Tips for use and settings on canon rebel

tinabest22 · Nov 15, 2011

I bought my canon rebel eos basically for pictures of my kids, but the more I take the more interested I get on learning more, so I'm up for any advice/suggestions!

MLeeK · Nov 15, 2011

It's kind of hard to give you GOOD advice when we don't know what you know or don't know. Digital Photography Tips: Digital Photography School has amassed a great bunch of tutorials for everything from the extreme beginner to the advanced.
If you do NOTHING else study composition. It will change your photographs for the better literally overnight. It's something that even the best of pro's can go back and re-study over and over and over and take something new away every time. My favorite link for basic composition: Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition.
Learn what aperture, ISO and shutter speed do both creatively and to your exposure.
Don't throw flash in until you thoroughly understand ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture because it changes the game.
Take photos every day. Then look at them and figure out what it is you don't like about them and what you wish you had gotten in the image. Everything you DO like won't teach you anything, but the things you don't like or wish you had done will teach you everything.

Futurelight · Nov 15, 2011

MLeeK said:
It's kind of hard to give you GOOD advice when we don't know what you know or don't know. Digital Photography Tips: Digital Photography School has amassed a great bunch of tutorials for everything from the extreme beginner to the advanced.
If you do NOTHING else study composition. It will change your photographs for the better literally overnight. It's something that even the best of pro's can go back and re-study over and over and over and take something new away every time. My favorite link for basic composition: Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition.
Learn what aperture, ISO and shutter speed do both creatively and to your exposure.
Don't throw flash in until you thoroughly understand ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture because it changes the game.
Take photos every day. Then look at them and figure out what it is you don't like about them and what you wish you had gotten in the image. Everything you DO like won't teach you anything, but the things you don't like or wish you had done will teach you everything.

This just about sums it all up. I agree completely. Wind off a load of shots with one focal point. For each shot, change you F-stop. The do the same with a fifferent iso setting. As you look back over the shots you take you will see the difference in focal length/exposure etc etc. Just remember to make a note of each setting once you've taken the shot otherwise you have nothing to reference them against

hope this helps