it won't. Having said that, as you do upgrade your equipment, invest first in better lenses as opposed to camera bodies, it's way more beneficial. Having a high end body doesn't mean anything if you're shooting through mediocre glass.
Most of all, have fun!
Full blood Nikonian
Reply With Quote