How do I get positioning and technique right for a good image?

Running the machine is the easy part; you have that. The real craft is positioning and technique, and that is exactly where beginners get stuck. There is no shame in it. The machine follows rules. A person and their body do not, and learning to work with that takes time and repetition.\nThink of it as a language you are still learning. Right now each position feels like a separate puzzle. With practice, you stop calculating and start seeing. You will look at a patient and know how to place them. That fluency only comes from doing it many times and paying attention to what changed the result.\nSo make each image a small lesson. Before you shoot, say to yourself what you expect. After, look at what you got and ask why it differed. Ask the experienced people to watch you position and correct you in the moment; that one habit will move you faster than anything. Technique is not a gift some people are born with. It is built, image by image, and you are building it.