How to take charge of my interest in photography?
I am interested in photography but I havent yet taken any good pictures recentl. Lately though I think that I should take some steps to improve on it.
What should I do to build up on my interest in photography? I have Canon Powershot S80 and my sister left me her EOS Rebel 2000 which I have no idea how to use since it requires real film in comparison of my basic knowledge only on operating digital cameras. Any ideas on how to get this baby up and running? [I have a specific question targetting this on on the photography forum]
Anyway, what steps would you suggest me to take in improving myself? Take classes? Join competitions? etc.. Please help me… 
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u go the jungle and take good pictures
start wil things you like. ideas thoughts… scince your using film make sure to really think about everything before you push the button …lighting background ect…
ANSWER:
1. Get a book about photography by John Hedgecoe.
2. TAKE PICTURES!!!
3. Discard the worst ones, and practice more.
4. Go to a local high school or college for continuing education course in photography.
5. Contact superbooks7@yahoo.com and come on the show and discuss photography, photos and your experience.
I started with a Canon FTQL camera in 1969. I used it occasionally until it died in 1998. The important word is "OCCASIONALLY", film is expensive and takes time to see the results. I quickly went through 3 digitals before I settled on a Kodak Z7590. It is always with me in my car but too bulky to carry all the time.. The S80 looks about the right size. My Best advice is take lots of images, and ALWAYS take several of each image. AND LEARN ALL THE CONTROLS AND SETTINGS ON YOUR CAMERA. Shoot, shoot,shoot and become your own judge. Look on FLICKR and pick out the good images and then ask your self why they are good and what would make them better.
Try an online digi photo club like http://www.thedigitalsite.co.uk there are loads of tutorials and stuff and it’s a friendly free to join club to boot!
I recommand you a Free Online Photography Course
it include ten lessons on Photography.
http://www.photography-tutorial.info/
Lesson 1: Composition And Impact – It’s A Beautiful Photograph, But Do You Know WHY It’s Beautiful?
Lesson Two: Aperture And Shutter Speed – How They Work Together
Lesson 3: The lens – choosing camera optics.
Lesson 4: ISO, Grain, Transparency vs. Negative, Specialty Films
Lesson 5: Fun Effects – Camera Filters, Soft Focus, Zooming And Panning
Lesson 6: Landscape, Nature and Travel Photography
Lesson 7: Portraits And Studio Lighting
Lesson 8: Studio Lighting – Still Life and Product Photography
Lesson 9: Tying It All Together
Lesson 10: Special Requests
http://www.photography-tutorial.info/
good luck !
Hiya ,
Join a friendly digital camera club ….and learn with others and have fun…
try this club…it’s a good one..
http://uk.msnusers.com/DIGITALCAMERACLUB
Thanks
Martin
I would say read what you can and you can always go to canon.com to find out about your Rebel camera plus they have free online courses. Get out and take pictures of what you like and your skills will improve along the way. I started out with film SLRs and it’s helped me greatly with digital photography. So go out and enjoy taking pictures with the film camera.
First of all, you have to have a passion for it in the first place. As long as you like something and put the time and effort into learning it, you will get better.
The first step you should take is getting into a class. I’m not sure how old you are but I started in my HS and took it all through college and now I work in the field.
You need to learn the basic skills or operating a film camera. That is a huge thing. I know digital is where it’s at and that’s how I shoot at the present time but it’s never a bad thing to learn how to shoot film. It’s a lot of fun to learn how to develop and print your own photographs.
BOOKS! you need them. you need a basic guide to photography which will include technique, composition, lighting.
It never hurts to enter a competition…but most of them cost money and if you don’t feel you have the skill to compete it’s a waste of money. get to reading some books and play with your camera. take it everywhere you go. take pictures of your family, friends, pets, neighbors, animals, nature, cityscapes. anything you see!
go to the bookstore and look through the history of photography as well. look up different photographers on the internet. the more you see, the better you will get. you just need the proper inspiration and there is no better way than to look at other people’s art.
check out some of my photography too!
http://dorkykittygurl.deviantart.com/
photozo.com is a good forum.