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Bring a master photographer and best-selling author into your home for a "back-to-basics" course on practical photography. This unique series of hands-on exercises, illustrated with more than 200 of Hedgecoe's superb photos, helps you get to know your camera (conventional or digital) and its functions, from focusing and depth of field to shutter speed and lighting effects. Understand the fundamentals of composition, and more challenging skills such as capturing fast-moving or poorly lit subjects. "Plus: details on the latest equipment and specialist techniques.