As the photographer, what viewers will end up seeing in the picture is entirely up to you. Aside from choosing your camera, camera settings, and when to click the shutter, you decide where to point your lens. Once you decide which camera to add to your toolkit — like the low light-friendly Sony Alpha a7S III, the blazing fast Nikon D500, or the travel-ready Leica Q2. Certainly there are many ways to achieve better photos, but what helps turn your ordinary snapshot into a compelling work of art is by putting a lot of thought into the composition. In this guide we discuss 11 composition techniques in photography to improve your photos.