Well, as you can see from my user name, I am Tonya and I am from Asheville, NC. I just got my very first DSLR camera last Friday and after months of research and deliberation, I decided on the Nikon D3100. Best Buy was running a pretty good deal on the camera with two lenses, both are Nikkor and one is 18-55mm and one is 55-200mm.
Over the weekend, I was at some MLB games (go Braves!) and took a TON of pictures, over 500 to be exact. LOL! I experimented with both lenses and with various setting, but mostly let the Guide feature help me. The main reason I chose the Nikon was for the Guide feature, it seems like it will do a lot to teach this newb about the various settings on this camera. Of course, after using it for 3 days pretty much nonstop there are still buttons on the camera that I have no clue what they do, guess I need to get back to reading that user's manual.
Hope to get to know some of you around here as I learn my way around this camera specifically and around photography in general. I've always enjoyed photography but have never had anything more than cheap little point and shoots. In fact, for about the last 3 years I have only had my iPhone to rely on for taking pictures as it took better pictures than most other cheap cameras I tried. Last weekend, it was nice to be able to play around with the new toy and actually get some decent photos of some of my favorite players using the zoom lens and of a gorgeous stadium! Here are a few examples of what I captured.... Thanks for listening to me ramble and I look forward to learning more about this fun new hobby that I now have!
Over the weekend, I was at some MLB games (go Braves!) and took a TON of pictures, over 500 to be exact. LOL! I experimented with both lenses and with various setting, but mostly let the Guide feature help me. The main reason I chose the Nikon was for the Guide feature, it seems like it will do a lot to teach this newb about the various settings on this camera. Of course, after using it for 3 days pretty much nonstop there are still buttons on the camera that I have no clue what they do, guess I need to get back to reading that user's manual.
Hope to get to know some of you around here as I learn my way around this camera specifically and around photography in general. I've always enjoyed photography but have never had anything more than cheap little point and shoots. In fact, for about the last 3 years I have only had my iPhone to rely on for taking pictures as it took better pictures than most other cheap cameras I tried. Last weekend, it was nice to be able to play around with the new toy and actually get some decent photos of some of my favorite players using the zoom lens and of a gorgeous stadium! Here are a few examples of what I captured.... Thanks for listening to me ramble and I look forward to learning more about this fun new hobby that I now have!
