CingularDuality

I know that there are a few shutterbugs here at TG, so, instead of searching for one, I thought I'd ask if anyone here knows of a good beginners tutorial for photography. Looking for both technical operation of an SLR as well as the basics of composing a photo.

Hopefully some of you also read some photography forums and know just the place to send me!

Thanks!

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http://www.usefilm.com/

Very good place to read up on Photography.

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Are you working with a 35MM SLR or a Digital SLR?

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Everything I've ever learned I picked up on DigitalPhoto Review, or DPReview.com. They have a very active user community (beginners, amatures, pro), guides, and best of all reviews of just about every digital camera out there. And by review I mean dissection.

If you hang out there, you'll pick up a lot.

I don't know a lot about online communities for film users. But if you're using digital, then head to dpreview.com

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Lucky Shot

The books that had the biggest influence on me where:

The Art of Photographing Nature by Art Wolfe
http://www.artwolfe.com/cgi/shop/detail.cgi?r=BO01

and John Shaw's Landscape Photography
http://www.johnshawphoto.com/books.htm

Beyond that, find a good photo forum to post your photos, get critiques and learn from the photographers you admire.

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Gixxer_USMC

A good place to read and learn about every aspect of photography is Fred Miranda

I do Sports Photography and Wedding photography now and learned alot through Fred Miranda's website.
I also met a lot of really nice people who are very helpful.

They also have an AWESOME BUY/SELL section.

Some of my work:

Magazine-Stlye wedding album examples:

http://splitsecondphoto.net/wedding/0203example.jpg

http://splitsecondphoto.net/wedding/0405example.jpg

Some fashion stuff:

http://www.pbase.com/ssp/photoaday&page=all

Black and Whites:

http://www.pbase.com/ssp/black_and_white_series

Sports

http://www.pbase.com/ssp/image/48169608

http://splitsecondphoto.net/website/_G3L0033.jpg

http://splitsecondphoto.net/website/rossi.jpg

http://splitsecondphoto.net/website/spies.jpg

http://splitsecondphoto.net/website/_G3L8344.jpg

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me ... I am always willing to help .....

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CingularDuality

This is mostly for my wife, but I'd like to learn the basics, too. She's got two Canon EOS Rebels, one 35mm and one is the Digital XT.

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Nice work Gixxer I took 3 years of photography in high school and started to do it in college but it got way to expensive. I did some weddings and some other stuff for a bit but I just couldn't afford all the supplies. The wedding collages and the baseball shot was good also. Nice work

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It seems amazing to me that the tread on the tires are crystal clear... Like he wasn't racing around a track, but was posed like that...

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Thank shot was taken at Laguna Seca Raceway in California last July during the AMA/ MotoGP round.

I currently shoot for a local "TRACK DAY" company that rents tracktime out to people who wish to ride on a different selection of tracks.

Sportbike Track time

I use to race with them but now I shoot the bikes for them and their customers purchase prints and CD's from me ....

My website is here: Split Second Photo

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Yeah Drizzid,

I use to shoot FILM way back when but now that digital is the "THING" it is a lot more affordable until you get into the HIGH-END cameras like the one I have 1DMKII

And now being that Digital Cameras have made photography much more affordable, it has made Photography as a business MUCH more competitive !!!

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