Nikon D3200 Help/Tips?

Hi, i'm 13 and i just bought my first DSLR camera, it's a nikon d3200 and i'm learning how to use it right now. I'm not that familiarly with DSLR camera's could anyone give me some tips for taking good quality photos and like ideas of what i should take pictures of?

If you can't even figure out what to photograph, maybe photography is not for you.

Here is how you balance the ISO, shutter speed and lens aperture. You will need to learn how to use your cameras light meter

http://camerasim.com/camera-simulator/

First, have you read through the Owner's Manual for your new camera? That's a good way to learn to use it. This video tutorial will also help you: http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d3200/index.html Who better than Nikon to teach you about your Nikon D3200?

The best tip I can give you is to start learning about Light, Composition, Exposure and Depth of Field. These sites will help.

Light
http://photographyknowhow.com/photography-lighting/
http://photographyknowhow.com/quality-of-light-in-photography/
http://photographyknowhow.com/direction-of-light-in-photography/

Composition
http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

Exposure
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography

Depth of Field
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...-field.htm

Another photographic concept is more difficult to explain - "seeing photographically". I believe this site does a good, although lengthy, job of explaining this.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/aesthetics-1.shtml

I suggest taking pictures of whatever interests you. However, apply what you've learned about Light, Composition, Exposure and Depth of Field by actually thinking about them before you release the shutter. Good photography requires thinking and thinking requires time so learn what I call the "sniper mentality" - make one exposure, make one good picture. By learning to actually think about the picture you want to make and how you can make it using your knowledge of Light, Composition, Exposure and Depth of Field you'll not only make better pictures you'll avoid what I call the "machine gunner mentality" - take 300 exposures and hope - HOPE - a few will escape the "DELETE" button. Your goal should be quality, not quantity.

Now none of the above is to suggest you shouldn't try different compositions. You should. Portrait. Landscape. Standing. Kneeling. Sitting. Flat on your belly or back. Move to the right. Move to the left. Zoom in. Zoom out. Learn to notice how the light can look different with different compositions.

Although I tried several compositions and released the shutter on several, this is my personal favorite:

I had to both change position and use my zoom to get the framing I liked but this is the only exposure I made of this subject.

So read and study the Manual for your camera, watch the Nikon video, spend time at the sites I referenced and then begin practicing what you've learned. Think about the Light. Think about the Composition. Think about the Exposure. Think about the Depth of Field. Will every picture be a success? Of course not - but you'll have fewer candidates for the "DELETE" button. After a day out with your camera you'll come home with 40 or 50 pictures worth a second or third look instead of 300 poorly done snapshots.

Happy learning!

You can learn only how to operate camera. But you can't learn what to photograph by reading books, manual and other stuff. If you are not a creative or have a creative thinking, you should not opt photography. Learn camera techniques by reading manuals… And explore the creativity yourself.

You need to shop for a good tripod. Nothing less than $100. The 24 MP that Nikon crammed into the D3200 will rarely look sharp at 100% without one. Even with a good tripod, it will magnify any deficiencies in lenses that were never expected to look sharp at 24 MP.