Although this book focuses on landscape photography, it is written as a general photography course and would be very informative for beginner to relatively experienced photographers of any subject.

Besides the usual treatment of landscape specific topics, of which there are many, there are plenty of little valuable nuggets to be found buried in the text to be applied to any style of photography. For example, when discussing lens selection, the authors point out the various tradeoffs in using anti-shake technologies, including specific scenarios when you should or should not use it, or even if you should spend the extra money to get those lens features in the first place.

The course lays out like a workshop with an introduction to Cameras and Equipment. Next a heavy treatment is given to Exposure which the authors indicate is what they consider one of the most important aspects of photography. This is followed by explorations of various techniques used in getting a sharp image as well as how to see and use the light in a scene. Finally instruction is given on how to handle special subjects such as snow and water. For those interested, HDR and Panoramas are given their own sections as well.

Reading this book really is much like attending a photogphy workshop, which is no surprise since the authors are a couple who teach classroom and location landscape photography. Throughout the book they share anecdotes and insights into their own preferences and observations about learning photography and photographing various subjects.

There are no blurbs, highlights or summaries of important points though, so you have to read thouroughly to find these gems, but they are plentiful enough to make it worthwhile.