Let's use this post to share websites that provide some instruction on digital photography. I'll start off with a couple posts of great websites that will help you take photos that you didn't think possible with your camera. Please post others that you know of and recommend in the comments section, and I'll include them here in the main post:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/