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The Importance of Composition, Cropping, and Storage


Good photo composition means having a good subject to photograph and the right equipment to do so. This is important because this is what draws the reader's attention and having bad photo composition can turn a reader off so quickly. Cropping is important because it can help make a photo's composition better. To further explain, cropping can get rid of distracting objects or blank areas in photos that are not needed. Below is an example of an uncropped photo and the photo cropped with a better composition.

                        Uncropped                                                          Cropped
                                    

Storage is important as well because when photographing someone or something, you want to make sure that you do not run out of space on your camera. This will limit the number of photos you can take. It is important that you have more than enough space on your camera to take as many photos as you please and it is always better to take more than enough photos.

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