You've connected with the photograph. There's just something about it that intrigues you, holds you there, makes you want to look deeper into it, know it and understand it. Let yourself "feel" the image. Are you there, in that moment?... perhaps standing on the edge of a shoreline, smelling water and sand, feeling a breeze and listening to sea gulls screeching against the soft roar of the waves. How do you feel? Lonely? Invigorated? Serene? Or perhaps you stand looking at a

In that first moment when an image causes you to stop and stare, you don't know if that photograph is good or bad. You may not even understand why the image affects you the way it does. It just does. Art is defined as the use of skill and imagination in the production of things of beauty. Beauty is defined as the qualities that give pleasure to the senses or exalt the mind. Without knowing anything else about photography, you know when a photograph moves you. You respond to i

So, exactly how do you recognize value in a photograph? What makes a photograph so great, that you should hang it on your wall? It's taken me four years to come up with an answer! This is why I want to share with you what I've discovered. I spent years researching exactly what was a perfect photograph and discovered the answer isn't a simple one. So, I have had to break the answer into five categories. I hope by sharing my discovery, the information can help direct other phot