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My dad gave me my first DSLR: his old Canon Rebel xTI.

One problem. I have no clue how to use it except in auto mode. 

 

Where can I find a free course that helps me out. My lynda.com free trial is over so thats not an option :(

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There are many tutorials on youtube. Many, many, many.

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My dad gave me my first DSLR: his old Canon Rebel xTI.

One problem. I have no clue how to use it except in auto mode. 

 

Where can I find a free course that helps me out. My lynda.com free trial is over so thats not an option :(

Youtube has tons of stuff but best thing is to just play with it and find out yourself.





 
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its pretty simple stuff really. at least your base settings on how to use the camera I taught myself entirely.

 

 

Heres a basic jumping off point

 

Shutter speed shorter = darker photo, and its less likely to be blurred from subtle moment.

 

Long shutter speed = brighter photo, subile camera movements are more likely to give you a blurry pic. can only hand hold a shot and hope to get a stable photo of times of about 1 second.

 

Aperture wider (Lower F Number) = brighter photo, more likely to have your subject in focus with the background blurred

 

Narrow aperture (higher F stop number)  = darker photo, more likely to have everything in frame in focus.

 

High Iso = camera is more sensitive to light (and makes photo brighter) but introduces noise. I use when I cant use a tripod and I simply cannot get a photo as bright as I need it to be for some reason.

 

Low ISO = "clearer" photo but you can struggle to get the picture bright enough and crisp enough if you dont have a tripod.

 

At its core photography is about balancing these elements in a way that gets you the result you are trying to get.

 

 

I recommend just going out and experimenting though I bought my 1st cam with ZERO knowledge on what I was doing and learned it all from just trying things and seeing what happened.

 

Goodluck :)

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My dad gave me my first DSLR: his old Canon Rebel xTI.

One problem. I have no clue how to use it except in auto mode. 

 

Where can I find a free course that helps me out. My lynda.com free trial is over so thats not an option :(

How to use the camera and how to practice photography are two different things. You can master how to use the camera within a day... the second will take more time and study. Start with the basics. How's your photography background? 

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How's your photography background? 

 

Pretty bad. I only used phone camera/point and shoots for taking photos.

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Pretty bad. I only used phone camera/point and shoots for taking photos.

That's not bad at all. There are a ton of pro's that use iphones to make stunning works. Photography is NEVER about equipment but using tools to help express what you want to create - this is true no matter what your goals or subjects are. You always know who does does good work when they talk more about the product of photography than the equipment used. It's like pro chefs. They don't talk about pots and pans. They only care about the end product. 

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Sorry I was heading to work and made that post super quick...if you have any questions feel free to ask me.

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youtube is a great way to learn. Plenty of great videos out there.

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Look in Coursera... They might have something...

 

Also, there are thousands of Photography tutorials out there... and a good portion of them are made by pros...

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read the manual and get to know the camera functions inside and out like the back of your hand.

 

there are many youtube channels as someone stated about photography but it can get overwhelming very quick.  DigitalREVTV and Jared Polin's youtube channel are some of my favorites that dont get too technical

 

B&H's youtube channel also has many lectures (most 1hr+) for free that you can watch once you've learned the basics

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