Photography 101

Let me tell you this site covers all tha basics for the newbe. This article is a simplified photography course directed at new photographers out there who want to know where to start.

Flash, I personally like shooting with natural light whenever possible and at most I use a fill flash. But if youre going to do portrait work then most of the time you may be indoors and you will need a flash sometimes. For the amateur the fill flash units that are on the top of most of todays cameras are wonderful for basic work. You will have to read your manual on your particular flash unit to learn what it can and cant do
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