Scrapbook Photography 101 – Part 2: Basic Photo Composition

Now that you have the basic photography equipment and a better understanding of your camera, its’ different modes and how they affect your images… it’s time to start learning how to best use this knowledge to take photos that are not only in focus, but tell the right story and fit into your scrapbook of memories. Basic Scrapbook Photography Composition: Anyone can easily, in just a few hours, learn to operate a camera, point it at something and take a clear, in focus image. But it takes lots and lots of practice to have that image composed so that it also tells the story, preserves the memory and fits onto your scrapbook page the way you need it to. In all your standard photography courses, they teach you the basic principal of: Use all the available space! For your scrapbooks… this is sometimes the totally WRONG ANSWER!

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Scrapbook Photography 101 – Part 2: Basic Photo Composition

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