Thank you! The information about college classes is interesting and will be taken into consideration. Corvallis isn't a very large town and options are limited, but with all the help I'm getting here, i should be better prepared to move forward!

Thank you for your help! I take photos mostly to go with pieces I write; either take a photo and then write, or vice versa. And also to give as gifts.

Our Planet is soo awesomely beautiful I just want to memorialize my adventures and revisit when I feel the need.

Thank you!!

BUSTED! lol lol

Gee, why didn't "I" think of that???? lol lol

Hi, Frankie!

Your reply made me laugh right out loud!! And, yes, I intend for HIM to pick out a camera for his own use. (I don't share very well! lol)

That's one reason I don't want to spend a fortune on a camera for him. I may end up getting a camera for ME, and letting him have my old one. (Or is this just a sneaky way to get myself a new camera??? lol)

Thank you so much for your help!

Thank you so much for your input! All of this information is very helpful. At least I shouldn't feel like such an idiot!

Thanks so much! All of this information is going to be very helpful to me. I'm so appreciative of the advice everyone is offering!

Hi, Ralph!

Thanks so much for the information! Now all I have to do is convince my husband that HE wants to learn photography as much as "I" want him to! lol lol

Your input is very helpful!

(Thanks, also, for the nod to my name. If you read my bio, you'll see where it comes from.)

Thank you!

I love the Ocean.

I also like taking pictures of pathways, where you can't/don't see where it goes.

From your signature mahalo, I will assume you live in Hawaii? You've got the best of the Ocean sites there!

Thank you!! That does help. I have a Canon Digital RebelXT. I also use my cellphone camera which takes pretty good pictures. I do photography for my own pleasure and frame them as I choose.

Thanks for the input!

Just testing out how to show some pictures I've taken !

That's the plan. Just hoping to be able to ask reasonably intelligent questions! lol

Thanks!

Greetings!

I got interested in photography years ago after someone gave me an old camera. And I fell in love with memorializing the beauty around us. Now I am trying to get my husband involved. He doesn't have a camera and I am at a loss as to what to recommend for him. As a beginner, I would think a basic camera would do. (See, I don't even know what questions to ask! lol)

We would be doing landscapes, wildlife, etc.; no portraits.

What I know about camera types you could write on your nose with a crayon. So my "definitions" of what I like and want are going to be very basic.

1. long-range shots
2. wildlife
3. moving objects (lots of Ocean shots)
4. color
4. lightweight
5. one that can have additional functions added without a lot of extra expense

I am looking for a photography class at the local college, but at this point in time, haven't found one. I realize we should both take a class so I can use words that are actually technical definitions! I just like to point my camera and take the danged picture. That's all I know.

Any help/suggestions will be welcome. I know I'm way out of my league here!