i've just stumbled across a photography forum when googling for a similar reason. seems to be people of varying skills that will not only help explain your camera and how to use it, but also look at your photos and give you some feedback on how it can be improved. i found it one day, and got knocked on my backside with a migraine i'm still fighting the next, so haven't spent toooo much time on there, but feel free to PM and i'll send you a link so you can check it out if you want

i have gotten pretty good with the Auto settings but want to move into the manual settings (cos Raven told me i have to lol) so that's my new years resolution - to learn to use my camera to it's full capabilities