What is Composition?

1.  Composition is the arrangements of visual elements within the frame of a photograph.
2.  It is important to understand and utilize composition in photography because there are many elements of composition that combine to achieve an effect in a picture.
3.  A snapshot is a casual record of some event or person or object; it is a memory.  They are taken simply by pointing the camera and clicking the shutter.
4.  A photograph is an artistic interpretation of an event or person or object.  Photographs are meant to tell the viewer something about the subject.  It is treated differently than a snapshot.  They are composed and all of the details must be planned out before the picture can be taken.
5.  Photography is the art of discovery.
  a.  Photography is interesting to me because it is a way that people from anywhere can communicate.  It is like a language that the whole world can speak.