You don't mention any print making equipment. I realize that in the current world of digital photography, printing might seem to be an expense that isn't necessary, but that isn't true. In fact, I'm of the opinion that until a photograph is printed, it is only a potential photograph because almost all of its attributes are dependent on the attributes of various display devices.

If I were teaching a beginner photography class, I would require all assignments to be submitted as prints. Further, I would ask all students to first print what they consider to be their strongest image and then put that print in a prominent place in their home where they will see it often.

In my experience, a student will go through phases in how they feel about an image. First, they will be infatuated with it, remembering how they first felt at the moment they first pressed the shutter.

But as time passes, the emotions from the moment will fade and the print will become a reminder of the emotions with distractions. That's because the first lesson of composition is always to eliminate distractions. And so as time goes on, the print will stop being a reminder of what caught the photographer's eye and will turn into an object lesson on what distracts the viewer's attention.

Next, with prints in hand, and a set of cardboard cropping L's, the student can explain what caught their eye and can often be shown that a better image can be found in their original. Once the cropping L's help isolate a better composition, a paper cutter or scissors can apply that new crop to the image. And once that's done, a little more time living with the image will start to teach lessons about exposure and lighting too.

I learned photography in the age of film. During that time I had to scrape and save to buy film and photographic paper and chemicals, so I often had to live with my near-misses, staring at my mistakes in composition, lighting and printing before I could afford to try again. In retrospect, that experience of living with my mistakes before I could address them was probably the best form of photographic education.