just got a dslr, now what?

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For the final one you have chopped off the cat's ear, have a look at your framing and try to get everything in.
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you have no idea how hard it was to get her to sit still and not lick the camera lol :p

Andy90 said:
Hmm lots of replies and no-one has yet said

go and purchase "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson :)
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are the books better than online (read free) articles/vids?
 
ng93 said:
are the books better than online (read free) articles/vids?
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Understanding Exposure obviously contains a lot of information which is freely available on the Internet. The author however explains it all in an excellent easygoing style that doesn't treat the reader like an idiot like some books.

Add to that he's a good Photographer as well :)
 
ok i have no idea why everyone wants me to ask about weddings :confused:

some kinda noob initiation? lol
 
ng93 said:
ok i have no idea why everyone wants me to ask about weddings :confused:

some kinda noob initiation? lol
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It's just an in joke on people who has 1 DSLR and a lens with no experience think they can shoot a wedding, the most important day of someone's life just because they have the same gear a professional has.

The question will ensure a lot of backlash from the users.

If however, you say the couple has no expectation, you are not charging money, and you have 2 bodies & a few lenses...their attitude will change :p
 
Raymond Lin said:
It's just an in joke on people who has 1 DSLR and a lens with no experience think they can shoot a wedding, the most important day of someone's life just because they have the same gear a professional has.

The question will ensure a lot of backlash from the users.

If however, you say the couple has no expectation, you are not charging money, and you have 2 bodies & a few lenses...their attitude will change :p
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Save me searching, do you have links to these threads :D
 
ng93 said:
you have no idea how hard it was to get her to sit still and not lick the camera lol :p



are the books better than online (read free) articles/vids?
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Stopping taping food to the lens then :D

Yup, much easier to pickup a book than trawl through a pdf. Understanding Exposure is a great book and I still look through mine to remind me of techniques and info I have forgotten or ignored. Only around £10 too.
 
In my opinion, a couple of books are absolutely worth it. I got my DSLR in February and since then I've got a small library going.

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You're looking at about £150 worth of books there and I'm not saying you run out and spend that much, but you should definitely pick up a couple. Yes, you can generally find all this stuff scattered around online, but books are king for me.

My recommendations for a newbie would be The Digital Photography Book vol. 1, 2 & 3 (comes as a set) by Scott Kelby and Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. The Scott Kelby books are very, very broad and easy to pick up. There's basically one bite-sized piece of information on each page. Understanding Exposure is a lot deeper (yet a very enjoyable read) and once it 'clicks' you'll never use any of the automatic/creative automatic modes ever again.

(that wedding photography link posted above is hilarious btw)
 
Forgot to mention I also got a 30mm fixed zoom lense. Surely there's nothing this can do that the 18-55mm can't?

p.s. i've just bought Understanding Exposure :D
 
I think the 30mm is probably the F2 lens? This will allow you to shoot in lower light than the 18-55mm and also achieve a narrower depth of field. Go shoot! :)
 
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