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Question: Beginning photographer resources!?
I recently purchased an Olympus evolt E-410 digital slr camera!. I'm looking to get into some photography classes so that I can learn to shoot better, and also how to use my camera! Are there any suggestions for the Indianapolis area!? I've looked at IUPUI, the Community Learning Network at IUPUI, as well as a few camera shops around town and the Indianapolis Art Center!. These are all good options, but none of them have availability for me!. I'm looking for any other resources available!. Any and all suggestions are appreciated!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Start with getting to know the basics!.
At http://photo!.net/learn/ you can go to the first section, Making Photographers, which talks about light, exposure!.!.!.
free online tutorials:
http://www!.hp!.com/united-states/consumer!.!.!.
http://www!.adorama!.com/catalog!.tpl!?op=ac!.!.!.
http://www!.cambridgeincolour!.com/tutoria!.!.!.
http://www1!.nikonusa!.com/slrlearningcent!.!.!.
free online class:
http://www!.morguefile!.com/archive/classr!.!.!.
(it's old, so there won't be any feedback, but if you go through the steps you will learn quite a bit of the fundamentals)
online courses:
http://www!.betterphoto!.com/online-photog!.!.!.
http://www!.ppsop!.com/courses!.aspx
weekly assignments:
http://digital-photography-school!.com/fo!.!.!.
projects:
http://digital-photography-school!.com/bl!.!.!.
great resources:
http://www!.photonhead!.com/simcam/
http://kenrockwell!.com/tech!.htm#techniqu!.!.!.
(plus this site is great for camera and lens info)
http://www!.krages!.com/phoright!.htm
ok, that's a lot
have fun!
edit:
oh yeah, get inspired and get feedback at http://flickr!.com/explore/interesting/20!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Local colleges, universities, and community centers often offer classes or seminars for beginning photogs!. You can also check with local pro camera shops!. They often hold seminars that are cheap or free in the hopes of attracting more people to buy more equipment!. There is always online resources like photo!.net which are great!. also, believe it or not, I've actually read some of the hints and email seminars sent out by the Adorama (www!.adorama!.com) mailing list and found them interesting if not even instructional!. When it comes down to it, just get out there and shoot!. Sometimes finding the interesting or different viewpoint on something you see everyday produces the most rewarding shot so start by shooting near home!. Take your camera everywhere and shoot when inspiration takes you!. Look for odd looking trees or single objects in the middle of a field!. Look for patterns and lighting that makes a scene pop!. As an example, we take our kids for walks around the neighborhood at least several times a week and I usually take my camera!. One day, the lighting was great just as we were passing by this house that we'd passed 100 times with some brickwork around the front!. Took about 20 shots of the kids in that light and they turned out great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com