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Under this article is in fact somewhat of a misnomer because there is really no such thing as digital photography. This is a bit like saying that there is one major difference between writing pen and pencil writing. Written in writing and photography is photography. Digital is simply the registration method. So it really gets down to photography learning in a digital world.
If you can remove the digital Word and focus on photography, you're back then to foundations that have not changed in 50 years. All we have is a digital slr's film.It may be easier to use, and even easier to learn digital photography, digital but still it is same old old, even photography.


Where to start? you have your camera, manual and a few accessories.


1. Familiarize yourself with your camera.


Key of any learning process is to get to know the tools of your trade. Everything that you can find and how camera functions, its parameters and how to actually take a picture with it. That is essential in your advance on your photography path .Learning the databases of your camera is like practising your scales on a piano. You must go on and on with the features and settings until you use them effectively. Once that you know you can concentrate on the technique without interrupting your thought process with using the controls on the camera.


2 Practice, practice, practice

You must work very hard to become a natural golfer, and its the same with photography. All which becomes hard work the more that we seem to be reluctant. If you require that you make good pictures, practice is essential. Nobody likes stretching or exercise those muscles into shape. The time-consuming exercise is what prevents the healthiest people and made the same way as with the practical with your camera. If you don't commit to practise you will not amount too much with your photography.


3 Learning principles.


With only a selection of basic principles of photography  you will improve your photography a hundredfold. Simple things as the rule of thirds, composition, Aperture, shutter speed and ISO are what you need to know for good photography. You do not need to concentrate on memory cards and mégapixels. They contribute to your photography.Get a book, you can subscribe to a newsletter on photography, join a club or register for a course of photography.Do something constructive about learning photography.You need nothing too deep, just something to get started on your path of great images.


4 Learn techniques


There are several basic techniques that are key to your pictures, such as control depth of field, learn how to pan of moving subjects, and how to concentrate strongly.Nothing too difficult, but if you are familiar with these dimensions added to your pictures, which will raise them head and shoulders above your competition.


5 Review your work.


First, look at pictures you have taken over a period of time and thinking if they understand the principles of photography. You have mastered the various techniques and learned a skill by using the settings and controls for your particular camera? some simple but essential questions if you are to proceed to the next level in your photography.
Second, you must have your images reviewed by others .If you are part of a photography club, then you will not have a problem. Others are joining photographic forums and submit your images to galleries for review by other members of the forum.
Key to this point is to find ways to get feedback, positive and negative about your images so you can work to improve your pictures.
Review starts the cycle again, because you will need to go back relearn things you need to come to grips with.
Learning digital photography more may appear to be a simple process, but if you're committed to learning then you will grow while on your photography trip . Apply these keys in practice, and you become a competent  photographer.