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25.8 - Paying Attention to the Subject Only

#8: Paying Attention to the Subject Only

As mentioned above, many beginning photographers think about the subject only.

They think:

That looks great.

I'll take a picture.

Click.

But, what about the lighting, background, depth-of-field, and so forth?

The next two sections are about WYSINWYG: What you see is not what you get.

The way we see is not the way a camera sees.