Reddit reviews Photive PHML-L3 Wireless Shutter Release Remote For Nikon D5300, D3200, D5100, D5000, D7000, D600, D610, D80, D90, p7000, P7100, Nikon J1, V1, Nikon 1 AW1 Digital SLRS(Replaces Nikon PHML-L3)

I have a D3200 and have shot some basic astrophotography, and with a wireless remote to trigger the shutter, you can make up for some of the functionality of the intervalometer.

I do photography, been doing it for about a year and a half but still don't feel comfortable enough to try and go the next step (buying a somewhat more serious equipment and start charging for photoshoots), my photos are not yet at an acceptable level!

Link to a public facebook album of photos I took while studying abroad in south america (has one or two NSFW photos of bodypainting)

Link to items:

Wireless remote shutter So i can take some nice selfies (not really!)

Eye cup because I lost mine while hiking in chile

Some extra protection never hurt anybody

Basically everything else I'd want camera related is above 150 dollars each :P so I chose inexpensive accesories to show things related to my hobby/passion :)

EDIT : An album with some select pictures

This is what I bought specifically for my D3200

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005UG3KS8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1376453572&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

Once or twice the shutter has stayed open after pressing the remote once, but it usually opens and shuts with one push.

Did you get it at best buy? cause i totally just got that same camera. Excited you posted this, cause i could just some pointers too.

edit: I also just got this remote, and it helps a lot!

Once upon a time I had a remote for my camera. I used it all of the time while shooting macro photography. Then one day last week, I lost it. I have no idea where it went. I probably spent 3+ hours searching my house and workplaces for it. But as my mom always used to say, "It must've grown legs and walked away."

As a graphic designer and photographer, this has made my job much more difficult than I was expecting. I do a lot of food photography, which requires a very steady shot for the dishes and ingredients I am shooting. I have to use the timer on my camera which takes an incredible amount of time as compared to when I used a remote. This is the remote I had been using.

I don't know why everyone puts cleaning gear in such high priority, my gear is still perfectly clean after 3 years of use. A good bag will hold loads of dust away from your gear.
Together with my first Dsrl (I'm a Canon user but I got to work with Nikon cameras quite often) I got the essential stuff:

• Adobe Lightroom - heads up the best software to edit and store your RAWs in my opinion
  
• Tripod - my first tripod was quite cheap because I was a on a low budget, but it did it's job till I moved to Manfrotto
  
• Remote shutter release - Should do it's job, if you want to shoot timelapse you'll have to buy an intervalometer remote
  
• SD cards - I suggest to always go with class 10 cards if you mainly shoot RAW and videos (high data rates)
  
  
  After all that stuff I got my first prime lens. The 50mm f/1.8 (Canon).
  
  The good old so called nifty fifty helped me to learn so much about composition and framing because you have to think about how to frame your subject rather than to just use zoom etc. It also has such a great sharpness and beautiful bokeh. It's a really great lens for portraits! Of course this also applies to the Nikon 50mm.
  
  The Nikon equivalent to Canons 50mm f/1.8 lens runs around $190 which will give you great optical performance, a lens pouch, plus if you ever feel like upgrading from your D3200 the flexibility of being able to use this lens with all of Nikon's Dsrl (internal autofocus motor).