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Digital Photography

Learn composition and editing with a camera or a good phone.

Photography can start with the camera already in your pocket; learning composition and light matters more early on than equipment.

Getting started

Learn on your phone camera first; composition and light matter more than the gear.

Setting: either
People: either
Budget: $$$
Time: ●●

Starter gear

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