jason0341

So I just purchased the camera today as the bundle pack from Best Buy. I have the standard lense, 55-250, and my mom gave me her older 75-300 lense. Very new to the D-Slr cameras, made the investment mostly for the arrival of our new baby coming this Friday Feb.4! Any tips or pointers would be appreciated! Also any good sites for some online classes preferably free ones for now? Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

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Tails

Congratulations on the camera!
I don't think you will need that telelens much for the baby, unless at 55-70mm or so for better portraits. Light is really important. I would invest in a flash that can bounce off the ceiling or wall, and with a diffuser of some kind.
A simple solution to the flash problem is a diffuser for your standard pop-up flash. Gary Fong has something called the Puffer (just Google "Gary Fong Puffer").
Of course placing the subject next to a window, especially northfacing or in soft winter light, will be great too and free.

Maybe this site has some tips for you:
http://www.photographyblog.com/artic...ograph_babies/

jason0341

Thanks for the advice! Yeah I just inherited the tele lense didn't think I would really use that one too much for everyday use.

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Tails

Not sure what you want touched up exactly. I just made the picture a little brighter, and the polka dots pink. Not sure how visible that is though.
If you want to print this picture, I think you should use a higher resolution file. Let me know.

jason0341

Looks good! I was actually looking to print the picture for birth announcements. I do have the original picture but it wont let me upload it. Maybe I need to email it?

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c21ed

It's hard to tell because of the file size but it looks like you missed your focus a little. The flower looks sharp but her eyes are soft. You can chose your focus point on your camera. Focus on her eye with half a press of the shutter then recompose and shoot.

Froknowsphoto.com is a good site for learning how to edit in lightroom. You will also hear them preach to shoot RAW. You can correct a lot more if your exposure is off a little then with .jpg.

jason0341

Thanks c21ed for the info. My mom actually took this picture with her own camera. I will definitely look into that website.

Toad I received your pm and will email you the original picture when I get home this evening. Thanks for your help.

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Tails

Be my guest, Toad!

shon

Nice photo! (and congrats on the new kid!)

MagnumD69

I got this camera for Christmas. I love it. I use Adobe Lightroom for my photo work. Picasa is free and works pretty well, too.