This book is like a catalog of photos; real high quality fashion/glamour/style photos with illustrations of how they were made. There are not a lot of text there. Maybe you still need another book that deals with technique, basic and advanced. It will be great in conjuntion with this book.

First,This is not a historical book. When I decided to readed I did because I thought it deals with theory of the identification of Aknaten as Moses. It doesn't! You'd better check Ahmed Osman books then. Here the author reviews, amply, the western litrature that regarded Moses monotheism as an egyptian invention; the authors who traced Moses religion, not his historical identity, back it's roots in the egyptian religion. He did not come up with anything new, though he did a tremendous job. In brief: this book is not for everyone; it's a study...for those who want to study. A great research..,but.. a very boring book