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Chapter 1. WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE > COMPOSE YOUR PICTURE
1.2. COMPOSE YOUR PICTURE
What is a well-composed photograph? There are rules to follow and rules to break, but thoughtfully composing your photograph makes the difference between a mediocre image and an amazing image.
To compose your shot is to look through the viewfinder and interpret what you see. Keeping some basic rules in mind and recognizing certain design elements prior to pressing the shutter button enables you to create an image as opposed to just taking one.
