hi

I can tell you how I do it, still learning too.

1. Poser is about virtual photography, so I spend quite some time studying just that. Books on lighting, camera-work, framing, and I still spend time on the photographs in the Rendo galleries. Stroll the net, visit professional gallery sites from fashion to indoor studios to playboy. Not for the interviews, but for the lighting.

2. walk the tutorials in CGArena, CGSociety, 3DTotal, check the e-magazines: free CGArena, cheap 3d Creative, etc. Use the magazine summaries (like on my www.artbeeweb.nl site) and more to launch you in any direction.

3. take one step at a time. Go for proper lighting, camera and posing first (take the Rianeli photos for example), then extend to mild clothing (take the Fand photos). Then learn materials (Bagginsbill is King) then warp yourself into Hair and Cloth Dynamics. 

4. post your work, explicitely ask for constructive comments in your text, and thank the ones giving it. The issue is: everyone except yourself can post in your gallery-entry only once. So it might be handy to post in the gallery, and open a threat in the Crtitiques Forum as well. there you can have dialogues and so.

Welcome to the club.

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Usually I'm wrong. But to be effective and efficient, I don't need to be correct or accurate.

visit www.aRtBeeWeb.nl (works) or Missing Manuals (tutorials & reviews) - both need an update though