appifanie
TPF Noob!
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Hi everyone! I am 35 years old and once upon a time in high school, I was in a photography class. I swear that I remember being pretty okay at it, and I have fond but fuzzy memories of the developing room.
I have a 6 year old daughter and since having her I've been increasingly interested in documenting fun parts of her life with some great pictures. I upgraded from the free digital p&s camera my mom gave me to a nice Sony p&s and I really wanted a dSLR but waited until I could get one for a decent price. I remember that one of the reasons I wanted a dSLR was because the kiddo got her pictures taken by a "pro" (Sears? JC Penney? Don't tell my current actually pro photographer
and I realized that one of the reasons she got good pics was because when she took the picture, the camera took it when she clicked, and not several seconds later, like my p&s.
About 2 years ago I saw a Canon EOS Rebel XS for sale for $499 or so with the camera, a bag, an extra battery, 2 memory cards, and something else I'm sure I'm forgetting. I eventually got some filters, and a separate flash, and a 50mm f1.8 lens.
Of course outside in good lighting I do a pretty darn good job, but everywhere else it's like a disaster where ever pic makes me feel increasingly like I have NO SKILL. So I'm here to see if I can figure things out and get better, or if I should just throw in the towel and go back to p&s
I have a 6 year old daughter and since having her I've been increasingly interested in documenting fun parts of her life with some great pictures. I upgraded from the free digital p&s camera my mom gave me to a nice Sony p&s and I really wanted a dSLR but waited until I could get one for a decent price. I remember that one of the reasons I wanted a dSLR was because the kiddo got her pictures taken by a "pro" (Sears? JC Penney? Don't tell my current actually pro photographer
and I realized that one of the reasons she got good pics was because when she took the picture, the camera took it when she clicked, and not several seconds later, like my p&s. About 2 years ago I saw a Canon EOS Rebel XS for sale for $499 or so with the camera, a bag, an extra battery, 2 memory cards, and something else I'm sure I'm forgetting. I eventually got some filters, and a separate flash, and a 50mm f1.8 lens.
Of course outside in good lighting I do a pretty darn good job, but everywhere else it's like a disaster where ever pic makes me feel increasingly like I have NO SKILL. So I'm here to see if I can figure things out and get better, or if I should just throw in the towel and go back to p&s
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