How To Take a Picture

So I am showing these photographs in reverse order.  "How to take a picture" works like this, at least today.  I saw a mother and father sitting on the rocks above the harbor.  Way over to their left their three boys were wading in the water.  They were too far apart to get them in one photograph.  So, looking at the photograph below, I concentrated on the boys as they waded out further in the water.  I took about 6 photographs, and it was all about the relationship between the boys and which way they were facing and how far apart they were.  So the photo below was the best one, with what I thought was the best arrangement.  Sort of how did the shapes arranged make the best photo.

So now we can go back to the first photograph.  Eventually the boys waded in far enough so that they were now closer to their mom in the same frame.  So I started shooting as they moved around, and their mom had her hand in her hair.  I guess I did about 6 photographs because everyone was changing places quickly.  So the first photograph is my favorite from both sets of images.