Shoot alot.
Use a polarizer when needed.
Review landscape images for ideas.
If he's got the time/money attend local 1 day photo seminars on outdoor
photography.
Ideally, a week long workshop where you eat, sleep and dream photography
would allow him to get totally immersed along side other like minded
individuals and learn from a pro.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sessoms" <johnsess...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Advice for a newly minted photographer
At my weekly photography brunch yesterday, we had a new "member" who had
a question. He's recently retired & his son had bought him a Nikon D5500
(I'm guessing with kit lens). He said he's interested in landscape
photography.
He asked what kind of computer should he buy. He's already signed up for
an adult continuing education class in Lightroom from the local
community college (if it doesn't get canceled because not enough people
sign up).
Before the discussion devolved into Windoze vs Apple, desktop or laptop,
and whether he should buy the Tamron 70-200 or the Sigma 100 - 400, my
advice was he should get "the fastest processor, the most memory & the
biggest hard-drive you can afford" (which I think holds up either way in
the Windoze vs Apple debate).
I should have suggested a good tripod, but missed my chance.
But that got me thinking overnight & I decided to submit a more general
question to the group wisdom.
Given a new photographer who already has a "pro-sumer" DSLR, what advice
would you give him/her regarding BASIC kit?
... after I suggest a good, solid tripod.
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