Anyone into Photography?

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    as a hobby? or even a job.

    I just bought myself a Nikon d3000 with some pretty solid lenses and zoom flash caps. I heard it's a great starter DSLR. I don't even know where to start with all of this.

    Should I take a photography course or could a friend teach me first-hand?

    Complete newbie/
     
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    Take a course.
     
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    dude just take pictures of shit, and some of them will be cool, and photoshop some to black and white for the hipsters to think you are an artist
     
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    What lenses did you get? I love the 35mm 1.8 lens. It is a perfect lens to learn with on that camera. And, it's only 200 bucks. I have an older d40x and really want to upgrade. Or, if you want a little more reach, try the 50mm 1.8. I've heard that one is a really good one as well.

    Regardless of whether you take a class or not, just shoot. A LOT.
     
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    I got the 50mm 1.8 as well as the 70-300mm 1:4-5.6.

    And yeah, still debating on whether taking a class is really necessary since I have a friend who's a photographer. Not sure if he'll be a good teacher though.
     
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