Hi everyone, I am pretty new to the Hogs. Greenguy, I started getting into photography about 15 months ago and have spent most of my free time learning about it. I have a Nikon D3100 and I use Lightroom. I spent a better part of a year learning Lightroom and the Camera (plus an SB-700 flash). I read everything I could on photography. I did start to see improvements in my photos but they were not that professional quality you talk about. In the last 3 months I have been applying all I learned out in the field taking lots of pictures. Experiment, Experiment, Experiment!! Now I am starting to get some professional quality photos. My advice is don't spent so much time in manuals and E-books, etc, get out there and shoot with the equipment you have and learn it in the field. I wanted to get the D7100 right away but decided to wait until I really knew the D3100. Best decision I ever made.

I started using BBF a few months ago and I love it. I have found two problems with it: 1) when you need someone else to take a picture, 2) I took a group shoot with a remote shutter release and it wouldn't work, has anyone else tried that and had success?