How do I into /p/?
Just got an entry level camera and right now I'm trying to learn from the basics, but most of the links in the sticky are dead...
>>2743976
>eo tchan
>brazilian funk
holy cancer anon!
>>2743977
what a lovely reception, feels like /pol/
>links in sticky are dead
nope
http://pseudosticky.wikia.com/#What_Camera
>>2743984
>likes eo tchan unironically
hue
>>2743976
Learn about composition, metering, and the basic fundamentals of photography. Having a decent understanding of it will help you tremendously (google that shit, it's all over everywhere). Don't bite off more than you can chew, otherwise you'll burn yourself out and stop taking photos.
At entry, don't worry too much about your own equipment. It's more important to understand what you have and how to use it at this point. Once you feel a bit more comfortable, then it's a good idea to start advancing and looking into upgrades.
And most importantly, actually take pictures. You'll probably want to take a picture of every little thing, which is fine for a beginner, but you should always try to improve. By reading about the fundamentals and understanding them by actually taking pictures, you'll start to understand how to take decent, better, then good photos. General rule of thumb, for everyone 100 photos you take, maybe 1 or 2 will actually be worth keeping around.
Hope that helps a little. Get grinding.
not OP but someone in a similar position
i've basically been taking travel photos with just my phone and a random point and shoot, but my friend was selling his DSLR (nikon d5200) for a pretty decent price and it was in almost perfect quality, so i decided to buy it along with a 18-55mm lens kit; so pretty standard stuff
what mode do you guys normally shoot in? obviously not auto, but do you guys always go full manual, or do you put it on Av or P to save yourselves some time?
>>2744090
you're asking the wrong question.
learn how to use your camera in a way that you like, supports your shooting style, and scene you're trying to take.
Learn the basics here: www.cambridgeincolour.com . Way better than sticky.
If you want to learn what makes a good pic, search for "Art of Photography" book by Time-Life, you'll learn from Ernst Haas, which arguably one of the best color photographer of all time.
>>2743994
>Just got an entry level camera and right now I'm trying to learn from the basics
>Just got an entry level camera
>Just got
>>2743976
>>2744090
If you're really new and want to know more about the basic stuff like shutter speed, aperture etc I made this video a few weeks ago that might help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9sVfA9OPA
Once you've got that cracked then I guess you could look into more specific areas like flash settings, lightroom editing etc
Apart from that, go out and take photos.
'Your first 10,000 photos are your worst' - HCB
