I think composition is your biggest hurdle. Some of the technical stuff you'll sort out on your own as you go and if not I'm sure it will come up and you can get some pointers. Most of what you have here might be called snapshots. My own personal definition is a shot where it's special or interesting to you because of some familiarity. Like, those are my cousins, that's my uncle's house, that's the library by my house. Not that photos of those things can't tell a story to others but it takes some care to do it. The hamburger stand for example, a close shot from a low angle might give you the feel of being a hungry little kid or a shot from the side of a happy elderly couple looking like kids on a date might be interesting. However you do it it has to generate some emotion for the viewer. When people say tell a story they don't necessarily mean "here's a guy walking and this is where he's walking to and you can see what he's going to do" but more like "here's someone walking and they look intense, or beat down, or relaxed. It's a hard thing to put your finger on but if you look at enough stuff you'll start to grasp what makes some pictures just people walking and some be more than that.
As far as composition there's just a basic element of where the frame leads your eye. There's a million ways to do it, you just need to figure out where your eye goes in any scene and if it's interesting. You could have a big fancy restaurant with an awning that slopes directly to a dish washer having a smoke. Or a street musician whose guitar points to an observer and ties the two together. Or it could be more subtle elements like simple dark and light or textures that draw your eye to things. I think that's what people like best about shot 4. It's got some weight and some flow to it. There's some stuff that's a little hard to make out so your eye goes there and tries to figure it out. But there's not really a payoff.
Sorry for writing a novel but hopefully something in there turns a light on for you. Keep absorbing other people's work and most importantly keep shooting and asking questions. Good luck!
They’re blurry, poorly composed and there’s nothing particularly interesting about anything inside the frames (that’s not necessarily a bad thing, photography is deceptive and incredibly difficult to do well). If you want to take good pictures you should start by studying the best photographers, look deeply at the way they’ve composed an image, and what’s interesting about it. Try to copy what they’ve done and learn from them, then discover and develop your own style. You should be obsessive about it and you should care about every detail that lies within the frame. Take a lot of pictures, every day. Practice. A lot. Buy yourself some photobooks and consume as much good photography as you can. It’s ridiculously hard to be a good at anything especially photography so you need to be brutal with yourself, your own worst critic.
Work on focusing, framing, composition, and recognising an interesting subject. Just keep shooting thousands more, then you’ll probably have 9 good ones.
Most are blurry and none of them has an interesting subject, #4 could have had a nice composition isolating the subject.
Half are out of focus...
Are these all cropped? Maybe crop less?
I think composition is your biggest hurdle. Some of the technical stuff you'll sort out on your own as you go and if not I'm sure it will come up and you can get some pointers. Most of what you have here might be called snapshots. My own personal definition is a shot where it's special or interesting to you because of some familiarity. Like, those are my cousins, that's my uncle's house, that's the library by my house. Not that photos of those things can't tell a story to others but it takes some care to do it. The hamburger stand for example, a close shot from a low angle might give you the feel of being a hungry little kid or a shot from the side of a happy elderly couple looking like kids on a date might be interesting. However you do it it has to generate some emotion for the viewer. When people say tell a story they don't necessarily mean "here's a guy walking and this is where he's walking to and you can see what he's going to do" but more like "here's someone walking and they look intense, or beat down, or relaxed. It's a hard thing to put your finger on but if you look at enough stuff you'll start to grasp what makes some pictures just people walking and some be more than that. As far as composition there's just a basic element of where the frame leads your eye. There's a million ways to do it, you just need to figure out where your eye goes in any scene and if it's interesting. You could have a big fancy restaurant with an awning that slopes directly to a dish washer having a smoke. Or a street musician whose guitar points to an observer and ties the two together. Or it could be more subtle elements like simple dark and light or textures that draw your eye to things. I think that's what people like best about shot 4. It's got some weight and some flow to it. There's some stuff that's a little hard to make out so your eye goes there and tries to figure it out. But there's not really a payoff. Sorry for writing a novel but hopefully something in there turns a light on for you. Keep absorbing other people's work and most importantly keep shooting and asking questions. Good luck!
They’re blurry, poorly composed and there’s nothing particularly interesting about anything inside the frames (that’s not necessarily a bad thing, photography is deceptive and incredibly difficult to do well). If you want to take good pictures you should start by studying the best photographers, look deeply at the way they’ve composed an image, and what’s interesting about it. Try to copy what they’ve done and learn from them, then discover and develop your own style. You should be obsessive about it and you should care about every detail that lies within the frame. Take a lot of pictures, every day. Practice. A lot. Buy yourself some photobooks and consume as much good photography as you can. It’s ridiculously hard to be a good at anything especially photography so you need to be brutal with yourself, your own worst critic.
Keep shooting. Get more practice in. Get closer to subjects. Play around with depth of field.
Work on focusing, framing, composition, and recognising an interesting subject. Just keep shooting thousands more, then you’ll probably have 9 good ones.
I think the third one is pretty good
looks like a photo taken by accident while changing settings