Photography age 12

[Starlight456]

My Ds talks about wanting to be a photographer on and off .

He uses phone for photos .

Just looking for a way to do an online course or anything to see if it’s more than a fleeting thought before shelling out in a decent camera . Any ideas

[Imonlydoingwhatican]

Most photography course would require a camera where you can change settings (appature, iso and speed) rather then spending on a full dslr camera you can buy bridge camera, where you have a smaller range of the settings (wont get techincal) you can get them second hand quite cheaply. Photography is very different off the phone, but a good course that teaches how to use the camera is where you need to start.

[Imonlydoingwhatican]

Forgot to say it might be better buying beginner books (photography for dummies etc..) as a starting point for him rather thrn a course.

[Imonlydoingwhatican]

sharpshotsphotoclub.co.uk/kids-beginner-online-photography-course/

[Lovemusic33]

Buy a 2nd hand dslr, you can get one for £6-£100 (canon 1000d is a good starter) and then get the photography for dummies book. You maybe able to find someone local that could offer lessons. You tube videos are also great for learning 🤣. I mainly self taught with a bit of help from YouTube and a lot of practice.

[Starlight456]

Fabulous thank you . I really know nothing so really helpful .

Any suggestion of watching YouTube he will love 🤣

[Lovemusic33]

There’s a guy that does videos (pretty sure they are on YouTube), his name is Jared Polin, he explains how to use settings and he’s a pretty cool guy, makes it run and easy.

Is there anything in particular he likes taking photos of? People, wildlife. Landscape etc..?

[Slappadabass]

DIY.org have a photograph lessons. It is fairly pricey though.

YouTube is probably your best bet. We home educate and use YouTube tutorials for so many things.

[Starlight456]

He likes taking pictures of graffiti ???
He talks of taking pictures for estate agents for a job .

I really don’t know if it’s a passing phase but I think he needs to explore it but not spend a fortune .

[Starlight456]

Just been looking up the cannon 1000d . Does he need the lenses with bit to start or just a standard camera ?

[BrokenBrit]

A day trip to Manchester would be good. My colleague loves graffiti and has taken loads of pics of fab art - search graffiti Manchester.

[Starlight456]

Ooh thank you for that . We visited Iceland in January there was some amazing graffiti there

[Lovemusic33]

The cannon 1000d needs a lens, sometimes you can buy them with the camera or if you buy separate you can get a lens for around £20-£30 ,the lens you need is a 18mm - 55mm cannon lens, that lens is good enough to begin with (will take portrait , macro and landscape shots), if he gets into it he can buy other lenses (zoom and wide angle) but for now one lens is fine.

Groupon often do a course through shaw academy for around £20, it’s a good online course to learn about how the settings work and how to take good photos.

[Lovemusic33]

The lens would be perfect for taking graffiti photos.
I mainly photograph wildlife so I use a big zoom lens which cost me a small fortune 🤣

[bruffin]

If you want a trip to london, there is a tunnel called Leake Street near waterloo station that is full of amazing graffiti.
Ive recently bought a Nikon B700 on ebay. Its a great little bridge camera with an amazing zoom lens. It would be ideal as a starter camera.

[Starlight456]

Thank you thiss is all helpful . I will print this thread off to keep this information