>>3213652>>3213710Composition is literally everything. People who are obsessed with making photography tell a story come off as pretentious artsy snobs.
Of course a photo is better if it tells a narrative. But assuming that a piece of art owes you some deeper meaning is pretty stupid. Some things can be aesthetically pleasing. No one asks the beautiful lines of a building to tell them a deep story. The geometry and materials tell their own story outside of 'narrative'. Damn, now I sound like an artsy wanker. See what talking about this stuff leads to?
Case in point, here's a recent photo I took that I like.
You could say that the low viewpoint emphasizes the domineering geometric glass and metal forms in the top middle portion.
You could say that the difference in light on the left and right wall speaks to the duality found in the nature of man.
Or maybe its just a mildly decent picture of some stairs with some interesting lines, symmetry and a split-tone-hipsteresque green/orange/teal something going on.
At the end of the day photography is what you want it to be. If you have fun taking your photos, more power to you.
My 2 cents? You've got plenty of room for improvement. But you seem passionate! I really dig your desire to make your photos have meaning.
But remember, first and foremost photography is a VISUAL ART. For any narrative to be conveyed, your photo will need to be 'beautiful' enough to draw your eye into it. The elements will need to be balanced right and shit needs to fall into place.
You could take a whole bunch of shitty photos of the most historic events and they'd still be shitty photos. The narrative is IN the composition.
