One of the reasons its so hard to teach photography is there are so many different possible ways to make a good photograph. I've been side by side with other photographs and we make very different photos of the same thing. Often I try to teach my beginning students to zero in on their subjects and include only the necessary information to tell the story they want to tell. Above is a zeroing in on one action to tell a very succinct and easy to read story. Below is something different. There are multiple things in the photograph that tell an even broader story. My first inclination was to zoom into the bride hugging one of the guests(and I may have done that with the next frame) but to do that we might miss some other aspects of the photo that are important like the best many looking back towards the door leading into the reception hall. Or the groomsman on the right who always wears his hat looking at his wife walking towards him. Will he wear that hat into the reception hall like he said he would(he didn't). So the bottom picture has a lot to look at and possibly multiple stories in one, but the clear focus is on the bride, especially since it is a wedding photo. I liked both of these photos for their strong moments. Good moments almost always make a photo good! SayerMotter Photographs by Richard Sayer.