Hello, all. I'm new here, and I've really enjoyed poking around a bit.
I'm hoping to start photography as a hobby and I'd like some advice on what to purchase to get started.
I want to take mostly black and white pictures, mostly of outside stuff, but of my family, too.
I've studied art, so I have a general idea of the concepts of good photography (the talent to go with it is definately dubious).
I don't have, and won't have, a darkroom.
I look foward to learning about how pictures change as you change f-stop and exposure and blah blah blah, so I'll need a camera that lets me do that.
So, can someone point me in the direction of a good choice of equipment that will grow with me and I can learn on, that won't break my budget? I'm thinking maybe even going second-hand, but I don't know where to start.
Thanks in advance.
I'm hoping to start photography as a hobby and I'd like some advice on what to purchase to get started.
I want to take mostly black and white pictures, mostly of outside stuff, but of my family, too.
I've studied art, so I have a general idea of the concepts of good photography (the talent to go with it is definately dubious).
I don't have, and won't have, a darkroom.
I look foward to learning about how pictures change as you change f-stop and exposure and blah blah blah, so I'll need a camera that lets me do that.
So, can someone point me in the direction of a good choice of equipment that will grow with me and I can learn on, that won't break my budget? I'm thinking maybe even going second-hand, but I don't know where to start.
Thanks in advance.