What are the inside clues for taking wonderful pictures with my digital camera?

Question

I love to take pics and wouldl ike to do it professional but dont know where to start. Help please...

Answer 1

I suggest you begin by reading the camera's user manual and learning EVERYTHING you can about the equimpent's capabilities. Learn how to set it up for all, possible situations, from low light, strong light, flash, action, distant subjects, extreme close subjects, how to handle red eye, focusing on near and far subjects, transfering files, battery life, etc.

The more you know about what you equipment can do, the more YOU can do with it.

Then go out and shoot everything you can find. Shoot it and upload it into your computer and go out and shoot some more. Take lots of notes on what settings you use for which shots. One great advantage of a digital camera is that there is no cost associated with film and developing. You can experiment, check out your results, and go out and run some more experiments. Organize your work in folders, so that you can go back and retrace the steps you too to acheive the results you like, and how to avoid the ones you don't.

You will, quickly learn a LOT in a relatively short time. Your images will improve, over time, with continued practice.

Answer 2

Enroll in photography classes. The best way for humans to learn is with formal instruction. What works for math or history or science works equally well for photography.

If there are no photography classes close to you or your schedule simply doesn't allow you to take classes, check out The New York Institute of Photography (nyip.com). They offer correspondence courses and have been in business since 1910.

I often recommend this book:
"Object & Image: An Introduction To Photography, Third Edition" by George M. Craven.

Answer 3

becides all the technicalities you can learn about the camera, look at professionally taken pictures and that can relly help give good ideas of what they do. I go on a websight called Photo.net then find the link to go to top photos. there are hundreds of new photos every day.