Seems like it would be a new subject when you first see the word related to photography and then you realize you use it every time you take a photo. Aesthetics too, no one wants to or aspires to take a photo that is just awful, we take photos of what speaks to us, what is beautiful or meaningful to us. Every time I pull out my camera to snap a picture of my daughter or garden or what ever is there I always step back and look for that angle, the lighting and that distance I need to make that photo speak to not just me but to the viewer. Photography is about capturing the feeling you get when you see the object of your focus, you want that glittering waterfall to make the viewer feel as free and blissfully happy that it makes you when you see it. So you see the composition and aesthetics of photography are not just concepts that are studied and rules applied by students. They come from the feeling standing back just right to get the whole picture, going above your shot to make the angle better, using the sun as a backdrop to illuminate your photo. No rule can tell you how to look at something beautiful and capture it, for that you use your heart and if it makes you feel the same emotion later as it did when you took it then you have accomplished your goal.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
You really have done an amazing job at summarizing what the study of "Composition and Aesthetics" can only hint at. "...for that you use your heart and if it makes you feel the same emotion later as it did when you took it then you have accomplished your goal." Wonderful! Simply wonderful....
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