Photography: Where to begin?

[samanthamojica]

I always wanted to learn photography starting from the basics to the advanced ones but I don't know where and how to start.
Is there a tutorial about photography online?

 

[pisto1981]

All sorts of videos you can watch on youtube

 

[Buckster]

Hello Samantha. Let's start at the beginning. Do you have a camera yet? If you do, which one is it? If you don't, how much can you budget for one?

 

[KmH]

Start here - http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...-forum/267492-info-those-new-photography.html

 

[Stacylouwho]

Yeah, youtube helps a lot.. There is photographers on youtube.. Tony Northrup.. Macon Campus... and a lot of others! But Studio 101 is also good... I would start there and then go youtube.. It will help you understand the very basics so you know what they are talking about.

 

[hirejn]

Bryan Peterson is also good at teaching. Not sure if he has videos but his books should be light enough for beginners. I'm more of a video guy. You'd be surprised at how much good free training there is. But eventually you have to pay for better information.

 

[TCampbell]

Bryan Peterson is also good at teaching. Not sure if he has videos but his books should be light enough for beginners. I'm more of a video guy. You'd be surprised at how much good free training there is. But eventually you have to pay for better information.

Bryan does do videos... they're posted on Adorama's website: AdoramaTV - You Keep Shooting from Adorama Learning Center

There are lots of videos hosted... go to Adorama.com, click "Learn Center" while that main page will show all of the most recent videos in blog-history style, there are some categories in the right margin. There's a category for "Adorama TV" -- but within that section you can find Bryan's series which is named "You keep shooting".

I've been shooting for a long time. When I noticed his book seemed to be the most frequently recommended, I decided I should pick up a copy so that at least I'd know what was in it (I didn't feel comfortable recommending books I'd never read... not even so much as browsed through them.) I was trying to evaluate how well he would connect with a new shooter... does he use technical terms that only people already on the "inside" would understand, or does he explain them in a way that can speak the language of someone who isn't already an expert (but introduce you to the terms and language). He does... he uses good analogies.

Bryan's book is more of a "technical" book in that he's mostly teaching you how to control the exposure and the impact it'll have on your images. There are other books which focus more on composition and design -- and assuming you already have a good grounding in understanding exposure.

 

[amolitor]

Get a camera. Take some pictures. Get a book or two of pictures out of the library, and look at them.

Specific questions will likely arise.

 

[nmoody]

I recently started learning photography about a year and a half ago pretty much from scratch. I made a post on my site a few months ago detailing what worked for me: How I started learning digital photography | Adventures into Amateur Photography

It lists what books that really helped and other ways I progressed with my learning. This forum definitely helped a lot with the fine details but most of the basics are better learned from a book/class.

I am by no means a great at photographer but I sure have learned a lot and improved greatly over the past year.

 

[Derrel]

I just quickly went to nmoody's blog and read the first page and looked at the black crowned night heron pics...

Seems to me like his suggestions on his site are pretty good.

 

[nmoody]

I just quickly went to nmoody's blog and read the first page and looked at the black crowned night heron pics...

Seems to me like his suggestions on his site are pretty good.

Thanks Derrel I really appreciate that =)

 

[xxWesxx]

Learn the Triangle, Rule of thirds, and defiantly learn Shutter speed and Aperture priorities

 

[Derrel]

Learn the Triangle, Rule of thirds, and defiantly learn Shutter speed and Aperture priorities

Yes, by all means defiantly learn Shutter speed!!! And perhaps more-willingly, learn Aperture priority.

xxWesxx, your avatar camera looks a lot like a Soviet-era "Cosmorex SE", aka "Zenit" 35mm SLR that I had as a boy.

 

[ricksname]

Get a camera, go outside and take some photos! Try going out and having fun with your camera before you get too bogged down with reading and tutorial videos. Sometimes a photo just feels right! At least then if you are struggling to compose a shot, you can have some existing photos to reflect on and learn from, when you start to read up on bettering your technique. Good luck!

 

[RCflyer]

Recently when I started I bought a cheap T2i kit and started watching youtube videos about what I want to photograph. One thing that I have learned is that you will never stop learning more and perfecting your photgraphy skills.