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Anonymous
This is a photo I took. I have no formal training in photography and I take pictures just by feel, so I know it needs a lot of room for improvement. Could you point me to a place where I can learn more about composition?
>> Anonymous
Usually you're supposed to off center the composition but it makes it pretty iconic when it's just head on like that, and it works for this picture so I wouldn't change it
>> Anonymous
How do you go around taking pictures in Metro Manila without getting attacked?
>> Anonymous
composition is hard to learn/teach... I would suggest looking at other artists (not just photographers) and picking out ones that you like and then spend some time looking at how they place things in the frame, or if they crowd the frame, their attention to corners and edges, and so on.
>> Anonymous
>>31240
I was in Makati so I wasn't really worried when I took this shot. As for my other pics, I take them when nobody's around.

>>31239
>>31255

Thanks for the tips, it's much appreciated. :)
>> Anonymous
>>31290

No one around? That sounds incredible. How about for the rest of the city?
>> Anonymous
Wow. Is it really that bad in Manila?
>> Anonymous
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>>31292

What I meant was if there aren't any people 30 - 50ft from me

>>31307

People get robbed (and sometimes stabbed) here for their $100 cellphones on a daily basis. Waving a $350 digital camera in front of everyone would be crazy. Street photography in Manila's hard to pull off because of the circumstances, but people somehow manage

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