This picture was taken to capture both the beauty of the sunset across the lake and to create a memory, which is why I included a person in the photo.  The photo works because the subject and the viewer are both looking at the same thing in the distance, which leads the viewer’s eye through the image. The picture would not work as well if the subject was facing the camera because then the subject would become the main focal point.  In this image, both the subject and the sunset across the lake are dominant. The blue sky across the top and the dark lake in the foreground draw the eye toward the sunset in the center.