In this book, Kelby takes the reader under his wing and gives dozens of pearls of wisdom about digital photography without going into all of the physics and optics and electronics that make them true. It's a quick read, and it's full of good advice. I took away a few new tips about proper camera height when shooting portraits, techniques for taking good panoramas, some new thinking about what lenses I "need", and many other bits of good advice were reinforced. I don't particularly like Kelby's sense of humor, but this book is full of good material for beginner and intermediate photographers.