Quote (Eek @ Jul 28 2010 12:18am)
Heres a good breakdown of the controls.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos450d/page7.aspPlay with them, experiment with them. I did the same when i first brought the 450D as my first DSLR. I had tons of fun with it and it taught me alot.
Also try reading some tutorials.
This site is full of excellents tuts-
http://digital-photography-school.com/Plus, you don't need photoshop to make photographs. It's all in you and the camera. I don't use photoshop nor do i feel the need to, i use Lightroom.. and i only do make minor adjustments to correct flaws or things i overlooked. I try not to do any post-processing and get it done right with the camera. Knowing photoshop doesn't make you a good/ better photography. Practice with the camera does.
Yeah, like I said I'd rather take the picture straight from the camera and if I HAD to use Photoshop, it'd only be for a few minor fixes.
What is lightroom used for/how much is it?
And thanks for the links, I'll check them out as soon as I wake up.
I feel like if I read them now I'd end up grabbing my camera and be up all night
The settings are my biggest problem, I don't know how to change them, when to change them, or don't know what to change them to.
I just use the setting that lets you change the iso.
Thanks for the help guys, and if anyone else can help, it won't offend me, I'd appreciate it
I'll try making a thread tomorrow or something with some questions.