Photo book for beginner, should be easy and include material on digital photography

[OreoCookie]

My best friend's birthday is coming up and I wanted to give him a nice book on photography. Now, I was thinking about Ansel Adam's `The Camera', but this was written in the analog times. Alternatives seem to stem from that time period, too.

Is there anything you can recommend?
(Since I'm mostly self-taught, I don't really know any good books, either.)

 

[disdat]

I found "Understanding Exposure" a very good book. It was recommended to me by many other forum members

 

[Adrien Baker]

I found "Understanding Exposure" a very good book. It was recommended to me by many other forum members

I second that.

Adrien

 

[NoAverageJoe]

There are some great lists of photography on Amazon. Here are a few:

• Great Books for Digital Photographers
• A Serious Amateur's Photo Book List
• My favorite photography books & magazines

I bought am and enjoying Complete Digital Photography by Ben Long (4th Edition)

 

[OreoCookie]

Thanks a lot, guys
I've ordered Understanding Exposure and I'll wait for his feedback.

Some of the books on the lists may actually interest me …*