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Anonymous
hey /p/,
i just got a nikon d40 for my birthday and im pretty stoked. it's my first dslr. heres the first picture i took. it's a somewhat obligatory picture of a flower, in all of its cliche glory.

anyway, i was wondering if you had any tips for beginners - things i should stay away from, things i should aim to familiarize myself with, essential lenses, stuff like that?
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>> Anonymous
Why the hell did you take a macro of a flower in "PORTRAIT" mode? Seriously man I think the mode dial even has a little picture of a flower for macro mode.
>> Anonymous
>>236980
ah, so it does
>> Anonymous
i agree. no flowers. sometimes lesbians draw them and they look like vaginas. stay away from taking pictures of license plates of unregistered cars unless you want to get fucked over by a guy named Bruno. stay away from glare/flare with a screw on lens hood. hoya makes screw on ones for 20 bucks. get lenses with the same filter size if possible. Don't buy a 28mm lens and a 24mm lens. thats retarded. Go to the library, the alces where people learn for free, have sex, bums make with the showering, and YOU check out photogrphy techniques. Find free advice on popular photgraphy and shutterbug websites and magazines. Find a book at Barnes and Nobles or the library about your camera. Don't buy the stupid book, read it in the store or check that niggabitch out. use the correct mode for the correct exposure. dont trust TTL. it will kill you. TTL is supposed to stand for Through the Lens. It actually stands for Wants to fuck your photos up. Buy a camera case. Buy a camera cleaning kit. Ask the guys at a photography store for advice. Buy Photoshop. Buy a UV filter in the size of you lens. Not 18-55mm or whatever the you have, but the number following the little circle with a line through it. Buy a polarizer filter too. Figure out for yourself when to use them. Invest in lens. Find used ones in photography stores, craigslist whatever. DONT BUY FROM EBAY, It WILL SHIT RAPE YOU. Are you getting this? good. you should sign up for photo.net's free forums, nice guys. Don't ever ever ever shoot another motherfucking flower in portrait mode or TTL will find out and kill your dog. If you dont have a dog, it will buy you one and the murder it.
>> Anonymous
I just thought of something else. But then I forgot. Fuck.
>> Anonymous
>>236990
i love you.
i am jotting this down furiously
>> grant
your welcome. i guess i should ask for money or sex. right? I'm also the guy who just light into mr jackass with the XTi.