I am a beginner to Adobe Photoshop. In fact, my first introduction to Photoshop was on my first DMAG meeting I attended in February 2010. As a beginner I find just opening Photoshop to be intimidating and the few Photoshop books I do have to be an exhausting read that only further detours me from the learning process. That is not the case with this book! This book makes learning fun! The Photoshop Darkroom is an easy and fascinating read with amazing photo illustrations. I found the books layout to be informative, clever, creative and inspirational. The author gives step-by-step explanations, handwritten notes with additional guidance/reference and amazing photo illustrations of the editing process. The lessons I enjoyed the most were: working in RAW, working with layers, black and white photos, stacking photos and sharpening.  I highly recommend this book for beginners and advance users of Adobe Photoshop. This book has been my gateway to Adobe Photoshop, literally giving me the confidence to make my first mouse click towards creative digital imagery. I was even further impressed by the photo illustrations and found them to be inspiring. I highly recommend this book! I love it!