[grimm]

the best advice i can give anyone starting out in photography is to take zillions of photos from all angles. try to think of an interesting perspective to take the shot from, maybe from an angle most people would not view the subject from. Also learn about the thirds rule, it will help you with your composition. don't take my comments the wrong way but these are all decent snapshots. they aren't what i would consider a photograph, if you get what i'm saying. There also isn't any noticeable DOF (depth of field) going on. When everything is in focus it's hard to separate the subject from the background, a great shot that could have used some DOF would have been the christmas lights. Focus on one bulb in the foreground and let the background get blurry as it moves off in the distance. This is achieved by lowering the Fstop. anyway keep at it. it was def far to cold to really learn your camera.