What Makes a What Makes a Great Photo?Great Photo?From Snapshots to Photography

What makes a good photograph?A good photograph has depth and evokes some sort of feeling, usually taking what the subject of the photo is feeling and making you feel it or putting the viewer in the setting of the photo. This one is incredibly calm and distant. It

makes me take the place of the person closest to the camera. I love it.

By Jash J.

As you go through the webquest, take notes on key concepts. In the slides that follow, find and add the best examples of each key concept. Include brief descriptions of why the picture is effective

and how it applies the key concept.

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Simplified PhotoUncluttered Background

Framing

Horizontal Frame Vertical Frame

Rule of ThirdsSpace for moving subject

Rule of Thirds Horizon Line

Rule of Thirds Vertical Placement

Dynamic Diagonal Lines

Leading Line

Rhythmic Lines Lines in repetition

S - Curve

Visual UnityTriangular Placement

Balance

Symmetrical Asymmetrical

Achieving Depth Through Framing

Successfully Breaking The Rules Though it seems to have a distinguishable foreground and background, it is a very crowded photo

and seems heavily distracting by all of the possible subjects. At the same time, it takes the crowd and seems to have a sense of flow and unity through certain items in the crowd and the grayscale.

Consider the Discussion Images and your preferences.

I like photography that uses the environment make something that does not typically look real, look like it has an aspect of reality. Graffiti does this often, by painting faces on trains and making them look sentient or

making words pop off of walls instead of paper. More than anything, it’s really freeing and colorful.