The books starts with a couple of pages explaining the difference between film and digital and also considers the pros and cons of each - a bit late if you have already bought your digicam! A little of this book does concern what camera to buy and which accessories you might need, also it devotes a few pages to what to do with your digital images after you have shot them.<p>I would suggest that if your digicam is a simple point and shoot which offers little or no control over settings such as shutter speed, aperture, white balance, etc. then much of the book will be wasted. Most digicams do offer a lot of creative control these days and if you are new to photography then you will find this book invaluable as a great starting place.<p>Also consider "40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques" which I also bought and was equally pleased with.

i am an absolute beginner and just purchased my new camera with loads of new features. i looked at other books but they seems to have a large section on choosing my camera, which is useless to me at this stage. when this book arrived i opened it to just flick through, but soon found myself taking the camera out, looking at it from all angles and doing the exercises with focus and light! very easy instructions on how to take pictures using different techniques to achieve certain shot style and all supported by pictures. there are pictures of what a good shot is and what a bad shot is, for each feature - which i found helpful because i could really see the difference and was aware of how much i could achieve with a little practice. the book covers all the features i wanted to know and more, so i can confidently say it saved me money on joining a digital photography class! get it!

For all of the digital photography books out there which cheat you with a good third of the content about choosing a camera (you probably already have one, which is WHY you bought the book anyway), how to connect it to a computer etc etc, this one gets straight to business. <p>Good, solid, well-laid out, inspirational advice on using your camera to take good pictures, NOT manipulate them afterwards with software, which you need a different book about - and too right too! If you've got a new camera and want to know what all those exciting options and choices you can use when you get clicking, get this book. It will give you real power, through the knowledge of what your camera can and can't do for you, and open up your creativity.