Exercising the glass

SolarNexus

So I just bought a wad of new photo gear (Canon EOS 550d), somewhat unexpectedly, but anyway its cost me a fair bit so I want to make absolutely sure I make full use of this camera instead of letting it rot like others before it.

Can anyone recommend some good subjects? Bearing in mind I'm a novice so I'm looking for good practice and maybe a bit of a challenge, but nothing too challenging.

Any ideas?

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Do what i did and still do,

depending on what humour im in, i think right what are the main categories of photography,

Macro, landscape, portrait, street photography, Product photograpgy, Water splash's , ( something i want to try soon, objects incased in ice) or if stuck for ideas browse the random thread for ideas,

If your unsure on how to do something Utube your camera make and watch a video or 2 for tutorials and settings and try put them into practice.

I hope this is of some help.

Regards
Danny

DotOrg

SolarNexus wrote: »

Can anyone recommend some good subjects?

Any ideas?

shoot the things you like. if you love sport, go shoot a match, if you love hiking, shoot landscapes, if you love music, shoot bands, if you love fashion & beautiful people, shoot models. For me, photography is all about the subjects. If you don't enjoy the thing you're shooting you'll give up fairly quickly

SolarNexus

DotOrg wrote: »

shoot the things you like. if you love sport, go shoot a match, if you love hiking, shoot landscapes, if you love music, shoot bands, if you love fashion & beautiful people, shoot models. For me, photography is all about the subjects. If you don't enjoy the thing you're shooting you'll give up fairly quickly

Thats a good point, I suppose it would be landscapes if anything, but frankly I'd say that I've not had enough exposure to trying different things out to really say whats my "thing" yet.

Though I must say, I've seen some absolutely epic macro shots lately.

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DotOrg wrote: »

shoot the things you like. if you love sport, go shoot a match, if you love hiking, shoot landscapes, if you love music, shoot bands, if you love fashion & beautiful people, shoot models. For me, photography is all about the subjects. If you don't enjoy the thing you're shooting you'll give up fairly quickly

Thats a good point, I suppose it would be landscapes if anything, but frankly I'd say that I've not had enough exposure to trying different things out to really say whats my "thing" yet.

Though I must say, I've seen some absolutely epic macro shots lately.

Thats why i say browse the random thread, If your not sure what YOUR thing is then Browse threads, and other photographers and try recreate what you like and move on to creating YOUR interpretation of the same object/subject and in time them you will have your own ideas for shoots.

SolarNexus

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Thats why i say browse the random thread, If your not sure what YOUR thing is then Browse threads, and other photographers and try recreate what you like and move on to creating YOUR interpretation of the same object/subject and in time them you will have your own ideas for shoots.

Yeah thats a good idea, I'll probably be doing that until the camera arrives, and a bit after!

thanks

SolarNexus

Here's a couple of images from my first day (and a bit) out with my new camera. I think it went well..







If anyone feels kind enough to look at the set on Flickr and comment (good or bad), I'd appreciate it