Which programming language?

I'm a professional photographer with a formal electrical engineering training who has some programming experience with rather old languages.

I need to learn a modern language. he he

Which one do you suggest?

The application I use the most these days is Adobe PhotoShop. I think JAVA would allow me to expedite some of the things I currently do with it.

I'm also looking for a career change probably getting an engineering or computer related job. Which language will look better on my resume? which one is more hot these day with the avionics industry?

thanks for any help