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TIPS/TUTORIALS for a beginner nikon d80?

just bought this new camera and to be honest i dont really know how to use its cool features. is there a website showing different ways i can use iso, macro, aperture film speed, how to focus on a object and blur out the background or the opposite, blur the object and focus the background? any photography tips for me as a new owner of a nikon d80 ?
not really on how to use the camera, but what tips and tricks can i do with the camera such as what i listed

Other than read the manual…

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/techniques.htm

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

http://www.berniecode.com/writing/photography/beginners/

http://www.cs.duke.edu/~parr/photography/faq.html

http://photoinf.com/

Read all of those front to back (top to bottom) and you’ll understand your basics. Of course you may have to practice and re-read, etc. Just make sure you learn how to use a histogram… I don’t care how you learn, just understand what a histogram is telling you. #1 important thing in my opinion (after getting the picture in focus, etc).

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