Okay, so you’ve bought yourself your first digital SLR, and you’ve taken a bunch of decent photos. But now you want expand your photography by getting some important accessories that will greatly assist you in your photography.

Tripod

First things first, one of the most important pieces of kit you need is a good sturdy tripod. A tripod is important if you want to take photographs using long exposures (for example night scenes, or smooth flowing water), or if you want to take photos which include yourself in the scene.

Additional Lenses

If you got a lens with your camera as part of a kit, then you probably found it fine to begin with for a lot of your pictures. However, there is a lot more you can do if you have different lenses for specific purposes, for example:
•    Telephoto lens – for zooming close into scenes from far away.
•    Wide angle lens – useful for big landscape shots.
•    Macro lens – for close-up photography, e.g. insects or flowers.

Flash

Most cameras come with their own built-in flash. However, these do have their limitations. For professional flash photography, it is better to buy an additional flash to fit onto the camera.

Memory Cards

The more photography you do, the more you will need additional memory cards. As a minimum, I would advise getting at least two 4GB memory cards. That way, you can have one in the camera while you are processing the photos from the other card.

Additionally, it is well worth getting a USB memory card reader, as this will allow for much faster transfer of photos than just plugging your camera into the computer.

Software

If you are serious about getting into digital photography, then you need to get into digital image editing. Consider getting yourself a professional photo editing program such as Photoshop.