Thanks for all the recommended sources! That will keep me busy for a while. I will look for some of those books.
I see that you are in Corona - a neighbor! We moved to Beaumont from the La Sierra area of Riverside.
robertjerl wrote:
Welcome to the UHH.
Lots of help here. Lots of videos available on the net (YouTube).
Many good books, some favored by different people.
Basic photography:
Understanding Exposure – Bryan Peterson I have this one in e-book.
Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography My favorite, links to videos that are updated periodically in the e-book version
Learning to See Creatively, Third Edition: Design, Color, and Composition in Photography 3rd Revised ed. Edition - Bryan Peterson
The Art of Photography - Bruce Barnbaum I have this one.
Many others for beginners, intermediate advanced and specialty photography (nature, underwater, landscape, action/sports, birds, portraits etc).
I also have the National Geographic videos and booklets. And I have Peterson's book on flash photography.
Google and you will find many things to help with photography as a field.
Also get a book just on your camera: consider David Busch's Nikon D5500 Guide to Digital SLR Photography and many others including the For Dummies Series book on the D5500. I have the Dummies book on my Canon 6D - it is in plain english. Also consider Nikon D5500 Experience - The Still Photography Guide to Operation and Image Creation with the Nikon D5500 by Douglas Klostermann I have his books on both my 6D and 7DII.
If you can find one try a local photography club and/or classes at adult school or a local community college.
Then the next big step, picking and learning the editing software.
And remember to relax and have fun. (Right, after I just gave you a whole college course of stuff to read or watch.) The final exam is easy, it fact it doesn't exist.
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