I am only 14 years old, but I have a passion for photography. I don’t know much about photography, all I know is that I love having a camera in my hand and I love taking gorgeous shots. I want to learn more about it, like lighting exposure and stuff like that…any suggestions?

First, get a camera (a basic DSLR would be good) so that you can practice, practice, practice!!! The "what camera should I get?" is asked on here 10+ times a day. Once you have a camera, READ THE MANUAL several times while you have the camera with you. Learn it…Live it.

Sign up for an evening basic photography course at the local community college (you will need a camera).

Then, go to your public library and start reading photography books and/or read articles on the internet (Not everything on the internet is correct, but you can find helpful reading).

Good luck

ive just started 2nd year photography at college.
Last year i had a different teacher who said we had to start a new project in the last half term and over the summer and i chose street photography. I got alot done but this year ive been moved into another class with a teacher who sees me as an inconvenience because i wasnt in that class last year!

He wont let us get on with our projcts until we have done 6 weeks of his ”mini-projects” into different types of photography~
painting with light / light grafitti
portraiture
lighting outside and in the studio
and some others he hasnt said yet.

so i have to incorporate these different techniques into my street photography project.
How can i do this? any ideas
ive been photographing places and i want to do contrasts in places between day and night, experimenting with contrasts and lighting.

thanks in advance for any help!

Night time shots shots using long exposures and using a torch to create the "painting with light" effect.
Environmental portraits using off camera flash either at night or in day light, camera should be on a tripod for night shots. For studio you will be concentrating mainly on lighting, to convey mood or character. For example spot lighting on eyes for dramatic effect or soft beauty lighting "advertising" image.
Outside experiment with a small mirror to reflect light on your subject (spot light effect). Look for ways to make your photographs unique.

I am also trying to learn more about lighting techniques and equipment. One can never know to much about a subject if passionate enough. I am however, sometimes overwhelmed about starting my own legitimate business within the photography sector. It is my passion, but I also love to manipulate photos with my photo software. I am also about to crossover from my already achieved bachelors degree to earn another in graphic design. I still have so much to learn. On the upside, I do have a possible logo. Of all this, my biggest issue is coming up with a name for my business. I absolutely do not want to conform to just using my name or initials. I have more creativity than that, I hope. Anyway, any suggestions on webpages, articles, lighting techniques, etc…with regard to photography would be very helpful.

are you serious?

a cheesy name says the fotog is cheesy, unless your a group of fotogs use your name………..