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Beginning photography?

I love checking out pictures of stuff all the time. Whether its conceptual, abstract, sports, etc. I love photography. I plan to make this a permanent hobby and I've been wanting to get into it for a while.
However, I don't know how to start out.
I'm not sure which camera to buy, what supplies to get, how to take good pictures, etc.
The only thing I've done is use my friend's normal digital camera and take some pictures.
Any photographers out there willing to share some tips?
Greatly appreciated =]

I do it the other way.
I used to use a film SLR camera years ago.
No longer.
I bought my digital camera at a time when it was the best on the market and digital SLRs were not yet available.
It is a Sony DSC707, 5mp only, which has a fixed zoom lens but that lens is a Carl Zeiss lens and is perfectly fine for most purposes.
Since I retired, I have become lazy. I use fully-auto ALL THE TIME but I know how to cheat the camera's intentions.

With the best digital that you can afford, whether SLR or not, just shoot lots and lots of different subjects, using as much creativity as your brain can generate. Look hard at what you get and make up a hard-copy portfolio or, perhaps better still, a CD of your best shots.
As you progress, do take the time to look at what others are doing. SEE why others are succeeding or failing. See where good composition of the final product raises visual power. Look into the conventions of composition and apply them to your own work.
It will be the combination of all these experiences that will serve you well.
You DO NOT NEED an expensive camera right now - unless you have too much money and don't know what to do with it.
It is the experience that you need and any camera will do.
Give a cheap camera to an experienced professional and you will see far better photographs than from an outright beginner with the best equipment available. The equipment is NOT the key. Your brain is.

Note - I do not have a camera bag. I do not have a tripod. I do not have a choice of lenses. I do not have an SLR. Your choice, but take a look at

http://www.eyefetch.com/profile-images.aspx?user=tikka&view=eyerank

and have a wander through those pages. See for yourself and make a decision that makes financial sense.

Enjoy.

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