..One thing to remember is not to try to make every frame a masterpiece. Why? Because you will waste a lot of time and probably won't get the expected results. One advantage to living in today, is that film is relatively cheap and cameras can take pictures quickly (usually in less than a second).

If your subject is alive, then your in luck! This means that your subject can move. Even if your subject is not, you hopefully are, therefore, constantly try new things by moving to different perspectives, light, distances, and locations in the frame.

Most photographers start relatively far away from the subject, and they move in, circling around the subject and shooting whenver the light and background seems to work. This technique is common, but don't be disappointed if you don't at first succeed.

Depending on what the purpose of your desired photograph is, you may want to try different poses or facial expressions. Also try having your subject partially cut out of some of the frames. In the example below notice how the model is constantly trying new positions and the photographer is moving her throughout the frame.

Notice the way the subject is not the only one moving in these pictures. The photographer is also moving. Starting further away, and ending up relatively close towards the end.