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Hi all, newfag here. Actually, not even that. I was planning on getting a 40D with the new price drop but still manage to not afford it so I'm getting a use Rebel XT off of craig's list. What's a good thing to learn how to do first? HDR? 3DPhotography? Words I've never heard of before and will Google it? Any help would be appreciated
>> Anonymous
Why don't you learn the basics first buddy.
>> Anonymous
>>189560

Which is?
>> Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_(visual_arts)
>> ken-t !wQS5KmrMzU
>>189562
before that comes basic technical stuff
eg Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, DOF, over/under-exposure, metering, ... etc.

then comes artistic stuff:
eg. photoshopping, composing, etc

You can't paint a painting if you don't know how to use the paint brush.
>> Anonymous
>>189576
>>photoshopping, composing, etc

photoshopping before composing.. *snif*
>> Anonymous
It doesnt matter at all. When you get the camera youre going to take pictures. Alot of them! After one hour, youll probably have an idea of the cameras limitations. Youll start to understand the metering, and you might be trying to set manual focus points or do fully manual focus.
Then youre gonna go inside and start googling or what ever it is you do, about how to take pics within these limitations, or maybe how to bypass them. (for instance HDR)
Now comes the first crossroad, cause you will either:

a) Think HDR is cool, and spend the next two months taking HDR-pics and merging with an old version of photomatix, causing insane 3D-rendered pics from hell, and send the pics to all your friends + dA to get a ton of favs.

or b) understand that HDR is good for some purposes, and also know how much is enough on the sliders. Then you will move on to learn about more importent skills.

After a month you know when to use Av and when to use M. Youre starting to understand the whole composision thing, and you always have "rule of thirds" etc in the back of your head.
Everytime you walk outside you will look at the sky and evaluate it. You will start to notice the natural light around you. Especially in the morning, evening, and when the sun comes out after the rain. Some of the times when you do this, you will think "fuck.. wish I had my camera with me".
You will find some photographers that you like, and you will search for tutorials on how they shoop their pics. Through the tutorials you will get a basic understanding of photoshop, and you will start to develop your own technics for shooping.

I could go on, but I wont. The point is that the learning prosess comes naturally.
>> Anonymous
>>189962
tl;dr
>> Anonymous
>>189962
Seriously, tl;dr. Anybody else?
>> Anonymous
>>189962I could go on, but I wont

oh lawd
>> TheGeneral !m7n7x2Yyfo
same as most posts above, know the terms related to photography (shutter speed, ISO, aperture etc.) then learn about composition, and last of all shooping. shooping should be learned last as learning it too early on will let you have a crutch.

learn to take good photos first, then learn to edit them.