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great . . . or not. But I think you’ll find this list of questions valuable because they force your attention on aspects of your pictures that you might not have considered previously.
What follows is a check list of questions you can ask yourself about your work, and this should help you analyze the images. Art is in the eye of the beholder, of course, and people can differ on what makes any particular photo
1. Great subjects make great pictures, so did you photograph a subject that could be considered great, or at least very good? It could be the sweet face of a child or the weathered, lined face of someone very old. It could be a great landscape, a striking tree, a colorful insect, a graphic pattern of windows on a mirrored skyscraper, or a 19th century dilapidated school house (below). Great subjects are everywhere.
veryone wants to improve their photography, to take better and better pictures. One of the best ways toward that goal is to learn to honestly self-critique your work. To identify what you did right and what you did wrong in any given photographic situation means your photography can only get better.
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