Sep 3
What makes a good photo
I came across an interesting discussion on Fotosidan today, so far it’s accumulated nearly 700 posts. It’s in Swedish of course, mostly it concerns the art of image critique and the setup of Fotosidan galleries, but there’s also talk about what makes a good photo so here’s the gist of it: a good photo is black & white, preferably a bit blurry and it must contain people or something man-made.Ex-f***ing-cuse me?!
I don’t like black & white, blurry pictures with people in them. I take colour pictures of flowers, animals and landscape with as little hand of man as possible, and god forbid they are blurry. Ergo, my photos are bad.
I’m still laughing!
Its a matter of personal taste I guess.
I can enjoy a black and white and possibly even blurry photo picturing something created by man, just as well as I can enjoy one of your awesome close-ups of a beatiful flower, always in full color and crisp clear. I dont really think you can specify exactly what makes a picture good or bad, it’s all in the eye of the beholder.