Best Equipment for a Landscape/Nature/Abstract beginner?

JustKeating

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I'm a 25 year old bartender in SW FLA. I love photography and really got into it after an extended stay in NYC while borrowing my GF's Olympus E-500. Like most noobs, I liked the feedback I was getting and started taking more and more photos. I recently started a Facebook Fan Page and am working on a website to try and sell some of my work.

Unfortunately, the Olympus is out of order and I was looking to move up in quality anyway. I need to expand my portfolio and was wondering what would be best for doing so. (The most bang of my buck)

Thanks for any help/insight!
 
Haha!! Money is an object. Sorry for not stating that. I'm just not looking to make much out of this so I'd like to keep it within a budget. I'd like to keep it to $2k and below...
 
I have a facebook page but I think I need 5 posts under my belt before I can post a link... facebook.com/justkeatingphotography
 
Not bad!

You do like to saturate a lot.

Look for a used Canon 5D. You'd appreciate the image quality of the full frame sensor. Then a Tamron 28-75mm 2.8, great image quality. Then start saving up for something longer(zoom)
 
I agree. A lot of my photos are over saturated... Is this a bad thing? I blame so of that on the Facebook uploader. I use CS4 and I photo. Any suggestion on better image editing software?

Thanks for the help!
 
Is it a bad thing? Not always. :sexywink:

CS4 is fine, unless you want CS5 :D

and there is always Lightroom.
 
Are there any tricks to using photoshop?? I have only used basic adjustments. Recently figured out that taking pictures in RAW format may be better. Does that help w/ photoshop?
 
Shooting RAW gives you more latitude in adjustments vs. editing jpegs.

Plenty of tutorials, video tuts, and books concerning photoshop.
There are massive books going in depth of Photoshops power...it's a tool to master over time.
 
looking at a few of your photo's on facebook I noticed a lot of your horizons are crooked. I would work on straightening those out if you want to sell them.
 
If you will still have your DSLR to use then consider a used Pentax 645 film camera.I have a friend who is a pro pandscape photographer, and he did the bulk of his landscape work with his trusty Pentax 645 until the nature of his work forced him into almost all digital. There is an added expense that comes with using film (and medium format at that!) and you don't get the instant gratification like digital. But film is a wonderful medium to work with.

Brian
 

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