As many others, I (fairly recently) discovered this world because my partner was experienced. Before this, with other people, there was some mild bondage, some "playing rough" but all very, very nice and vanilla.
It can be difficult for an experienced partner and an unexperienced newbie to get up to each other's speeds, but we managed well. I'm still learning daily, and enjoying it hugely.
Some things are slowly built towards, some, well, you just go off the deep end. It's very exciting to explore limits, I hope that feeling never goes away... I think you never stop learning and growing, individually, as partners and as a unity.
Enjoy your journey.