>>4077810>what makes a photo goodit depends on what you want to do, a good product photo is not the same as a good wedding photo, I am going to assume your metric of "good" is artistic value
>what is artistic value>what is artnoun
1.
the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
we can break this into 4 parts; skill, emotional power, beauty, imagination
>skillyour ability to get the photograph you set out to get, to actually operate the camera, to see something in the physical world, have an idea for how you want it to look and actually execute that idea. also to recognize the norms of what is thought of as technically correct (sharpness, not grainy, not distorted, etc)
>emotional powerdoes it evoke emotion, it can do this by telling a story, by reminding the viewer of a memory, by displaying emotion in a subject that the viewer can feel empathy for, by directly inspiring awe, disgust, etc
>beautyThe human brain perceives some things as inherently more beautiful than others, symmetry, ratios found in nature, complimentary colors, scenes composed in 3rds, the form of a healthy human body, complex order, sunlight
>imaginationyour ability to find or create things that fulfill one or more of the above, to surprise people with where you found a story, or visual beauty, or otherwise show them something they have never seen in that way before and get them to understand it.
So a good photo can be thought of as how well it ranks on these 4 scales.
Comparing the first two photos what makes the second better is
>emotion (evokes memories of winter holidays, memorials, invites you to ask which this is)
>beauty(decent composition, colors that work well with each other, nice lighting)
>imaginationcenter frame snaphot v getting down and lining up the light sources in a pleasing way
