Two really helpful pages for beginners...

[The Blue Boy]

Well, it's two in one really,

Petapixel is a blog that whilst it doesn't take itself too seriously, it delivers news and interesting articles for beginners and pros alike.

This link will show you why.

Enjoy.

[Carl in Louisiana]

Thanks for the info Mark! I bookmarked that site and will give it some serious reading later on starting this afternoon.

[arith]

When I see things like 'convolution' it brings back half forgotten ideas in topology and makes me rather poorly

I've seen this stuff before and think I would rather concentrate on the arty stuff now; so g is a filter is it, see what you done, why integrate, what is the reasoning behind the formula.

I'll keep the link just in case joking, it is a great link really.