DSLR cameras have brought high quality photography equipment to the masses. Of course a professional quality camera is only part of what you need to take great pictures. You will also have to know how to use your DSLR camera and that can be a lot more complex with a DSLR than with a point and click.

And I think far more important than understanding all the technical stuff is having a good eye. You need to develop a good sense of what will make a good photo. A great example of this kind of “eye” can be seen when looking closely at these Beautiful Prints by one of the best artistic photographers.

From personal experience I can recommend a Canon Rebel XTi DSLR in particular. It’s a great Digital SLR camera that has worked for me without any problems for about three years now. It is also rather cheap by the standards of professional quality cameras. Of course you should consider that those standards are quite high, it is about $700 and that’s without a lens!

As you educate yourself more about pro quality cameras you will come to understand that the lens is very important. If your experience comes mostly from point and clicks you are most likely used to thinking that the megapixel count is the most important thing about a camera but that is not the case at all.

With DSLRs, the lens is what makes the biggest difference in the quality of the photographs. Really the topic of lenses is too complicated for me to cover in this article, I just want to make you aware of the importance of lenses and that if you want to get serious about taking great photos you will have to look into the subject deeply.

Just like with any other skill, you will only become a expert photographer with plenty of studied practice. You will need to read all about the art of photography and then you will need to take lots of photos experiencing for yourself all of what you have found out!

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