The Enthusiast's Guide to Composition

1. FILL THE FRAME

THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE: when looking through the camera at the scene in front of you, do whatever you need to do to capture the scene without erroneous content on the periphery. Similar to the way that maintaining a healthy diet means regularly filling up on fruits and veggies rather than Twinkies and rocky road ice cream, the idea here is to fill the frame with meaningful content instead of random items in the background.

This could mean changing your position, adjusting your angle, switching to a different lens, or most commonly, just stepping in and moving closer. Doing this one simple thing will instantly make the resulting ...