I'm new and have a big project coming up. Help please?

[danteejr]

Hey there,

I'm new at photography and am still learning the ins and outs of aperture, flash, iso, and all that good stuff. However I've still been getting not the best quality pictures. I was just wondering if you guys know of any tutorials out there that will help me out. I mean, I know what iso, aperture, and exposure, and all that stuff is, but when I'm actually shooting, it's rather difficult to apply it, and I was wondering if there was any useful information that could help me. I hope that wasn't too confusing.

Also, in just 2 months I will be taking pictures for my sisters sweet 18, which is a huge event in my culture (she didn't want to hire a professional because the event itself was already a lot of money). So anyways, I've noticed that a lot of photographers use off camera flash, reflectors, diffusers, soft boxes, and a bunch of other stuff to get stunning pictures. But I was wondering if you guys knew of any ways to get stunning images with just a dslr, an external flash, and a flash reflector? Are there any good tutorials you guys know of? Also, what are some good flash reflectors?

I'm sorry once again if my post is rather confusing, and if I'm asking too much, but I'm just a noobie who wants to get better

Thanks so much for your help!

[Jim Bryant]

try going to http://strobist.blogspot.com/ go to lighting 101 section.

[candleman]

planet neil

he's got the best "on camera" explainations.

go to strobist for off camera work.