Just keep taking pictures until you wear out the camera body. Its mostly about whats happening in front of the lens anyway. The camera is just a tool. Get the fifty and sell the zooms or put em away. Then try and recreate photos that you like. Magazines, Flickr, whatever. Dont have the right focal lenth or f-stop? Figure it out. Work it out. Dont have enough light? Start thinking about how you can get more light.
Get a prime. 35, 50, 85mm. Do photography. Throw that selector to Full Manual, and figure out exactly what the heck has to go right to get a decent exposure. After say 20 - 100 mini projects like that. Reward yourself by selecting one of the zooms. Do you need more or less than 50? Then when you are shooting you will be making lens choices due to what you want to accomplish. Do you want the f-stops or the wide/long? Then you will better understand what lens you need and why and what you expect it to do. Good luck.
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