Universities offer whole courses on composition. I am not really going to go into any of it except here is a little article that is useful: http://ruleofthirdsphotography.com/
Mostly though, I just want you to see the elephant and the graph. I don't think the picture of the elephant would be near so nice if the photographer would have put the eye in the center. So we are going to practice composing a photo in different ways.
I have been noticing the tendency to put the eyes in the center of the picture. Let's just try and get the eyes up into the top third of the photo. Here are a few examples. Oh, and it is okay to chop off part of someone's head. ;) Just so you know. Don't be afraid to do this.
Also, in motion photos, give your subject some room. It gives a sense of motion. You can practice some of these. Also, you can crop pictures later to get this effect.
The last one that we will look at is to just simply put your subject away from the center. It gives the photo a different look.
Assignment:
Take a picture the way you normally would for comparision sake. Then reposition your subject so they (or their eye(s)) are not in the center of the picture. Post both. Sometimes, center is best. In this picture, center is best, but let's starting thinking beyond the center!
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