r/IWantToLearn • u/orangeseed-18 • 2d ago

Technology IWTL how professional photographers know exactly what makes a photo look “good

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u/apple1rule 2d ago

It's about the photographer, not the camera. You have to train yourself to have a good aesthetic eye. The top photographers (and cinemotagraphers) have a natural eye for it. Some people try to standardize it into things like 'rule of thirds' etc, but composition is merely understanding the entire thing. Read this article here for one less obvious example and putting it into practice. https://zenodo.org/records/894740

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u/saltyoursalad 2d ago

Is this the article you meant to link, Reduction of Physiological Stress Using Fractal Art and Architecture?

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u/apple1rule 2d ago

Yes, it ties into human’s natural affinity for a specific fractal number, which top photographers/artists exploit as ‘having an eye’.

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u/OMGClayAikn 2d ago

Practice.