okie newbie.. some advise.. me no expert, but have been reading books n honing my craft 2. Some stuffs to share.
1) read your manual in n out, I only know abt 70% (n used it) of my camera function after almost 2years
2) Borrow books on shooting, especially of important rule of 3rd, composition, break out of the box norm shooting (get down low, high, dirty to get what shots u need, but not at the expense of your precious camera)
3) Go out and shoot, only by practising and practising, can you improve. I got a mate who got a good camera, but has not been shooting much. I hope he's reading this.
4) Shoot pics with a theme. Some pics by looking at it, you know there is something the person wanted to let the viewer know.
As for your this shot, I believe you just shoot happily and enjoy the cool depth of field a DSLR gives you.
Nothing much of interest here. If you are keen in product shot, can get a proper tentage setup which cost like $70
or so from ordering at clubsnap advertiser.
As for the WB, do not let anyone tell you to insist to use the "correct" setting.
You play and control the camera. I only realise this only couple of months back.
Those beginner books will tell you, adjust the WB to what the lighting ambience is.
Wrong, adjust the WB to what you wanted yourself and the viewer to feel.
There is no right or wrong WB. eg. you wanted a model to have a warmer skin tone, adjust
WB to shade. or colder effect when you are at the beach, use fluroscent.
If not, people will not wanted to get filters to add to their lens. Mastering the WB,
you can do away with some of the colour filters, and do minor tweaking on the PC.
Wrong usage of the WB of course, gives you bad effect.
eg. impossible pale overall cast on a model. (almost like a ghost)
For tours n such, where you really have no time, I advise shoot in raw.
Unless you are like me, I dun mind shooting in jpeg, lose of some details, can squeeze more into my memory card, I only printed max A4, once a blue moon in A3.