I’ve taken tens of thousands of photos over the years with point and shoots. I’ve become a snapshotographer. However, I’ve never taken the time to learn the ins and outs of photography. It’s very difficult when you’re shooting with a camera that only has full auto mode.

A while back, the CVB purchased a Canon Rebel XSi so we could take photos internaly and save money on outsourcing photo shoots. I finaly got a round to taking the camera home and learning how to use it. Being as naive as I am, I set it on Manual mode and started taking pictures. Each yielded the same result, a photo so washed out in light that it looked like an undeveloped Polaroid picture.

So, after reading the manual, I learned a bit more about how to use Manual mode as well as Tv and Av mode. I submit for you my first Flickr set of DSLR shots all taken in one of those three manual modes. For the Christmas lights, I used the window seal of the car as the “tripod.”

Anyone have any tips or sites they particularly like to help fine tune DSLR techniques? I’ve been really starting to hone in on good photos on Flickr to see what techniques these photographers are using. Any where else I should look?