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The purpose of this lens is to focus on photography -- the tools, the techniques, and the photographs themselves.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Hopefully, soon, I'll be getting a copy of the new version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Recently, I've been using the free Google Picasa for my cataloging and Elements for my retouching (and RAWShooter Premium for my RAW editing.

Lightroom will do it all. I'll still have to use Photoshop for some tasks, but not nearly as much as I do now.

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Important!

The Most Important Thing

...is to enjoy yourself. It doesn't matter if you don't know the difference between aperture and shutter speed or if you don't know how to make Photoshop do this or that.

Experiment! Find out what works for you.

Starter Photography Lab -- The Basics

Tools of the Trade

These are the tools you will need to begin your digital photography journey.
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Photography:

Art mixed with science and creativity

Starter Photography Lab -- Next Steps

More Tools of the Trade

You don't absolutely need these items, but having them makes digital photography much more convenient and fun
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Tools I Use

Hardware & Software

Canon Rebel XT w 18-55mm kit lens
Tamron AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di
Remote shutter release
Sony DSC-S85 (mostly for taking mpeg movies and for "tourist-y" pix)
Canon ZR60 MiniDV camcorder
Motorola RAZR phone (yes, I use this for photography, too!)
Lightweight tripod
Kata R-103 Rucksack (holds my Canon Rebel and my Mac laptop along with all my camera accessories)
Sandisk Ultra II CF cards, 3 x 1GB with case
USB Card Reader for the CF cards
Athlon-powered PC with 1.5GB of RAM
3 200GB Hard drives, 1 250 Hard drive
PowerPC-powered Mac laptop with 512MB of RAM
Canon PIXMA IP5000 inkjet printer
Canon photo paper
HP flatbed scanner
RawShooter Premium
Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Premier Elements
InfranView
Cleaning kit
Set of filters
Extra battery and charger

Starter Photography Lab -- Accessories

More Tools of the Trade

These won't make you a better photographer, but they will make your photography sessions much more care-free. It is assumed that you own a computer. If you don't, just go out and buy a Mac! They work with virtually all software now and they run Windows better than PCs!
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Photographs of people, places, and things

Practical photography tips, tricks, tools, and techniques for aspiring photographers.
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Reference

Photo-dodo
My photography web site.
Enjoy Digital SLR Cameras
Neat resource from Canon to learn how to do some basics.
Short Courses on Digital Cameras and Photography
Great resource for courses on learning various photographic techniques as well as how to use your camera.
Photography on the Net -- Canon Digital Photography
Handy bulletin-board style forum for Canon equipment.
BobAtkins.com
Nice site about all things photography.
Steve's Digicams
Comprehensive site that covers a lot of ground, from cameras to software to technique. This site's got it all.
dpreview.com
Another comprehensive site.
Photoworkshop.com
Another Canon site to learn about photography.
PopPhoto.com
Informative site on various photography topics.
Ken Rockwell
Fantastic photographs from a fantastic photographer.
Everything Photography
Squidoo group that covers a lot of photography ground.
Picnik
Online photo editor. All AJAX-y and Web 2.0.
Digital Photography School Blog
Nice site for learning about photography.

Photography Books I Own and Recommend

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Shooting the Moon

Taking photographs of the moon can be challenging, if you don't know how. However, once you know how, it's super-easy. You'll get great results if you follow these simple rules:

1. Set your camera on full Manual mode.
2. Set your shutter to 1/250
3. Set your aperture to f/11
4. Shoot on a tripod
5. Use a shutter release or your timer to minimize shake
6. Zoom in as close as you can get (a 200mm to 300mm telephoto lens works well)
7. Set ISO to lowest possible value (generally, ISO 100 or on some cameras ISO 50)

That's about it. Your image most likely will need some touch up in Photoshop, but it shouldn't require a lot of modification. If it does, shoot again!

My Photos

Some photos I have taken
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Favorite Flickr Fotos

These are some of my favorite Flickr photographs

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GOLDEN SUNSET

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Fly Head

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Top 5 Digital SLRs

These are 5 of the most popular digital SLRs

Flickr's 5 most popular SLR ~cameras

Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD (Body Only)

Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD (Body Only)

Canon's new EOS Rebel T1i is packed with features, more...1 point

Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Black)

Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Black)

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi has a newly design more...0 points

Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-135mm AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens

Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-135mm AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens

Includes Nikon 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 Lens / Uses Nikon more...0 points

Canon EOS 30D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

Canon EOS 30D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

Canon's EOS 30D brings proven EOS technology to a more...0 points

Nikon D200 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-135mm AF-S DX f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AS-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens

Nikon D200 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-135mm AF-S DX f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AS-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens

Breathtaking image quality assured by a high-perfo more...0 points

Sony Alpha A100K 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-70mm f3.5-5.6 Lens

Sony Alpha A100K 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-70mm f3.5-5.6 Lens

Expand your creativity with the DSLR-A100 Digital more...0 points

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