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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeJ" data-source="post: 3710827" data-attributes="member: 123253">Ben, those are some great photos.  I found a person who teaches camera photography and he charges $45 per hour and advised he uses and likes the Nikon P900 but using the P900 is like going bird hunting with a single shot.  I took that to mean "make the shot count" - or else the camera is so good you'll only need one opportunity at your subject?  I figure for 50 bucks he probably could get me started in the right direction and maybe after a couple months, I could go back, if I experience small problems that I can't figure out myself or via U-Tube.I've played around with it some, but anytime I go off "Auto" I end up with photos ranging from pure black, a dull color, over exposed or blurred due to subject's motion, so I surely don't know, what I don't know.</blockquote>