As far as finding reputable breeders goes, there's a good start on the left hand of your screen on this website

Also, the BOI (Board of Inquiry) on here and on Faunaclassifieds.com is a good place to see what other people have to say about dealing with breeders. As far as pricing goes, Faunaclassifieds and kingsnake.com are the most used classifieds for BPs, (there's also a section here for it aswell) They are a good place to get a general price range for morphs.
If you are looking at breeding in the future, don't be afraid to pay top of the range price. You get what you pay for most of the time. Always choose quality over price, as it seems that "okay" mommies and daddies produce "okay" babies. "okay" babies are much much harder to sell, especially when you are first getting into the scene. The reptile community is based HEAVILY on reputation and word of mouth.
Expo's are a great way to meet people in the community, and see the snakes up close and personal. You can also find some decent prices there.
Read, read, read, and read some more! There is a HUGE collection of knowledge at your fingertips. This site has caresheets, husbandry, feeding, shedding, medical, breeding, incubation, morphs, and everything else under the BP sun. There are very useful stickies at the top of each of the forum sections. When you've read a boat ton of info, and have more questions, ask! This has been the friendliest and most "newbie friendly" website I have ever seen. I've learned so much from this site and the community in the past 3 months.
Another great website for checking out morphs and combos is
www.worldofballpythons.com it has a great morph list and also a very fun, highly addicting genetics calculater
I'm a newbie too, but I hope I've helped a little at least

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