New to Photography

[candleman]

Originally Posted by Nicole

The best advice I can offer is learn your camera and what it can do (and don't worry about what other people think about it). I had a look at your camera on the Nikon site. It looks like it has P-Mode and Scene Modes. And while that can be limiting if you decide you want to say, learn how to shoot in manual mode, there's no reason why you can't still take great pictures with it.

One thing to keep in mind is that it's really good to learn what each of the scene modes does because that means you can usually use them for purposes they weren't originally intended for in order to get different settings Also learn about how and when to use exposure compensation in P-Mode since that can make a huge difference too.

Welcome to the forums!

+1 well said.

I'll add in, read through the manual, and see what each setting does, and what you can and can't change in each.

Things like exposure bias and flash will help you gain a bit more control over what the camera is putting out.