It might be kind of overwhelming for complete beginners, but is written in an friendly and accessible style. Perhaps not the best book for beginners, it still is written clearly enough to allow regular folk to access all the power of the FrontPage98 program. The text is clear and concise, the video lecture animated and packed with useful information. When you need to get serous about shooting your work, it helps to have an experienced pro show you how it's done. This book has illustrations that clearly show lighting placement and technique for a large number of outstanding photographs.
Subjects range from jewelry to medium sized products.
Not for a beginner, but if you have some photographic experience, this book can show you how to really get great results. This is a great book to get if you think you might want to publish and sell a book of your own. Considered a bible by many in the industry, it gives step by step advice on how to produce a commercially successful book. When you put your work up on the web, you become a publisher. If you aspire to publish in print as well, this is an excellent guide to places to publish articles about you, your web site, and your work.