"Understanding Exposure" Is great for the technical aspects of photography, and for the soft skills take a look at Ansel Adams' books
Thank you for the advice!
I think he does a great job of explaining how he thought about his pictures before taking them. How they were composed, exposed and developed to say what he wanted to say with each photo. He was from a time when you had to haul a heavy ass camera out into the wilderness and up a mountain, guess the correct exposure, with only a few chances to get the shot, and no way to know how it was going to look until you get back to your dark room and start working on the plate/film. The stakes were so much higher for each shot, I feel like his insights are extremely valuable nowadays, where the machine-gun photography approach is so common
Also consider getting some portfolios of photographers you like. Really worth it for ideas and getting a sense of what makes a photo good or not.
I feel that nobody can teach you angles, it's what you see and you perceive through the lens. You make the shots, and then edit them to make them better. I personally like to keep the f to 2.8 to blur the background, but it all depends on what you are shooting.
But books to read - Photography for Dummies - that's the one I went with. Lol
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