terri5 
Welcome to the forum from the Dakota's. You might have a hard time finding someone in your area that wants to give away their trade secrets to the competition. The advantages of this forum is that we are for the most part not competing with each other, we are friends that love to share our knowledge. The knowledge you seek is in the old threads in the library. Using the search function in the upper right hand corner of the home page, you can gain as much or as little knowledge as you desire. On the bottom of each thread is a list of similar threads. The more I read of the old threads, the more I realize that I do not know.
If you have questions after reading old threads, post them. Someone on the forum will be able to provide insight and enlightenment.
There is also a category on the main page: Beginners start here. It will provide an introduction to the basics.
Good luck to you and we love pictures.
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