Hello from Ohio......very new photographer: Hi All! My kids gave me a Canon T6 camera for my birthday and I’m figuring out how to use it. I’m primarily interested in B&W (huge fan of...

Gemstone7 Loc: Cleveland, OH

Hi All!

My kids gave me a Canon T6 camera for my birthday and I’m figuring out how to use it. I’m primarily interested in B&W (huge fan of Ansel Adams!). Looking forward to learning from the seasoned photographers here!

Kelly

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Cool!

Welcome to photography and the forum.

DPS might give you some guidance and information-> https://digital-photography-school.com/

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Gemstone7 wrote:

Hi All!

My kids gave me a Canon T6 camera for my birthday and I’m figuring out how to use it. I’m primarily interested in B&W (huge fan of Ansel Adams!). Looking forward to learning from the seasoned photographers here!

Kelly

Kelly, Welcome aboard. Have fun. I too love the work of Ansel Adams. Had the opportunity to do workshop in Yosemite in 1972 with him. I am a big fan of his work and B&W.
Ask questions and post images. A great way to learn.

Gemstone7 Loc: Cleveland, OH

Thanks so much for the recommendation! I’ll definitely take a look!!

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Welcome aboard! Although you can set the camera to BW, you'll likely find in digital photography that you'll get better results editing / converting to BW later on your computer in a digital editor. Have fun.

Gemstone7 Loc: Cleveland, OH

Thanks so much!! I’m really looking forward to learning and creating!

bleirer

Welcome from a fellow Clevelander. Photographylife.com has a free video course you might find interesting.

https://photographylife.com/photography-videos

https://photographylife.com/photography-basics

Gemstone7 Loc: Cleveland, OH

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on it and have found that’s how most photographers do it - post production manipulation. That’s my plan..... take a bunch of photos then work with them in an editing program.

bleirer

https://photographylife.com/photography-videos

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Gemstone7 Loc: Cleveland, OH

Thanks so much!! I’ll definitely take a look at the course! I live on the Westside but I’m hoping to get Downtown in the next couple of weeks - I’m finding that cityscapes fascinate me!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Gemstone7 wrote:

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on it and have found that’s how most photographers do it - post production manipulation. That’s my plan..... take a bunch of photos then work with them in an editing program.

(Hint: If you click on "Quote Reply" we'll know to whom you are replying.)

bleirer

Gemstone7 wrote:

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on it and have found that’s how most photographers do it - post production manipulation. That’s my plan..... take a bunch of photos then work with them in an editing program.

You will be reminded here to use quote reply rather than reply, so we know who you are answering.

ELNikkor

Welcome to the forum, you've come to the right place!

bleirer

Gemstone7 wrote:

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on it and have found that’s how most photographers do it - post production manipulation. That’s my plan..... take a bunch of photos then work with them in an editing program.

DPP is a good place to start, and free. Especially if your camera is set to raw. https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/cameras/eos-dslr-and-mirrorless-cameras/dslr/eos-rebel-t6-ef-s-18-55mm-is-ii-kit?tab=drivers_downloads

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Welcome. Have fun.