New Camera, No Clue.
I have always loved photography. I took a 5 month long class many years ago and used my dads old pentax k1000. I had the opportunity to develop my own film and and photographs. Fast forward to now, I love taking photos of natural scenes and wild life, as well as my cat and dog! I am earning a degree in Marine Biology, and hope to gain skills in photography to emphasize the beauty of the marine/coastal environments.
Yes, it is the day after Christmas and I can say that I was blessed with a new camera. Sony a7III
I pretty much have no idea how to use it! I can point and shoot. lol I was also gifted the sony FE 55mm f1.8 lens. I am finding it is not quite the lens I need for up close photography (BUGS and PLANTS). I plan on heading out to best buy today to look for a more suitable lens. I need something that can zoom in close...l need details! I have many venus fly traps that I photograph better with my iphone than I can with this lens.
My macro lens will be arriving today! Sony 50mm - F/2.8 - SEL50M28. Super excited about it! I am still in need of a zoom lens. I am thinking of the sel24240, FE24-240mm? Like I said before I am completely a beginner and learning as I go along. All advice welcome.
Basically the first photo I took:
theflycat wrote: Greetings All! My name is Sam, I live in Miami(yes its currently 75 degrees and chilly). ...
PS- Today is the coldest day of the season here in SoCal ... should be mid 60's today at night it drops into the low 40's. Snow is less than an hour away ... surfing in Huntington Beach 15-20 minutes, Hollywood 30 minutes. (Plus no humidity to speak of and no giant insects or swarms of mosquitos. Okay, housing and taxes are a bitch ... but we have wine
.)
There are photographs everywhere. It is the call of photographers to see and capture those images.
www: garyayala.com
The silver lining ...theflycat wrote: ... and the giant bugs are better for me to spot!! ...
If you are really really serious, join a local photo group/club and see if you can latch onto a mentor. The thing about photography is that it is part craft. As such, the more you do the better you should become. Without any 'formal' photo education (i.e. online lessons/classes/mentor), it becomes all about trial and error ... while trial & error will make all the 'lessons' stick ... it is rather a slow and tedious process. Formal education will accelerate the process and allow you to learn and advance from the mistakes and successes of others as opposed to the individual pain of trial & error.
There are photographs everywhere. It is the call of photographers to see and capture those images.
www: garyayala.com
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