Just WHAT is a good photograph?
Nov 3, 2011 13:06:07 #
RonaldLewis
Loc: Chicago, Illinois
I agree 100%. If the composition is good, it's well exposed and it conveys a message it's a good photograph. Photography is very subjective. I have looked at a few photographs and didn't like them at all. But who am I? These images were made by famous photographers. I know in the years I have been taking photographs for myself and my clients and I have developed a better eye for a good image. Sometimes that means breaking all the rules.
Nov 3, 2011 13:06:38 #
MWAC - Are you picking on poor ol' Andy? :-) If anyone is interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_Soup_Cans
Nov 3, 2011 13:57:55 #
picturedude
Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.
I kmow a lady who has NEVER taken a photography class in her life. Yet she takes awesome photos. She has the eye to see a great one. She took a candid photo of her grandson from behind as he was holding his Tonka tractor at his side while watching a man driving a real tractor in front of him. Below the photo she put a little plaque that simply reads: "SOMEDAY...." This is just one of many of her great award winning shots.
Nov 3, 2011 14:05:32 #
johnr9999
Loc: Carlton, OR
ShakyShutter wrote:
Spelling nor grammar counts toward the Master designation.
disagree, shakyshutter. Both grammar and spelling count towards being a Master of a language. Also vocabulary. If you don't master the elements of your craft, you won"t be a master. I also believe we should master English to communicate. I've read some postings on this site that were so unreadable that I had no idea that the person was saying. While this is a photographic site it is to a greater extent a communication site. We should at least try. Some people appear to take great pride in their illegibility.
Nov 3, 2011 14:34:49 #
A good photo is a photo that pleases someone. IOW, a pix is worth what you think it's worth. It's value is whatever the buyer and seller agree upon.
Nov 3, 2011 15:28:18 #
dragonfist wrote:
quote=Wanda Krack Beauty is in the eye of the beh... (show quote)
Do you know the actual story behind that "kiss?"
Nov 3, 2011 15:32:59 #
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Nov 3, 2011 15:43:26 #
Do you know the actual story behind that "kiss?"
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Well I have read what Alfred Eisenstaedt wrote about it. I don't know if there is anything else pertinent. If so I would be glad to hear it.
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Well I have read what Alfred Eisenstaedt wrote about it. I don't know if there is anything else pertinent. If so I would be glad to hear it.
Nov 3, 2011 16:17:04 #
The sailor did not know the nurse at all. They both happened to be at the same place at the same time when news of VJ day hit Times Square. The sailor was so excited, he just turned around and kissed the first person that was close to him. Very romantic, but no relationship came out of it.
I saw an interview with the nurse a few years ago. That was her story. I think the sailor had since passed.
Just a little tidbit.
I saw an interview with the nurse a few years ago. That was her story. I think the sailor had since passed.
Just a little tidbit.
Nov 3, 2011 16:40:14 #
gonate
Loc: sacramento,calif
When you take a photo, you take it as to what you see and that is what you like, that photo is what i like . you may not like it, but when you look at it it will be clear and will tell a story. weather you can get a story out of it. (oh well)i dont ask anyone to tell me oh thats good or oh thats bad , that part of it does me no good, they dont no anymore about photos that i do , so they can keep their oppenion to them selfs . thank you.
Nov 3, 2011 16:44:35 #
gonate
Loc: sacramento,calif
history will look at my 10 thousand photos and even the bad ones will be good. they will all say the same things (oh thats what it looked like in the 50s and 60s and again in the 2011, and 2012 . thank you
Nov 3, 2011 17:22:32 #
As everyone can see, 5 pages of answers and most of the answers are different in one way or another. That tells me that NO ONE really knows what makes a good photo/photographer, and NO ONE will ever know. As it was stated a couple of times, Photography is subjective.
Nov 3, 2011 17:43:25 #
RLPCEP wrote:
MWAC - Are you picking on poor ol' Andy? :-) If anyone is interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_Soup_Cans
Yep good old Andy. Still can't figure out the draw to a Warhol painting.
Nov 3, 2011 17:56:54 #
Well I guess we still don't have a definitive of what a good photo is but I think everyone had a good time trying. One thing about it, it shows the old saying that difference of opinion is what makes horse races holds true to more than horse races.
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