BettyAnn asked, “My scenario is to find the right focus to capture the object or item I want to shoot. I always seem to get the garbage can or the sign or a person in my photos.”
Observation — learning to see what you’re looking at — is a critical skill for any visual field. While taking a good photo requires time and thought, smartphones make snapping a quick pic easy. In that, their convenience works against us.
You can learn to pause, see, and improve your photography skills with the techniques in See the Shot: Capturing Details in Smartphone Photography.