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Steve Bavister (born Steven John Bavister on 17 July 1954) was a British author, trainer, coach and Company Director of Speak First.

Publishing and photography career
From 1985 to 1994 Steve was an editor and publisher with EMAP, where he worked on PhotoAnswers magazine. Later, in 1996 to 2006, Steve became editor of The Photographer magazine.

During this time Steve published over a dozen books on photography, which are listed below.

Photography books

 * Complete Users' Guide: Canon EOS 5 A2E, A2 (1993) ISBN 1874031053
 * Complete Users' Guide: Canon EOS 500, Rebel X and S (1994) ISBN 1874031258
 * Pentax - Take Better Photos! (xxxx) ISBN ____________________
 * Pentax - Zoom into Better Photos! (1996) ISBN 13 0027075560024
 * Complete Users' Guide: Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 500si Super (1997) ISBN 1874031525
 * Digital Photography: A Beginner's Guide (2000) ISBN 1855857812
 * Lighting for Portraits (2001, 2007) ISBN 2880465273
 * Lighting for Glamour (2001) ISBN 2880464587
 * Lighting for Still Life (2001) ISBN 2880465133
 * Take Better Family Photos (2002) ISBN 0715313746
 * 35mm Photography: The Complete Guide (2004) ISBN 0715316311
 * Making Money from Photography in Every Conceivable Way (2006) ISBN 0715319701
 * The New Photography Manual (2008) ISBN 0811860507

Training and coaching career
In 2003 Steve began delivering training and coaching, subsequently becoming Director of Speak First, a training and coaching company that delivers training courses for blue chip companies, in 2006. Steve had a Bachelor's degree in Physhology from The Open University, was a Master Practitioner of NLP and was a certified hypnotherapist.

Personal Development books
Between 2003 and 2011 Steve co-authored many personal development books with his wife Amanda Vickers, which are listed below:


 * Q Learning: COACH (2003) ISBN 0340856289
 * Teach Yourself NLP (2004, 2008) ISBN 0340812575
 * Teach Yourself Coaching (2005) ISBN 0340890002
 * Teach Yourself Presenting (2007) ISBN 0340941758
 * Personal Impact: What It Takes to Make a Difference (2008) ISBN 0273720325
 * Confident Coaching: Teach Yourself (2010) ISBN 1444104934
 * Essential NLP: Teach Yourself (2010) ISBN 1444102974
 * Present with Impact and Confidence: Teach Yourself (2011) ISBN 0071769528
 * Impact: Impress your way to success (2011) ISBN 0273761617
 * Assert Yourself: Bullet Guides (2011) ISBN 1444144308
 * Motivate Yourself and Others: Bullet Guides (2011) ISBN 1444137352
 * Mentoring for Success: Bullet Guides (2012) ISBN 1444137344
 * Practical NLP (2011) ISBN 1444122509
 * Powerful Presenting (2011) ISBN 1444135678

Music
Steve played music for much of his life including playing guitar for The Destructors (band) in 1976. He went on to play for local Peterborough bands Last Orders and Crossfire. In 2010, Steve played played bass guitar with his friend Danny Moore on lead guitar for Lexie Green on her album Twenty Ten. They recorded the song Fast Cars & Big Guitars amongst others.

Death
Steve passed away at Peterborough City Hospital on March 24, 2018.