I am not much of a photographer myself and you'll probably find better resources to go about this hobby as a beginner. But I feel like if you're creative enough, you can understand the basics of almost anything and really rock it out.

Planning and implementing are cores to almost everything out there. Probably everything. And that is kind of what I thought, too, and came up with these:

01. Start at Home. 

Much like the proverbial charity, Photography also begins at home. You can't just buy yourself a fancy camera and escape into the unknown. You first need to break it in. Get a feel for it. Learn how to use it.

You'll be surprised at the level of creativity you can implement as an at-home photographer. There are a thousand things! You can take candids of your siblings (don't take bad shots, though), close-ups of your room—only if it's nice, and a lot more. Do a whole My Room When I Was Eight project. Scatter up your childhood collectibles, make an indoor castle with bedding, and whatnot. You can make book-buildings, too. Just for fun.

Once you have started taking good images, you can move outside.

02. Make a Photography Notebook.

Something people don't do? I guess.

You might be into making to-do lists. This is kind of something similar. Buying, or making (go crazy DIY) a notebook is the start. Take a picture of the kind of shot you want to take. Or just write, in big-ass capital lettering, what the picture is going to be about. For instance, a close up of ice-cubed fruit. Then write whatever you'll need for this project with cool checkboxes and all. Assign this project a date and time. Once you have absolutely everything you need, take this picture and maybe even paste a printed copy into this notebook. Make it a notebook-scrapbook.

You will be surprised at the amount of learning this will give you. Also, this is kind of a mixture of other cool hobbies like making bullet/doodle journals and scrapbooks. Oh, the fun!

03. Do Nature.

Almost every beginner does this. Well, probably every beginner.

I got into photography for this very purpose. Observing sunsets was kind of my thing. I used to write poetry to kind of go with my observations. And then this one day I figured I could probably do more.

Start with sunrises and sunsets. Do gardens or go out in the wild doing wildlife. This is better suited to photography enthusiasts who travel comfortably and frequently; wouldn't want you to specifically go through the trouble of going outdoors just to take a few shots.

And what better way to 'do nature' than to go to the beach?

04. Read the Instructions Booklet.

You'll probably spend the first few days trying to figure out how to actually use your camera. I kind of asked around, it was mostly internet surfing, and found out that that little booklet, the instructions manual that comes with that you probably tell yourself to avoid? That is what you should read. Inside. Out. You'll learn way faster with this booklet than you will on your own.

Another thing you can do is take multiple pictures of a single object by changing the settings. Notice the changes and the quality of each picture. Note these down and try to figure out why the results differ. This will help with understanding the camera settings.

05. Edit Your Photos. 

Another thing newbies don't look into, I know I didn't at first, is photo editing. You can't tell by merely looking at a picture taken whether it is good or not. Not until you properly look at it on your computer. Moreover, you can turn a bad photo into a good one by simply applying basic filters and going about it with Photoshop. There are a thousand tutorials on YouTube that explain how you can fix your pictures and impress the hell out of everyone.

If you find Photoshop a bit too intense, try Lunapic online or download from Playstore a doable, photo editing app.

Takeaway. 

Guys! Practice and consistency are the two things you need to focus on. So long as you stick to these, you'll be taking awesome-ass photos in no time.

Happy photographing!