Street Photography for the Purist

Can a camera come up with the best composition?
Never.
There’s not one that has that ability.
Why if this is the case would any photographer let a camera pick the aperture? The most important aspect of a photographer’s vision of what he or
she is seeing.
I just don’t get it.
That said, just because you nail your exposures doesn’t mean your work will be anything but shit if the content and how the content is presented isn’t
“just so” and pleasing to the eye. Experienced eyes always “know.” You won’t fool them.
Get to the point – through review of your own work and that of others – so that composition is also “second nature” and you “just know” when you
see it.
It either works or doesn’t.
Make it work.
Don’t visually torture us.
I am positive there are many other people who can explain how to make one’s composition better. I’m probably not that person.
I make photos; I’ve never said I could teach another to do the same.
That said, keeping the rule of thirds in mind helps to make your photos “feel right.”
Try and keep your horizons as straight as possible.
Just like making sure there are no trees or shrubbery growing out of human’s heads or overhead horizontal lines don’t distract from the subject.
Those are the givens.
They should be second nature.