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Expanding your vision -- How do we see? -- Wide-angle lenses -- The full-frame fish-eye lens -- Street zooms -- The telephoto lens -- Macro photography -- Elements of design -- What makes a striking image? -- Line -- Shape -- Form -- Texture -- Pattern -- Color -- Composition -- Filling the frame -- The golden section and the rule of thirds -- No horizon -- The right third -- Diagonals -- Frame within a frame -- Horizontal vs. vertical -- Picture within a picture -- Working your subject Breaking the rules -- The magic of light -- Available light -- The direction of light -- The color of light -- Overcast and rainy days -- Digital photography -- General pluses and minuses of digital -- How I use photo-imaging software -- Career considerations -- What's important -- Why the constant challenge? -- Choosing a theme