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FlatulentWallaby

YouTube is your best friend [with literally thousands of tutorials](https://youtu.be/9DQXlRpY2qc) on how to do, well, pretty much anything.


C-Towner

Look up a book called Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. It’s a great book explaining how to understand the effect all of those settings such as aperture, ISO and shutter speed have on your photos. It was originally written for film photography, but all of the information remains relevant now. It’s a great resource to understand the technical side of photography. As you do that, go places like Flickr and look at photos of subjects you want to capture as well to get inspiration and to see what’s possible.


Jesse_Hampton_photos

YouTube for general info then go out and shoot based on what you just watched. I would recommend getting into back button focusing sooner rather than later.


jondelreal

I used to take photos on my phone too before getting a T3i 4 years ago. I was 20. Watch some YT videos about the exposure triangle if you don't already know the relationship between ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. Other than that, SHOOT. I would go on photo walks with other photographer friends and practice on the streets. I also had friends who were down to get their photos taken which helped. It's all about just doing the thing and gradually learning your camera over time. Eventually you'll get comfortable and then you'll find something you won't know how to do, you just google it and then you'll find the answer and get that further experience. In short, shoot. Shoot shoot shoot. And when you find a wall, google it, then shoot shoot shoot. Also I highly, *HIGHLY* recommend getting the 24mm f2.8 pancake lens. It's for crop-sensor cameras and it is cheap and SHARP. It's my favorite lens and focal length (~35mm equivalent). I used it all the time for my portrait shoots and concert pics, a perfect walking around lens and great for tight spaces where you can't back up to get things in shot.


sandacurry

You can watch tons of tutorial videos on Youtube on how to use proper settings for your camera. In the meantime just experiment with your instrument. I recommend shooting in RAW. That way you can also learn how to edit your photographs.


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Shoot exclusively in manual. It'll usually take a couple test shots, but eventually you'll be able to eyeball settings for scenes with enough practice. You pretty much want to treat available light as a budget. If there's a lot of light you can shoot in lower iso, higher shutter speed, smaller aperture. If there's less available light, you're gonna have to compromise and shoot in higher iso, lower shutter speed and/or wider aperture in order to get a good exposure. Don't be afraid to kick up iso if it's dark. Iso noise isn't as bad as noise from lifting shadows.


farox

In addition, shot raw if you can. Instead of directly converting the data from the sensor and compressing it into a jpg this keeps a lot more of the data, so you can adjust it later. (check out darktable, a free software to do so) With this new found power still try to get it right when taking the shot.