Want to photograph city lights at night, animals in action, or a family portrait? How to Photograph Absolutely Everything by renowned photographer, author, and broadcaster Tom Ang, makes it easy by employing a user-friendly “recipe” formula that shows the best approach for each subject, gives expert tips on improving an image, and even tells you the best ways to set up your camera.

From still life to children’s parties, thunderstorms to sunsets, close-ups to panoramas, every photographic subject, technique, and challenge is covered. Using step-by-step photographs and instructions, Tom shows you how to take the best possible picture in any situation. Avoiding intimidating technical jargon, he explains the basic elements of photography—light, color, composition, and focus—then goes on to show how to make them work for you.

With inspiring galleries that describe alternative techniques to try, tips on basic post-production, showing how to crop, improve color and contrast, and remove unwanted elements of an image, How to Photograph Absolutely Everything guarantees to make a better, more confident photographer of absolutely everyone who reads it.

“For some people, photography is primarily about capturing light itself, and the subject comes second. In some instances light can turn even the most mundane scene into a visually captivating image. While you may not be able to control the weather, nor position the sun to order, you can wait for the light, or position yourself to make the best of it. Lighting is intimately linked to camera exposure: correct exposure brings out the best in dull lighting but inaccurate exposure can ruin great lighting.”

Tom Ang is an award-winning photographer and best selling author. His photographs are exhibited around the world and he has contributed to magazines across the globe. He is the winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for photography, and the author of The Digital Photographer's Handbook and The Digital Video Handbook.