Hey p.

sorry right away if I fucked up making this thread.

I was recently gifted a Canon 400d, with a sigma 18-200mm lens.
It has always been my dream to make memories through photos, and now that it has literally dropped in my hands as a gift, i'd like to start working on it.
I just don't know where to start, and how to get better at it. Obviously, snapping and snapping and snapping is gonna give some result, but i'm also looking for material that is usable to me and is easily understandable.

I also don't know anything about lens gear. Apparently, the lens I have is meant for outdoor photography, so I plan on getting a 50mm f1.4one as that was been recommended for me three times (within the price range I specified)

I truly am not snobby when it comes to walking around with a camera, I love manually tweaking it , snapping, and see what I get. I more so now realised that so much of the stuff that happens goes into mist. With photos, i wanna try and preserve is as much as possible.

I'd appreciate any help for a starter photographer.

Picture related, a pic I took last night.