Let's face it anyone can shoot a camera and take pictures but not everyone knows the proper or basic camera details.
Basically what does a photographer need? When taking photos you simply need a Camera either film camera or digital camera.
Let's say that you have your own camera, it's not as simple as taking photos, there are more details you must learn just becoming a professional photographer.
Let's just focus on what you can learn in Digital Photography.
In digital photography there are details or techniques that you must identify so that it can show your artistic side in being a photographer.
There is what we call Photography Lightning Technique, So what is this and what does it do? Have you noticed when you are taking photos, that it always affects your shoot when you have lighting problem.
When you are learning digital photography you must master the lighting techniques, either by adding lights or just working the light you have.
This technique is not really that complicated to learn but it is necessary for you to understand.
Another technique is Aperture and Shutter Speed.
Have you noticed most of the beautiful photos you have seen it doesn't mainly rely on lighting but aperture and shutter speed has something to do with this.
When you will first know about this, do not be scared of try to work with shutter and aperture.
Eventually when you get a hang of it, this would be an easy thing to do for you.
By learning more on aperture and shutter speed you can even start doing abstract photography.
Basically once you have mastered these techniques, you can have idea on how to play with your camera and make your own photography compositions.
The important lesson in Photography is always practice your craft, if you really love photography then have time in working on this craft, just as simple as that.