That's exactly what I told the River Creek Photography Club members last week when I promo'd the book. Most members have more camera than they know how to use. Does that describe you? Let's be honest. Most phones have more options than we use. Why? Because we don't read the manuals and then PLAY with our TOYS like we did when we were children. Instead we fret. We want instant satisfaction. We read a word like f-stop and if Siri doesn't explain it to us we shut down. Rinat Halon laughs. She has an amazing laugh and relaxes every shutter button on your body and you know that yes, you will learn how to use manual focus and get what you want diamond sharp. And maybe have guts enough someday to learn how to process your images. I met Rinat at a recent seminar and her teaching style is beautiful. I feel like I've known her all my life and I've only said "Thank you." Thank you that I can refer so many people to her. Thank you that I can use the things she taught me and the 30 other professional photographers to help our clients. Thank you for relaxing my shoulders. The book is SIMPLE. SIMPLE AND SWEET. You will read it several times because no matter if you are thinking about buying your first camera or you are a professional photographer, your brain is going to relax. And think. Either about things you were searching for or things you needed to revisit like...I'm going to give you one example. Almost two years ago my husband bought me a new car I didn't want. I loved my car with a million miles but he was worried it would break down. The new car had every feature I could ever dream of. I'm a car girl and he knows it...so he also sent me to the BMW driving school in Greer, SC. Now, I'm not going to brag on myself but it's not like I needed the school. He knew in order to get me out of my old car this would be the icing on the cake. Smart man. Driving school was the bomb. There were people who wiped out. People who simply couldn't do some of the turns or stops. I was the oldest woman in the class. They dubbed me the Drifting Queen. That's when you are driving fast on a wet track and you drive through a simulated downpour and the instructor tells you how to spinout and then you have to recover not once, not twice but several times. With a passenger in the car! My husband was so proud of me. He asked how I did it. I said I just followed instructions. I just did everything as instructed. What does this have to do with photography? EVERYTHING! Photography is a large part technology and a large part art. Does not equal 100% at any given point in time. Rinat's book is the instructor that will get inside your head when you are driving your camera. If you read it and imprint it in your mind, it will be there when you need it.