Settings for my digital

[Kimberly Dow]

I am going to freely share my ignorance in the hopes of getting an easy answer.

I have my new Rebel and have read the entire book on it. I took a few snaps and have ordered acessories like the remote control to reduce camera-shake, etc.

Now - here is the questions - what do I do? No, seriously - my old camera was a Fuji Finepix and it came free with my computer from Dell. This did not have many controls - I always did the same thing. I turned the flash off (using natural light through a window) and I went to tht EV screen (I am not quite sure what that even is) and lowered or raised it depending on the light. I thought I got fairly good photos with this considering (like the one below), so this new camera should be awesome.

I will learn about all these controls, but for now if there is anyone who can help me do exactly what I used to on the old camera I'd be appreciative. There is white balance, yet it doesnt let me control it on some settings. There are so many settings and many of them seem to describe what I want - so choosing is the hard part. I figure I'll keep a notebook of what I did in which order while I have one of my kids sit there - this way I can look at the finished product and see what works.

I need a dummy book I guess - anyway my question is this and perhaps anyone with this specific camera could help - which setting is best for portrait in natural daylight indoors? And then what do I do to lighten or darken? That's all I need for now to start....

Thank you for not laughing!