5 Things that Make a Photo Beautiful

There are so many different elements that makes a photo beautiful and allows it to reach it's full potential. Here are the top 5 things that, in my opinion, make a photo beautiful.

1. Framing: Good framing is a big part in making a picture beautiful. You can have the perfect subject but can barely see them because you've positioned the camera too far off, then there was no point in taking that picture and you aren't doing your subject or model justice. You can also use other things to frame your subject like how in the picture, the photographer's subject are the two people holding hands and the bridge is surrounding them. Even though the bridge takes up about 80 percent of the frame, your eyes still go to the people it's encircling.

2. Composition: This photography term means "the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a work of art". I think good composition is crucial in making a beautiful image. This goes hand and hand with good framing. The placement you have chosen to make a balanced (or imbalanced in some cases) photo and how you choose to frame it are both key components into making a beautiful picture.

3. Subject Matter/ Clear Center of Interest: Having a clear center of interest and overall clarity within a picture is very important in making a photo beautiful. If you can't see it or you don't know what the photographer was trying to take a picture of, it ruins the whole picture because you don't know what to focus on. Now the subject matter doesn't have to be the only thing in focus like the picture below but whatever technique the photographer is doing, like all blur or something along those line, it has to come across and be understandable in addition to the subject matter being interesting to look at, or else it defeats the purpose.

4. Storyline: Having a story told in a picture makes a photo really beautiful to me. I enjoy the ones where you can just look at forever and come up with a backstory and talk to other people and ask them what they think the picture is trying to say, creates deep conversations. Not just these images live in photography but also in all types of art such as paintings, drawings, graphic design, etc. But no matter what form I think any type of image with a story to tell will always make it beautiful.

5. Creativity: I think coming up with an original, new idea conveyed in a picture is a lot better to look at than seeing a photo thats been done over and over again, even if everything is perfectly in frame and focused, because it's something that people have never seen before. It also shows that the photographer themselves have put a lot of time and effort into brainstorming the idea and then making it come to life. Especially when the picture makes you think or sends a message.