My dad gave me a present...

I've been on a photography kick the last couple of weeks.  My dad is an amazing photographer.  My older and younger brothers are amazing photographers.  That's why they're all pros :)  I decided that I wanted to learn how to properly take amazing pictures.  I want to understand all the terms and gadgets on cameras.

Well, my dad came home last weekend and handed me this:

I'm so excited to use it!  Anyone have any tips and/or tricks?  Do you know of any good tutorials? I'm thinking about heading over to You Tube and watching some sweet videos.