What constitutes a good, or great photo.
Apr 20, 2017 05:38:37 #
Apr 20, 2017 07:22:44 #
The majority of powerful photographs are the ones that unite both the heats and minds of the viewer. It is the picture that their imaginations keep returning to, keeps their attention focused, and keeps asking about; the image that touches them on an emotional level; the image that draws them into the scene, if only for a brief while. That engagement is what binds us to the scene of the photograph, it's what seizes our spirit and won't let us leave. The image connects on a more personable level.
The image must speak to the viewer; the image must have something to tell. Without that it is just another snapshot.
Mastering use of your camera won't help with this. This is the part of the Photographic journey that is done with your heart and soul, because it's the heart and soul to which we speak on the other side of the photograph. This is what makes a great photograph imo.
The image must speak to the viewer; the image must have something to tell. Without that it is just another snapshot.
Mastering use of your camera won't help with this. This is the part of the Photographic journey that is done with your heart and soul, because it's the heart and soul to which we speak on the other side of the photograph. This is what makes a great photograph imo.
Apr 20, 2017 09:27:19 #
A good photograph employs the skills of the author with the light falling on a selected subject.
Art communicates - on higher level - mostly through the feelings to meanings.
Art communicates - on higher level - mostly through the feelings to meanings.
Apr 20, 2017 10:42:42 #
There are no "rules" for a good photo. But there are in general three "elements" that make up all photos. Can you show me a photo without a subject? How about without composition? Or with no technique or technical considerations?
Apr 20, 2017 10:44:40 #
Excel in these, create a synergy that transcends and you have a great photo.
Apr 20, 2017 12:03:02 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Just trying to state what many photographers alrea... (show quote)
These characteristics are quite valid and are the points on which photographs are judged. There is no magic combination of them that will result in a "great" photograph. Characteristics 2 to 12 are all useful in assessing the overall quality of a photograph. But only the first, 'Impact' can make a photograph 'great'. The impact I refer to can be addressed in three ways - Visual Impact to draw the attention of the viewer, Emotional Impact which touches something in the heart and mind of the viewer, and Lasting Impact which makes the image return to the mind of the viewer for the long term. We all have photographs that we remember and respond to years after first seeing them, even if we never see a copy again. That is what I mean by Impact.
Apr 20, 2017 12:07:49 #
"Those who can do. Those who can't teach." Popular saying on college campuses in the 1960's. It's the public that declares something great,
not the artist.
not the artist.
jethro779 wrote:
And why will the scholar be right? Because he/she is technical? It takes an inherent ability to see the finished product before it is finished to make something great. Scholars have the book learning, but maybe not so much the practical skills.
Apr 20, 2017 12:21:18 #
Bobspez wrote:
"Those who can do. Those who can't teach." Popular saying on college campuses in the 1960's. It's the public that declares something great,
not the artist.
not the artist.
Absolutely! And a photo that is "Great" to one member of the public might well be "Blah" to another.
Apr 20, 2017 12:34:06 #
It seems that if you get 100% score on the Everypixel's AI Algorithm. You think? I wouldn't know.
Apr 20, 2017 13:12:25 #
Apr 20, 2017 13:20:36 #
Bobspez wrote:
"Those who can do. Those who can't teach." Popular saying on college campuses in the 1960's. It's the public that declares something great,
not the artist.
not the artist.
All the professors or instructors I had in photography or art were working artists.
Apr 20, 2017 13:23:13 #
Bobspez wrote:
It's the public that declares something great, not the artist.
I don't think very many of the public has any idea who the great photographers are.
Apr 20, 2017 13:59:00 #
While I do agree that the equipment doesn't make a good photograph it still doesn't hurt to have good hardware on the other side of your comment I somewhat disagree because there are some technically perfect(or near perfect) pictures that are of little or no interest to the photographer but still are so technically impeccable that there is no way NOT to like it
Apr 20, 2017 14:01:37 #
Sure but how many were great artists?
JohnSwanda wrote:
All the professors or instructors I had in photography or art were working artists.
Apr 20, 2017 14:02:54 #
"What makes a great photo."
THAT IS DECIDED IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
At least that's my opinion.
Charles Richmond, VA.
THAT IS DECIDED IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
At least that's my opinion.
Charles Richmond, VA.
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