Experiment with Exposure: Both digital and even film cameras work best in sunlight, but once you move indoors or into dim light, it gets more difficult. Experiment with exposure to best handle any lighting situation.
Try all sorts of variations. Shoot your subject from different angles with different lighting if you can. Try turning off your camera's flash in some shots. Try 'fill flash' if your camera will allow it. Sometimes fill flash can make a perfectly exposed picture better. Sometimes you can add drama by turning off your flash and leaving your subject somewhat underexposed.
Try taking the same photo three different ways, with three different exposure options. The result can be three very different pictures from each other, but all will look good. You never know if you don't try.
Bracket your shots if you can, with one shot slightly underexposed, one slightly overexposed, and one "just right." Even though some digital cameras will do this automatically, you still need to practice. The last thing you want is two of your shots to look as if they were taken accidentally or by a surprised photographer who was expecting only one shot instead of three.
Special features Many digital cameras have some interesting in-camera special features. Some will allow you to take short QuickTime clips, some will allow you to record sound annotations, and some will allow you to experiment with special effects, such as shooting black and white or sepia-tone images. Ignore the special features until you learn the basics.
Remember that some of these effects such as black and white or sepia toned images can be created without the camera. Photoshop can transform a color image into black and white in a few simple steps. Basically, if you can do it easily in Photoshop, focus on taking a top quality color photo behind the camera and take care of the special effects without it.
This does not mean that you shouldn't try out some of the other special effects. For example, if you pan your camera to track a car moving at high speed, the car will be in sharp focus but the background will be blurred, creating an interesting picture. Or you can do the opposite: focus on a particular stationary object such as a child flying a kite, or a freshly-painted fire hydrant and let a speeding car to enter the frame. You'll then have a sharply focused center of attention with the added advantage of motion.
Silhouettes are another nice special effect. Try taking a photo with your subject in shadow, eclipsing a brightly-exposed object in the background. Now try the reverse, a brightly exposed subject against a dark background. One can be just as interesting as the other. Getting a good silhouette with film is expensive, as you shoot a lot of frames with little or no reward. There is no cost with a digital camera, just a little time and patience, both of which will be well worth it!
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