Taking snapshots can be a lot of fun, but with a tiny bit of effort, they can become art.
Photography is a rewarding hobby that can be pursued for an entire lifetime. Whether just taking the occasional snapshot of a cute puppy or a family gathering or documenting rare events such as meteorites or storms, the basics remain the same, but the focus, excuse the pun, can be wildly different. With pretty much every cell phone of recent vintage now featuring a camera function, there’s no longer the excuse of not having a camera handy.
Photography Fundamentals 101
Taking a photo can be as simple as looking through the viewfinder and pressing the shutter button. However, to take a great photo, a bit more effort and forethought are required. One of many important factors to take into account is the background. Unless the shot is a very tight closeup, if the background is very busy in terms of colors, texture, or action, it can take the viewer’s focus away from the main subject. But these external factors are not always bad; a creative photographer might choose to use the interesting texture of a brick building or the action of cars speeding past to add interest and layers to the image.
