What Makes a Picture Good ?
Don’t ask me - I have no idea! It’s a good thing then that About Photography editor Peter Marshall has decided to publish a 5 page guide to deciding if a photo cuts the mustard, or whether it should be thrown in the waste-paper / recycle bin.
“Within the overall intention, I like to explore how they (and I and others) feel this particular image matches the intention. Why did they chose that particular subject, position, moment and point of view? It really does surprise me how often I find that when pressed, people often start to make excuses. The picture presented is not quite what they would have liked to take, but they were just too late, or couldn’t get any closer or ... Excuses don’t make for good pictures!”