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David,
For unbiased, friendly, practical advice, check for a local camera or photography club. The club members are only too willing to pass on their experience to new members. And it will often be cheaper than an impersonal book.
Gerry
I think the earlier suggestion of joining a local camera club is the most practical way to get first-hand advice. Perhaps the rally in 2009 could have some workshops too. (Not been on a previous one so forgive me Artona if that is what you have already done.)
When I started (or more accurately re-started) photography in the 80's, I found the following books really helpful. Although they were written from a film camera perspective, the principles remain relevant in the digital age. They may not all be in print now, but are certain to be available second-hand.
"Learning to See Creatively" by Bryan Peterson - an American professional free-lancer. A great book for teaching you about composition and use of lenses; when to use telephoto vs wide angle / how f-stop (aperture) affects depth of field etc.
"The Making of Landscape Photographs" by Charlie Waite (one of the modern 'greats' of landscape photography.
"Collins Photography Workshop - Light" by Michael Freeman. This is one of a series of four workshop books. It is rather more technical than the two above, but if your wife really wants to understand how to use and manipulate light, this is a great book.
The rally was very well attended and was a really nice weekend away, regardless of whether you were interested in photography. One member was over really pleased. He had been struggling to get his head around photoshop layers and rather than teach him layers I explained the basic concept of them. Once that clicked he was able to move onwards and upwards.
One thing I learnt from the weekend was that there is a very wide range of what peoples expectations and requirements were. As well as covering layers we also covered how to get rid of red eye.
What the weekend really did was get people enthused and there were many many threads afterwards about how they were experimenting. It was very rewarding to see
Photoshop? That's another issue as well - the online tutorials are fairly good, though.
Thanks to everyone for a really good response - we look forward to meeting up with you on the road sometime. Our MH is the one with the bombay sapphire on tap for thirsty non driving travellers, plus lots of softies for non imbibers
Thanks Hildweller, just to be clear - we aren't blaming the camera and never did - it is just the issue getting the best out of it.
I mentioned that the camera is on long term loan and I am aware that the objects are budget level (inferior to our old wet film Nikon F801.....) and so a new camera would be a good thing to have. It only shows up in awkward lighting situations anyway.
The main thing is knowing how to use the camera properly more than the composition (of which we acknowledge improvement is also needed) plus combined with meeting other like minded MH people
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