This is a general introduction to photograhy by photographer, instructor, and author Bryan Peterson. It cover both DSLRs and compact digital cameras. The books demystifies exposure, aperture, shutter speed and ISO, before moving in to the creative aspects of photography, such as composition, the use of light, and approaches to photographing people. It also have sections to gives practical advice about what equipment and accessories you will need, and what software you should use for editing digital photographs. This is the one essential field guide to bring along for the aspiring amateur photographer.

This is not a conventional book, but an interactive series of tutorials on CD with more than 5000 pages of content. It covers every­thing you need to know about digital cameras, digital sensor technology, and digital work­flow. Its tutorials on post-processing and digital image editing, covering Photoshop CS, and Photoshop Elements, and Nikon Capture NX is very well organized and suitable for self-study. Runs on both Microsoft Windows and MacOSX.