New guys just starting out

[mr xr6t]

Hey guys
I have always bean interesting in taking really nice photos and wanted to know how and when I seen that the prices of DSLR had come down a lot I went out and bought a Nikon d3100 twins lens kit only got it a couple of days ago and I have bean watching youtube videos and reading guides and I think I am read to start taking some photos where is a good place to start and what tripod do you guys recommend, any other advice for someone starting out would be great to.
Thanks in advance

[Allie]

Welcome to the forum. Have a look at the New to Photography (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/showlibrary.php?title=Indexes:New_To_Photography_Book)
section under the library section - it is a great place to start. Cheers

[ricktas]

Welcome to AP. As Allie says check out the New To Photography section of our Library, and then start posting photos for critique and learn from the advice and feedback.

[Wayne63]

Welcome to AP, Enjoy the site and look forward to seeing some of your photo's in the forums.

[Kym]

:gday: & Welcome
- lets see some photos in the main CC forums (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?5) maybe try a competition or 2 and have fun!

[mr xr6t]

what tripod would you guys recommend is any brand better then the others

[I @ M]

Welcome to AP,
your question about tripods is a very well repeated query on AP.
Perhaps if you use the search function on the site and read some of 6,973,284.5 posts on the subject you will get a bit of an idea about the subject.
Also, questions such as yours are usually seen by more viewers in the general help section (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?21-General-Help) but as a start, I will offer the advice to not buy the first "cheap deal" that comes your way because that is the easiest way to buy 6 tripods before you get the one that does the job properly.