This is a great tutorial on the basics of Photography. Most of us leave the camera on AUTO and end up with blurry shots in dark settings. This is when you switch to Manual and start messing with the settings. This guide gives very good basic descriptions of those settings.

There is a lot of great information here - but it is quite technical and biased toward film photographers. Might be too much for the beginner, but there are some good summaries and charts for the advanced amateur.

I agree, some of these are quite outdated as well.

Have a look at this <a href="http://www.illustratedphotography.com/photography-tips/basic" title="Basic Photography Tips">Basic Photography Tips</a> instead.

I agree, some of these are quite outdated as well.

Have a look
at this http://www.illustratedphotography.com/photography-tips/basic
instead.