Thanks guys fo all of your replies, I was beginning to think my post had been ignored and people would think oh look another newbie who thinks tey can make it as a pro!!

But I am not on the understanding this is going to work out for me and certainly not overnight. My goal is to be a sports photographer, but I am well aware that this will take a good few years.


I have enrolled at a college to do an evening course on photo imaging to get me started.

I am looking to start shooting at my sons soccer games under 12's, we live near an athletic club so I'm going to go and see if i can shoot there to, and like others on here said, the more I do it and get a feel for the camera and get more experienced the better I will get.

i've just bought a D40x from ebay second hand, I went with the cheap option as I just want to get started and not rush into it spending loads of money, now just looking for a lense for it, i was thinking sigma or tamron 70-300mm for the nikon, once again cheap option but I feel its best if i'm just starting out what do you think??? also i'm limited with options as I went for the D40x.

Once again I really appreciated all of the replies.