How to get started with photography

my friend Lucy asked how to get started with photography with no experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWq29tikXWw check this video out on youtube!
I started out with no experience except for the photography class in school. We used these old cameras that required film and heavy-duty developing. So first decide if u want to use these big old cameras or digital cameras. You can start out with a digital camera (those are about 100-150$, my first camera was a Kodak EasyShare and it was about $100 at CVS) then move up to a digital SLR (those are about 500-1000$, i have a Canon EOS T1i Rebel - check it out online!)
Now you can have a class on the main camera techniques and abilities or how to take a picture. <--techniques such as the rule of 3rds, depth of field etc. stop by here on this blog for tutorials and different things you can do to pictures.
So a girl named Samantha sent me a picture of a snowy bush, after it got edited, it looked sooo cool with the different shades of green, blue and white. I really wanted to post it on this blog but it wouldn't let me. :(
If you want a picture of yours featured here just email me at: sunshine5621@yahoo.com
also check out http://www.thethoughtspillingblogger.blogspot.com/ my other blog! =)
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