I want to get into photography?

Question

how do i start? whats a good beginner camera? what do i need to know? anything and everything...thanks! =]

Answer 1

If you were to click on "photography" in the breadcrumb menu above then click "discover {resolved questions}" you could probably find out everything you wanted to know and save all of the poor, compulsive answerers in this group considerable typing.

Then again... you may not want to do that.

Answer 2

I've answered this question so many times.
Let me just say something, whether it aplies to you or not. Since this day and age with the instant feedback and cheap price of digital cameras, everyone considers themselves either gallary material, or wanting to make a profession out of it. With the tens of thousands of people asking this same question every year, a very small percentage will actually make money off of it. Note, I said money, not sallary. The reason being, is because in photography, there is no fixed annual sallary, since the vast majority of people who do well in photography work as their own boss. How much YOU make depends on how well you do in photography. That is, your images.
With that said, let me get to the rest of the question.

First off, learn all you can about photography, so that you wont be sitting in your living room, starring at a thousand dollar piece of equipment, not knowing how to use it. Learing about photography will also give you insight to discover if this is really what you want. The prices alone scare many people away.
A good Beginner camera would be the Nikon D40. I list this first, becuase it is the cheapest, and one of the best. My next choice would be the Pentax K100d, then the Canon Digital Rebel XT, then possibly the Olympus e-410.
I listed the Nikon and Pentax first, because you'll be able to use older and cheaper lenses on them, unlike the Canon who switched mounts a little over twenty years ago.
To the last part of your question, Anything and Everything.... About photography? I'll be sitting here all night long listing out everything you must know, and still you wouldnt truely understand. My personal suggestion would be to take a class, brush up on rules of photography, and techniques. Then after that, get some hands on experience.

Answer 3

Listen to Edwin - he has good advise. THe shutter delay on anything but expensive SLR digital cameras is completely annoying.

I love taking photos of people - using a long lens to get tight depth of field and keep the subject relaxed (as I can be further away).

If you are just wanting to take great photos of friends and family I alway suggest these:
light - learn where the best light is and how to make the most of it, if taking photos of people do not use a flash (unless you can move it away from the lense..)
and always get at the same level as kids - ie bend down to where their heads are.

If you have a digital camera save your best shots on www.hamowen.myphotomax.com. Storage is free and you never have to buy anything, they promise to keep it forever.

Best bet is to make your photography fun so learn lots of the basics - even if you can do something in the local high school.

Answer 4

I relatively haven't any concept what to begin with bought me concerned with pictures.....it was once simply some thing I constantly desired to do. Besides being an Archaeologist, that's. I was once most often round 10 years historical whilst I began begging for my first digicam. My moms and dads have been shutterbugs, however a a ways, a ways cry from having any skillability. I do recognise that we constantly had National Geographic magazines across the apartment in order that would of been a feasible affect. After thirteen years of begging, my father ultimately broke down and purchased me a relatively excellent Minolta 35mm digicam set (which practically two decades later, I STILL use on celebration) and the relaxation is historical past!

Answer 5

What exactly do you mean by "... get into photography"? As a hobby? As a possible career? As a way of expressing your creativity?

Whatever your answer, taking photography classes would be a good idea. Learn using a 35mm all manual film camera. Learn about light and composition and shutter speeds and ISO and f-stops and lenses. Learn what to do and how to do it when your subject is back lit. Or front lit against a dark background.

Good luck.

Answer 6

Taking up the photography course from one of the Photographic Society in you country.Canon camera will delighting you always.You need to know more about the Techniques in Photography,experiences,practising more,passed the Photography Titles like:Business Technology of Education Council - Higher National Dipolma,Bachelor of Arts,PhD in London or New York.

Answer 7

I would recommend a manual film based slr. I learned on and still own a Nikon FM2N. A manual camera will force you to get to know the basics of the art, its sad how many people in the automatic everything don't understand or even care about depth of field. Any of Nikon's or Canon's manual slrs will do nicely. There is also a great deal of literature out there in books and on the web. National Geographic's field guide to photography is easy to understand and a fantastic book. Check out photo.net and I believe agfa film still has a learning section on their site. BH photo.com has some great deals on equip. and more importantly for you, film. Buy it in bulk and shoot ALOT of pictures, at first many will stink, but in time they will improve. pay close attention to your composition, try to aviod "bulls eye" shots where your subject is dead center in the photo. Try to take photos 1 hour either side of dawn and dusk, there is great light then.

David Thomason

Answer 8

depend on your age I would go down to Sears, or Walmart some sort of store like that...Let them train you...its fun and you get paid for it...then you will also have that under your belt.

cannon rebel xti great digital camera to start out

Answer 9

try it first on a digital camera and if you think you've mastered the basics then its time to move to an SLR camera.

Answer 10

I never study photography. 8 years ago I was given a 2 mega pixel digital camera by my mother in law; originally she wanted to give it to her son, but he refuse ; he prefer film camera thinking digital camera is a waste of battery; and gave it to me; and I use the digital camera learn how to edit photo on photoshops, and it excited me how you can change photo mood in Photo shop which film camera could not do. Then I begin as taking photo casually for free , then as I improve; I bought bigger camera as my wife's aunts ask me to take photo for the birthday party in a huge 5 star hotel I give my best shot and manage to enlarge it to big frames as birthday gift for her - my wife get anxious I spent few thousands of dollars for camera; however my aunts pay me back on my wife birthday giving my wife expensive gifts. then I meet several professional photographers from Italy and Japan; they were shooting animals in zoos and also I pay attention to some wedding photographers doing weddings near botanical gardens near my house - where I learn the preparation and patience needed to get superb pictures. After learning by speaking with them for hours and done several testing, I decide I can take pictures as good as them; and I advertise myself as photographer. And some one responded and paid me enough to cover production cost - and word of mouth continues expanding this as a career.