New Photography 101 Course

This blog is about my journey as a photographer, and what I am learning along the way about digital photography and experimenting with it.

All journeys have a start and a finish although the part in the middle can be different lengths there is always a start and a finish.

Although I have taken photographs for years I have only just started to seriously look for information about, and try experimenting with digital photography. So I am at the beginning of my journey with digital photography. And I want to find and learn the basics of using digital cameras, so I have a strong foundation before moving on to more difficult stuff.

I use a point and shoot Traveler DC-5080 at the moment, but I am starting to feel restricted by the capabilities of the camera. So I want to buy a DSLR camera so I can start experimenting with shutter speeds and aperture settings etc… But DSLR’s cost a fair bit so I want to know more about them so I can use it to it’s full potential, rather than just having an expensive automatic mode!

I’ve just read a post on the Digital Photography School Blog that could be the answer. Next Monday they are going to be starting a weekly (about 12) Photography 101 – a basic course on the camera, looking at all the basics of camera design, use and how they work. If it’s successful there may be more! I’m definitely going to be following this course it sounds like just what I am looking for.

I’m enjoying my journey as a photographer and looking forward to where it could take me.

Mandy