Its arrived

[Marcg868]

Well my fir DSLR has! £230 from Amazon. Comes with the basic lens, but then again I'm basic.

Now I know the obvious will be answer will be just go and take pics. But I need some inspiration to get me going .
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[CaNsA]

got a missus?

[angryjonny]

Got a cat and a nob?

[Marcg868]

Got all three! Cats are outside, knob is safely tucked away and missus is working.
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[Tamsin]

What did you get?

Get a tripod and get out and take some night sky pics. Thats always a good way to experiment with a new camera

[Nobby the Bastard]

Take photos of yourself wanking like a demented gibbon, then.
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[Tamsin]

Or you could photograph the snake of course.... check out the photo section on RFUK for some inspiration on that one...

[_Will_]

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[Marcg868]

[clancy]

Night shots you need to have a slow shutter speed, it will blur like Fuck without a tripod though. Try finding a ledge to sit the camera on and experiment
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[Marcg868]

I defo need invest in one. Also will my camera be ok in my camelback when I go mountain biking. Not extreme downhilling, just xc.

Also any good things I can read about composition etc?
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[BTTD]

You could ask Teff, or search for the thread on photography he posted in. It'll take a while to read.
I learnt a lot from reading a few books, magazines, but mostly my father who worked in commercial photography for over 30 years. He had a critical eye to say the least.

[Flip]

Assuming you have a facebook account...

"Digital Camera magazine"

[bikertomm]

Perhaps take a picture of say, I don't know, a motorcycle?

Supposed to be sunny this weekend
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[Stevie GooGs]

Search for photographers, good in this random banter.
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[Marcg868]

[KLR600]

I am not being patronising I promise but one of the most helpful things I ever read when it came to photography was the manual for my camera. I know reading the instructions is a very un-manly thing to do but it explained a lot of the features of the camera and cut out a lot of guess work when I was starting out.

There have been lots of great suggestions so far in this thread for stuff to read so I'll just add that there are thousands of great video tutorials for photography on youtube. I've been having a good laugh at the Digital Rev channel lately but there are plenty of other channels dedicated to photography and entry level DSLR's.
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