a SLR Digital Camera is da best option...as you want to take lots of photo without having to pay for film, processing and prints........
best advice for a beginner.....take as many photos as u can....from anythign, any angle, any lighting, anywhere.....etc...you get wat I'm trying to say........practice makes perfect. Some people try to teach the things u should in photography to take a certain type of photo...but I say F it....take pictures ur way...create ur own style.....get a feel for ur camera, angle and shot. It's better to get knu the no noz by committing them than to memorise all the do doz.......