One piece of advice....

[Devill]

If you could only give one piece of advice to a starting photographer, what would it be?

And no don't say take of the lense cap, I passed that on Saturday

[BigAl-sa]

avoid the groen blokkie on the mode dial, in fact for N, stick with M, A or S

exam finished?

[Devill]

avoid the groen blokkie on the mode dial, in fact for N, stick with M, A or S

exam finished?

Nope going to go write at 2 pm

Lol, good advice, I have been trying out all the other things, Changing the ISO, Shutter-speed and whats the other one again(connected with the ISO

[bwana]

Nope going to go write at 2 pm

Lol, good advice, I have been trying out all the other things, Changing the ISO, Shutter-speed and whats the other one again(connected with the ISO

Aperture?

[Devill]

Aperture?

Yes that one

Also trying to read up on some techniques that give certain effects to the photos

I am very happy that I finally bought a camera

[stix]

// Getting your exposure correct - its where i started

[Frankie]

I progressed from the green square, to "P" and now "Av".

I still forget to reduce the ISO sometimes when going from relatively dark conditions into broad daylight.

I found online forums, magazines and books a great help - I highly recommend the book "Understanding Exposure".

[bwana]

If you could only give one piece of advice to a starting photographer, what would it be?

Take lots of pictures.

[Pooky]

Take lots of pictures.

And move off automatic as soon as possible.

[binkybozo]

learn to shoot in manual mode (m), you learn that, then settings become easier, you'll know what settings to put on the camera before you take a shot in any mode.

[Nicci]

decide what you would like to specialize in (nature, animals, etc) and focus on that.

[ldmelsa]

If you could only give one piece of advice to a starting photographer, what would it be?

Radio show called "Pixel".
It's for beginners.
http://www.rsg.co.za/podcast.asp?id=121

and don't read forums (lol @ paradox)
read articles and books

[Devill]

Take lots of pictures.

Also heard that + only show your best ones

[ld13]

Only show your best ones

+1 On that. Should have heard the comments when the people in the house saw my first pics on M. "The camera is out of focus!"...

[Devill]

+1 On that. Should have heard the comments when the people in the house saw my first pics on M. "The camera is out of focus!"...

Lol

I have taken about 400 pics already in around 4 hours of actual shooting

"need to take more!"

"O, look a brick wall" *snap* *snap*