The document provides tips for taking student photos, warning that backgrounds can be distracting and subjects can look strange if not careful. It advises turning the camera slightly to one side for tilted compositions rather than large angles that cause discomfort. Framing subjects on three sides is also suggested, pointing the viewer to the subject like a bullseye and working like an actual picture frame by surrounding the subject.

1. Background
Pitfalls
Not student photo

2. Background Pitfalls
• Be wary – especially in deep depth pictures –
of the background.
• It may be distracting, or make your subject
look QUITE strange.
Not student photos

3. Wrong Way Right Way
Not student photos

6. Tilted
Composition

7. Tilted Composition
• Turns the camera a few degrees to one side

8. Tilted Composition
• BIG angles are easy to see and cause greater
discomfort and chaos
• Smaller angles can be very subtle, and almost
unnoticeable.

15. Framing

16. Framing
• Surrounding your
subject – usually on
three sides
• It points to a subject like
a bullseye

17. Framing
• Surrounding your subject – usually on three sides
• It points to a subject like a bullseye
• Akin to an actual frame. Usually it is in the
foreground or background, but can be in the
same plane

18. Framing
• Akin to an actual frame. Usually it is in the
foreground or background, but can be in the
same plane