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ahassam:
Hello to the photography world!

I'm taking this up as a hobby and just need a little information and thought I'd ask here! Hopefully you can help me out.

I was taking some photos and enjoyed the feeling but my hardware isn't so great when I compare it to what's out there. I've attached a sample photo that I think is one of the better ones I have taken. With only minor levels adjustments in my editing software I resized it for upload here. Hopefully quality doesn't deteriorate. Critique would be nice but I understand there's another forum for that; however I still post it for another reason also.

Right now I use a Konica Minolta Digital Camera. Pretty crappy 3.2 Megapixel 5 year old thing that I thought i'd give a shot at taking some nice photos with. That's the camera I used to take the attached photo. Now I plan to purchase a Digital Rebel XSi DSLR camera and have a basic question, will a better camera (even compared to my konica) give me better results in photos and thus better rates in the stock photo world? Will the upgrade of hardware be a key in helping me perform better out there? I assume it's true, but just opinions and a comment on the attachment would be nice =).

P.S- The attached picture is resized from 1852x1262.

Thank you very much and excuse the n00bness, just started reading about all this about a week ago and haven't let go since =).

vonkara:
Yes you are making a great investment by buying the rebel, it will be a good camera to start I think. In stock you must understand that photoshop (or other software) is the key tool with your camera. For your image, make sure to have the sun in your back :)

Dreamframer:
If you think about it one week already, and you posted in this forum, than I'm sure you will soon make few accounts on few stock sites. That's just the way I started. Your image is nice one, especially for a beginner. I am sure, soon, you will start making some really good images. My first images were similar to your image. From your post, looks like you are pretty serious person with nice attitude. It's not hard to get into all this, and it's very creative and inspiring...very interesting. I'm sure you can do it. I wish you good luck!
Ivan

ahassam:
@whitechild

Thank you for the kind words. I am ambitious and really feel like I can get into this. I know when taking those pictures (like the one I attached) total form and lighting and photographic principles were not in my mind. I'd taken the picture on a trip with family and thought I'd try something different with depth-of-field.

Anyhoo; It's nice to have the encouragement so thank you again for that. I'm getting a good deal on the camera kit so hopefully if all goes well I'll be shooting in no time.

How long was it before your pictures began earning you even a tiny bit of money? Putting it into the correct categories and popular areas along with skillful and arful work helps I assume?

Dreamframer:
I earned my first cents one month after getting into this. But one of my referrals sold one image the second day after image acceptance. and after it, he sold two images one week after acceptance.

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