One of the most important things to keep in mind when you are shooting is that the general rules you follow as a photographer are up to you to use and change as you feel is appropriate in each situation. When you are being trained in photography or ask for advice from other people, there are going to be endless amounts of rules that are given that you are told to follow to create “correct” photographs. They range from equipment and techniques to composition and subject matter. Many of these “rules” are good foundations to shoot amazing photos but photographers, whether professional or amateur, should never feel bound to these rules as absolutes. It is up to you as the photographer to create compositions based on all the elements around you, not just what you have been trained or what other photographers do. I will show examples on how some of the rules are meant to be broken.