Hi Rookie - depending upon which camera you have, it should have come either with a loading dock or USB cabling. I use software called Adobe Photoshop Elements that is the basic part of Adobe Photoshop, and a fraction of the price. This program is useful for colour, contrast and shrinking image size. If you have USB cabling just plug that into a USB socket. Then through the Open command in the software, access the drive for the camera and download the data into the computer. If you have a loading dock you should have received software to drive it. Set your camera for the highest imagery resolution. Also, if not already fitted to your camera, get yourself a decent capacity memory card.
Bob