So I just recently picked up a Canon 60D from a friend pretty cheap and i'd like to get into shooting but i'm not really sure what lenses I should get for starters. I don't plan on spending a whole lot of money since I would like to just do this as a hobby. I've done some research but i'm not exactly too informed on this so some advice would be most appreciated rather then reading through every lens out there. I've got the 50mm F/1.4 lens to start out with but any other lenses anyone would suggest for a beginner?

You've got the 50mm f1.4 for a crop body, so I would look at a shorter lens. The term "nifty fifty" only applies to full frame cameras (very expensive cameras). The equivalent of the "nifty fifty" for a crop body camera on Canon is about a 30mm (since there's a crop factor of 1.6x). Lenses I would look at are:

- Canon 10-18mm... it's sub $300, it's an ultrawide, it's really good for the price (as good as the $500 Sigma 10-20 I bought for my Nikon body, since Nikon doesn't have a $300 version of Canon's 10-18)... an ultrawide isn't really so much a landscape lens as it is a lens to elongate a scene (ie. if you want to make a walkway appear drawn out), or to get a lot in all at once (ie. indoors, or for effect)... I wouldn't recommend this as one of your only two lenses, but it's an excellent lens to have in the bag if it's one of three lenses

- Something fast (f1.4 or f1.8) in the 28-35mm range (somewhere around that). A prime lens.

I never like recommending slow kit lenses like an 18-55 or 18-50 or whatever (usually they're f3.5-5.6)... I like being able to get a shallow depth of field, unless if I'm doing ultrawide.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Feb 22 2015 01:31am

What kind of photography do you want to do?
With the 50mm you can nicely do portrait photography and also make use of the shallow depth of field for some scenarios.
I guess you should think about a lense that gives you some flexibility, meaning a zoom lense. The 18-135mm is worth a look if you ask me.
The f3.5-5.6 aperture might not be optimal but the focal length might help you create some nice depth of field.
For low light conditions you can still use the 50mm 1.4. Additionally the 60d has an integrated flash so you can light up the scenery if you really need to.