LO1 - What makes a good photo, what will i focus on this year.

In my opinion, what makes a good photo is how it's composed. I think that without a good structure to the photo there wouldn't be any stand out focus points. Another thing would be that it has to have some meaning or tell a story. A photo should have some meaning otherwise people may not pay attention to it. A good photo should have some focal point to it. Without this, the finer details may not get noticed and could ruin the photo. The use of lighting can make or break a photo in my opinion. Dark low light with contrast can create strong emotion and connote sadness and depression. Where as a light picture could connote happiness.



What i will focus on and look at this year will be lighting within photos. I would like to look further into how lighting effects the meaning of a photo along with how light can ruin or create a great picture. I will look at how natural light can help a picture as well as looking at how i can control the lighting in a studio.

"Lighting plays a crucial role in photography. It can bring a photograph to life, it can generate effects, including spectacular shadows or silhouettes, or it may have a distinctly negative influence by creating unwanted glare and reflections."

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/lighting-for-photography/