1. Keep your background simple, or find an interesting place to take your shots.
   1. Check the background of a shot to look for clutter or distraction.
   2. Scan the background (and the foreground) of an image quickly. Change your framing if there are too many distractions. Otherwise your shots will end up with all kinds of objects growing out of the heads you photograph.
   3. Look for places that have a somewhat simple background, or find an interesting place that provides some interest to the shot so that you can include the environment in the shot for a different look.  Simple is good for keeping the focus on the child/adult/thing, and not what’s behind or around the person/object being photographed.
   4. Tight shots – filling the frame – takes away the distractions/clutter in the background. It keeps the focus on your subject. Examples:
      1. Fill the frame with a _______ (graffiti wall, brightly colored door, rustic wall, etc.).
      2. A colorful lifeguard stand as a backdrop would be a neat place for photographs on the beach.

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