Introduction

You like to take pictures. Some of the photos you take with your phone turn out pretty good. But now you are ready to get more serious about photography. This is the book for you. You don’t need to plow through hundreds of pages to become an excellent photographer. The best teacher of photography is more photography.

This book will teach you what to look for in a camera, and how to buy one. You will also learn how to evaluate and learn from your photographs, a dash of the fundamentals of composition, and a little technical knowledge just to get started.

This little book may be the most important next step you can take toward developing yourself as a photographer.