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Are u shooting in manual mode? more shutter speed cuz they look dark. When I first started I was overexposing pictures; but youll get the hang of it as u play.

sorry for bad grammer,its been owning me all morning

until you get used to the camera, i would shoot in A priority and mess with the ISO to get the shot you want.

Actually I find myself shooting in no flash mode for most of my pictures.

maybe this is why i suck. i started in manual. :smackself:

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looks nice that dog is cute

Also try to not shoot INTO the sun at first, as you need to adjust your camera to compensate for the fact your "subject" is going to be in shadow, use the sun to light your object. Be conscious of which way light is moving and use it to light your objects up. Keeping lights at say a 45 degree angle off your subject is a good place to start. (think of it this way, if the sun is RIGHT behind you and you shoot something reflective, it will show a sun glare, if you angle 45 degree the sun will go from say your left shoulder, hit the object, and bounce on your right shoulder, without hitting you in the face and destroying your image quality).

Editing Software
My recommendation to start with is light room, then venture to photoshop later. Light room makes it easy to do basic color adjustments, burn / dodge, vignetting, white balance etc. Just basic stuff you would do in a dark room. You can download the demo from . Both images above were made in adobe light room using a raw image from my camera (not JPEG). The majority of my work is done in light room, the stuff i do in photoshop is commonly just removing scratches from paint, scars on peoples skin... etc. I do quite a bit in light room my self. Some people however prefer photoshop, they are both great products!

Thanks for the advice I don't get to shoot as much as id like so next time I go out ill re read this

There is always time to shoot while your at home :) I used to take photos of the most random crap in my house. I am sure i have a good thousand photos of a ceiling fan somewhere haha GL!

haha nice i mean betwwen being at work and trying to finishs my eg build up i dont have alot of time. and it seem when i take pictures in my house the lighting is alwase way to dark

What model camera's are u guys using? I'm looking to get a dslr but not sure on which one is best for me. I'm just starting out. These pics look pretty good by the way!

Wow. Iphone4? That's impressive. What editing software do u use?

just about everyone uses Photoshop, and a high percentage also use light room. 90% of my work is done in light room... It costs extra for me to open photoshop :P