This thread is for beginners, right?

[Aayria]

Oh.my.goodness... I haven't laughed this hard from an internet forum in sooooo long. I love you guys :hug::

 

[MTVision]

I'm here to learn people, not get into drama. Who was it then tha posted the laughing smiley about me reading the manual? Was that neccessary?? And the people who agreed with it......

The book - it wasn't the manual they were talking about. That's just what you assumed.

 

[e.rose]

here's my attempt to keep up with the raging thread.
if you want to know iso, aperture, and shutter speed for every lighting situation, take some time (3 hours?) to read this. it is exactly what you want to know, and if you can remember all of it then you must be pretty amazing but if you can't check back often and most of it is learnt by experience anyway.
i don't see anything wrong or evil about 'the book'. it offers a lot of things that people starting off with DSLRs need to know.
as for the user manual, i mean, how are you gonna use your camera if you don't even take time to savour the wholly goodness of the user's manual??
one of the pet peeves of people on this forum is putting 'just got a DSLR' and 'gonna get in the bizzzz' together. some of the people on here are experienced professionals and they know how difficult it is to start a business.
this is a forum which means there are all kinds of characters on here and they are all trying to help you (in different ways). if you are easily offended by others then you really shouldn't be asking for help on here in the first place.

EXACTLY.

and now my laughing emoticon because i am an @$$hole and another one for dramatic effects :lmao:

Hahaha... LITERALLY laughed out loud...

Oh.my.goodness... I haven't laughed this hard from an internet forum in sooooo long. I love you guys :hug::

:hug:: :heart: :hug::

 

[MTVision]

Is this an appropriate time to suggest... THE BOOK?! DUN dun DUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!

I think you said the magic words :thumbup: - I was thinking the same thing when I read the original post - and if I may be so bold - the OP should check out Bryan Peterson's book Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition, Revised and Updated. (That is the one you were thinking of - was it not?)

Cheers,

WesternGuy

If you actually read the posts maybe you'll get it this time.

 

[amatuerallie]

I just joined here yesterday, so still getting the hang of the forum so apologies if I read the wrong name......honest mistake. I do not mind being critiqued at all, just didn't appreciate being laughed at.

 

[MTVision]

I just joined here yesterday, so still getting the hang of the forum so apologies if I read the wrong name......honest mistake. I do not mind being critiqued at all, just didn't appreciate being laughed at.

That's the thing - nobody laughed at you. Not one person.

 

[amatuerallie]

here's my attempt to keep up with the raging thread.
if you want to know iso, aperture, and shutter speed for every lighting situation, take some time (3 hours?) to read this. it is exactly what you want to know, and if you can remember all of it then you must be pretty amazing but if you can't check back often and most of it is learnt by experience anyway.
i don't see anything wrong or evil about 'the book'. it offers a lot of things that people starting off with DSLRs need to know.
as for the user manual, i mean, how are you gonna use your camera if you don't even take time to savour the wholly goodness of the user's manual??
one of the pet peeves of people on this forum is putting 'just got a DSLR' and 'gonna get in the bizzzz' together. some of the people on here are experienced professionals and they know how difficult it is to start a business.
this is a forum which means there are all kinds of characters on here and they are all trying to help you (in different ways). if you are easily offended by others then you really shouldn't be asking for help on here in the first place.

EXACTLY.

and now my laughing emoticon because i am an @$$hole and another one for dramatic effects :lmao:

Hahaha... LITERALLY laughed out loud...

Oh.my.goodness... I haven't laughed this hard from an internet forum in sooooo long. I love you guys :hug::

:hug:: :heart: :hug::

Once again, just joined here yesterday.....geez people....

 

[e.rose]

I just joined here yesterday, so still getting the hang of the forum so apologies if I read the wrong name......honest mistake. I do not mind being critiqued at all, just didn't appreciate being laughed at.

I forgive you...

But do me a favor?

Next time you're upset about something... *make sure* they're actually doing what you're accusing them off before you fly off the handle.

Also... just a heads up... this is a GREAT place to learn. In just a short years time I made more progress than I ever expected to make in FIVE years. Most of the people here ARE helpful. There *are* a few bad eggs here and there, but rather than starting arguments with them, it's best just to ignore them (whether it's a mental ignore list like I have, or the physical one given to you by this site...).

And the fact of the matter is... I'm a friggin' clown. I like to have fun, and sometimes I *am* sarcastic, but most of the time there's a story behind what I'm saying... like that other thread b*tching about that book.

Sometimes people will be sarcastic in their responses to *you*... there's a lot of sarcastic characters here... but what you have to do is learn to extract the message they're actually telling you and look past the fact that they wrote it the way they did.

That's the only way you're going to survive here...

You need Berlin Wall thick skin.

 

[onerugrat]

THE END

 

[e.rose]

here's my attempt to keep up with the raging thread.
if you want to know iso, aperture, and shutter speed for every lighting situation, take some time (3 hours?) to read this. it is exactly what you want to know, and if you can remember all of it then you must be pretty amazing but if you can't check back often and most of it is learnt by experience anyway.
i don't see anything wrong or evil about 'the book'. it offers a lot of things that people starting off with DSLRs need to know.
as for the user manual, i mean, how are you gonna use your camera if you don't even take time to savour the wholly goodness of the user's manual??
one of the pet peeves of people on this forum is putting 'just got a DSLR' and 'gonna get in the bizzzz' together. some of the people on here are experienced professionals and they know how difficult it is to start a business.
this is a forum which means there are all kinds of characters on here and they are all trying to help you (in different ways). if you are easily offended by others then you really shouldn't be asking for help on here in the first place.

EXACTLY.



Hahaha... LITERALLY laughed out loud...

Oh.my.goodness... I haven't laughed this hard from an internet forum in sooooo long. I love you guys :hug::

:hug:: :heart: :hug::

Once again, just joined here yesterday.....geez people....

Hey, you brought that on with your unnecessary... flipping out.

If I were you, I'd just forget about this thread... go read your manual... twice... and then go pick up "Understanding Exposure".

While you're reading that, go out and take pictures. When you have some you're happy with (and after you've grown your armor) post them here for critique, take that critique well, apply it, take more pictures, come back and post... etc. etc. etc.

 

[amatuerallie]

I agree with ONE rugrat...THE END, I say that all the time! I can be sarcastic too, strong personality, very confrontational......so looks like I will fit in here JUST FINE:lmao:

 

[e.rose]

I agree with ONE rugrat...THE END, I say that all the time! I can be sarcastic too, strong personality, very confrontational......so looks like I will fit in here JUST FINE:lmao:

Haha, good deal. Just make sure your confrontations are warranted next time.

 

[amatuerallie]

EXACTLY.




Hahaha... LITERALLY laughed out loud...



:hug:: :heart: :hug::

Once again, just joined here yesterday.....geez people....

Hey, you brought that on with your unnecessary... flipping out.

If I were you, I'd just forget about this thread... go read your manual... twice... and then go pick up "Understanding Exposure".

While you're reading that, go out and take pictures. When you have some you're happy with (and after you've grown your armor) post them here for critique, take that critique well, apply it, take more pictures, come back and post... etc. etc. etc.

Thank you, will definately read the book, and practice. I spend a lot more of my free time with my cam.....not on here....just sayn......

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Interesting thread

 

[amatuerallie]

While we're all being blunt here.....so WHY CAN't you learn your camera quickly and begin a business? I sure know a lot of people that have done it. TELL ME I CAN'T, I'LL SHOW YOU I CAN.......my motto...I call BS on that one