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With a pencil:

Rate the photos - 5 stars is the best

Screen shot your three favorite photos

Why do you like this photo Why do you like this photo Why do you like this photo

Screen shot your three least favorite photos

Why don’t you like this photo Why don’t you like this photo Why don’t you like this photo

Screen shot all of the photos with a busy background.

Copy your “busy background” screenshots from the previous slide

but this time: delete any of these which are nature photos.

Why? Nature photography has its unique set of composition rules. Nature photos do not have to follow the golden rule of good photo composition. Nature photos do not need one main subject in front of a nondistracting background .

Make a conclusion. Screen shot the photos that have a busy

background – exclude nature photos.

What is your conclusion?

Screen shot the photos that do not tell a story.

Copy your “no story” screenshots from previous slide

but this time: delete any of these which are nature photos.

Why? Nature photos do not have to follow rules. Nature photos are like good eye candy.

Make a conclusion. Screen shot the photos that do not tell a story –

exclude nature photos.

What is your conclusion?

Screen shot your favorite photo.Judge the compositionLook for every small detail in terms of the composition. This should take at least one minute.

Is there a random hands/cars/etc. in the background that distracts? (there usually is).XWhat is the main subject, who should I be looking at?X Is the composition good?XDo I see nice leading lines in the image that lead to the subject?XIs the light good or flat?XIs the perspective good? Should the photographer have crouched down lower for this shot, or shot more eye-to-eye with his subject? X

Screen shot your favorite photo.Judge the contentTry to figure out what is going on. What is the story? XWhy is the photograph interesting? XWhy does the photograph immediately capture my interest?XIs there something unusual or wacky happening in the scene?XIs this a similar photograph taken before by someone else?XWhat does the photograph make me feel? XIs this image memorable? X

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