My next door neighbor got a Nikon D3100 and has no clue how to use it. So I figured I would invite her over for a crash course in the operation of the camera.

Man, that thing is complicated!!! I couldn't figure out how to change anything (WB, ISO, points of focus, etc).

I ended up just giving her a composition class and telling her to read the manual!!!

I told her to get out of automatic, shoot what she likes and join here. I told her its better to take poor images in manual and learn from her mistakes than to take Polaroids in auto. That's how I am learning.