I have been whining about getting a "real" camera for awhile now. I have also been whining about how I need to take some photography classes. In my head, until I do those two things I cannot take a "real" picture. :) But after reading an article about loving the camera you have and seeing this blog by a woman that has the same camera as me (isn't she amazing?!) I resolve to:
a) quit complaining
b) read my camera manual
c) try to start learning from some great resources online. These are the ones I like so far for someone who is just starting out and has no experience what-so-ever:
fruit on the vines- photo tips series has been really helpful
digital photography school- tips for beginners and beyond
pioneer woman photography she illustrates points with lots of picture examples. Good for us hands-on-learning types.
hopefully someday I will still be able to get in some classes and such, but I am looking forward to really learning how to use (and love) the camera I have now.
(I have this one, by the way)
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Hey Jordan-
It's Liz- who used to work for David- I hope you don't mind but I stumbled on your blog from a comment you left on Erin's blog, and just happened to see this post. I have the same camera and am doing the same thing with it. I found this site a while back and refer to it often, so I thought I'd pass it along to you. It's a forum specifically dedicated to users of that camera. It says S3 in the link, but a TON of people have the S5.
http://www.s3users.com/forum/index.php
Also this link REALLY helped me out a lot- and I'm not even done reading it:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_display.asp?g=2&seed_id=26134
Again, hope you don't mind me being "nosy" and reading along. Good luck in your photography endeavor! The S5 is really an AWESOME camera once you get to know it a little bit! :)
Yay! According to the Digital Photography School blog, your camera is one of the top ten point and shoot cameras as used by readers. I bet that after a little reading and practice, you can learn to take some great photos, too.
I thought this book was pretty helpful, too:
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-Photographs-Digital-Updated/dp/0817463003/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234727752&sr=1-3
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