trevellie
newbie
Reged: 16/01/2008
Posts: 1
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Hi, I am just starting out with digital slr photography and would like to find a good video tutorial to start at the basics and work its way up to further skills and techniques, all of the courses locally are based on standard slr photography and you have to do the darkroom element which is of no interest to me, so online video tutorials seem like a good way to go.
I know there is a lot of free informaion available on the internet if you know where to look so would really rather not pay for a tutorial if I can get one for free.
I am using a Nikon D200
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spinno
Curmudgeonly Fellow
Reged: 07/02/2007
Posts: 4247
Loc: Meat and Fish
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web page
this might help...
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bellyboy
old hand
Reged: 25/09/2006
Posts: 962
Loc: Cockermouth - Cumbria
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You can type 'photography lessons' into youtube and see what comes up.
I have found some good info that way!
Hang on, I'll do it for you.........
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You can browse through that lot 
edit: This search is more useful:
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Edited by bellyboy (16/01/2008 15:28)
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Ellie527
addict
Reged: 09/01/2007
Posts: 558
Loc: near the Hampshire coast
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More on YouTube for the Nikon D200
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Lounge Lizard
Old Wrinkly
Reged: 17/01/2004
Posts: 17885
Loc: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Hi trevellie and welcome to the forums.
It sounds like you've treated yourself to a DSLR or Santa Claus brought you one.
I guess that your goal is to take some good photographs with it. However, it would be fair to say that good photography isn't just about knowing what button to press. Knowing your equipment is one thing, knowing photography is another and acquiring skills in composition is yet another.
Don't discount the local SLR courses because a digital SLR is still an SLR and the same principles apply. Equally, you may not be interested in the darkroom elements but a) it's great fun and b) it gives you a good grounding for the digital processing of your images. For example, programs like Photoshop Elements that may be used to fine-tune your images use concepts like exposure, dodging and burning that are simply a replication of darkroom work so knowing a bit certainly won't do any harm.
Might I suggest you join a local camera club? Don't just try the nearest, try a few - they are all different but try to find one that is lively, with a good membership covering a range of work whereby you can ask questions. Above all, look at lots of photographs at the club and in magazines and then see what impresses you and ask 'now how do I do that?'
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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Dorset_Mike
Gadget Man
Reged: 11/05/2006
Posts: 2485
Loc: Poole, Dorset.
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This one is originally aimed at Sony/Minolta users, but the same basic facts should apply to any DSLR, and where reference is made to specific controls or menus there will be equivalents for other makes.
click here
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