Awesome! You’ve got your camera and are ready to get out there and take some pictures! This is the guide for you! Short enough that you don’t zone out listening to it, but long enough to give you a great foundation for a future of fun picture-taking! Whether you are thinking about a new purchase or already have a camera, smartphone, or drone, this guide will put you on the path to a future of great picture-taking! 

You can skip through to find the parts that you are looking for so you can get started right away. You can find all the automatic functions of your camera that allow you to start taking fun pictures immediately! After all, sometimes it’s more important to get the shot than to get the perfect shot. 

This guide will help you with selecting the right equipment and accessories. It will help you understand how to start using your camera or smartphone for drone photography and how to start vlogging. Beyond equipment, this guide will help you understand how a great photographic image is created, based on using skills in lighting, composition, framing, and an eye for the quirky or unusual. By practicing the skills presented in this guide, you will be able to turn the most mundane scene, like a door or a hallway, into a work of art. Your ability to capture and share your creative vision is what will set you apart from the hundreds of millions of people taking billions of pictures! This guide will get you on your way.

This guide will also assist you in how to process and share your work. Processing means using software to change and modify the image to get it just the way you want. If you need to spend some time making adjustments, this guide will help with your choices of software and techniques. Processing will also address preparing your work for sharing, be it on the web or in print.

Whether you’re a beginner or want a reference for the fundamentals, this guide will be a handy tool to help you take your photography to a new level.