Here's a simple way to vastly improve your photos

Photography is hard. And all the advice out there can get confusing.

But here's one thing you can do today to step up your photo game: Pay attention to your background.

It's counter-intuitive. The most important part of an image is the subject, right? But I'll show you how a bit of attention to your background can make your subjects much more interesting and exciting.

Here's how I shot before I learned to care about backgrounds

I'd focus on shooting the most dramatic moment

Or a subject I found interesting