Research, practice and a thorough understanding of the following photography techniques is highly recommended!
• Rule of Thirds
• Backlighting
• Side-lighting
• Reflected light
• “Rembrandt lighting”
• Vignetting
• Texture
• Overexposure & underexposure
• Foreground & background
• Candid photojournalism
• Posed portraits
• Reflections
• Macro photography
• Unique perspectives
• Focus? Unfocus? Defocus?
• Bokeh
• Movement
• Slow shutter speed
• Depth of field (Shallow? Wide?)
• Contrast