Automated group photograph composition

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable memory in circuit communication with the processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium in circuit communication with the processor;
• wherein the processor executes program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby:
• identifies a person appearing to a user via a viewfinder of a camera within a photographic image framing for acquisition of image data by the camera;
• determines a geographic location of an additional person who is related to the person identified within the photographic image framing, wherein the additional person does not appear to the user within the photographic image framing, and the determined geographic location of the additional person is within a specified proximity range to a geographic location of the person identified within the photographic image framing;
• and
• in response to determining that a relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person, recommends that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing.

A computer program product for the automatic composition of group photograph framings as a function of relationship data, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for execution by a processor that cause the processor to:
• identify a person appearing to a user via a viewfinder of a camera within a photographic image framing for acquisition of image data by the camera;
• determine a geographic location of an additional person who is related to the person identified within the photographic image framing, wherein the additional person does not appear to the user within the photographic image framing, and the determined geographic location of the additional person is within a specified proximity range to a geographic location of the person identified within the photographic image framing;
• and
• in response to determining that a relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person, recommend that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing.