Photography help!! REVIEW my photos please!?

Actually exposure wise they seem ok to me.

Where you meter is obviously important as it will affect the light meter's reading. I tend to only use spot metering, as I am very specific as to what part of hte picture I want to control the exposure on.

Remember also that a camera's light meter works by placing the exposure at an average 'mid-tone'. If, when you adjust your exposure settings, you always place the meter on zero (centre line; ie neither under nor over exposed) then you are doing exactly what the camera would do in any of the othe Auto or semi-Auto modes.

The skill is in imagining what you want you image to look like and then PLACING your exposure where YOU want it to be. For example, I routinely underexpose landscapes by a 1/2-1 stop or so for richer colours.

As to the content/composition of the images I would say this - the content is not that compelling, but I wouldn't expect it to be - you ahve a new camera & you are experimenting with whatever's available. In terms of composition, they are not too bad either - you are placing teh subjects, for the most part, on a thirds line or intersection and are using different viewpoints.

Nothing wronf with jumping into using raw & manual shooting either - if you understnad the exposure triange & are coping well with it why not?

I am on Flickr as well - feel free to contact me via Flcikrmail if you have further questions

They are OK snapshots but you need to get a bit more originality and impact in your shots.

I'm just wondering why you are jumping ahead so fast into using manual and RAW with a camera you only purchased a few days ago.

Most start using Auto and gradually progress as they understand the camera and functions more.

why am i using RAW? Because I have Adobe LR4 and Photoshop, why would you shoot in anything else.