Just bring your camera out as much as you can, shoot as much as you can. Friends ajak lepak? Bring DSLR. Dating with wife/gf? Bring DSLR. Company event? Bring DSLR. Just make sure your battery and memory card is good to go.

Chances are, your photos will not be very good but that's okay. Everyone starts from somewhere. The hardest thing about DSLR is they're big and heavy; so a lot of newbies gave up carrying them around.

On the other side, technical knowledge is for sure required. Youtube has tons of videos; just search for "basic photography tutorials". It doesn't really matter if it's for other camera brands. What you'll need to learn are:
- Exposure triangle (aperture, shutter speed, ISO). Learn how each of these control the "brightness" and hat are the "side effects"
- Metering and white balance. You'll shoot with either in full auto or semi-auto so the camera is helping you to figure out the best settings. Sometimes it doesn't do a good job, so it's important to know why and how to correct it.
- Composition.
- Learn some kind of photo editing software. It doesn't have to be Lightroom or Photoshop if you don't want to spend much.

Make sure you completely understand those above before you learn something more complicated like flashes.

Here are some mistakes beginners should be aware of:
- Don't shoot in dark places. It'll be very hard/ugly with the kit lens. That's why we spend thousands of ringgit on better lenses.
- Don't use portrait mode, landscape mode, etc. Those are just shortcuts. Try to learn how to optimise your settings for portraits, landscape etc yourself.
- When editing your photos, refrain from increasing saturation or adding a vignette. I'm guilty of this myself when I was starting out. There are so many better ways to edit

why do i keep double posting recently?

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Apr 14 2018, 09:48 AM

Yeah if you already grasp the exposure triangle then DS_Legacy’s idea of long exposure shots would be fun to try out

But be careful!