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[* black] The first item to consider when taking pictures is how to orient whatever it is that you're working on in the guide. | |
- | [* black] While the first image isn't necessarily bad, it could be better. Consider this: if your guide were to tell the user to cross the right hand over the left, which would be which? Are you referencing the model's right hand or the reader's? |
+ | [* black] While the first image here isn't necessarily bad, it could be better. Consider this: if your guide were to tell the user to cross the right hand over the left, which would be which? Are you referencing the model's right hand or the reader's? |
[* black] The second picture is taken from a side view. Now "left" and "right" are more obvious, but a reader may still be confused by the pictures. Think about it—who ties their shoes sideways? | |
[* black] The third photo shows a true first-person perspective, making following directions far easier for your audience. This is what your reader will see when he looks down to tie his own shoe (with a foot inside the shoe, of course). |