When looking at an image, I need to read it (and not spend 3 seconds and move on).

When looking at an image, I should learn to read it. There is a list of things to keep in mind while looking at image, such as:

• What does a photo say?

  Visual communication: There are two types of visual communication. One is the literal communication where is the artist is communicating a scene through an image. The latter, abstract, is done through the use of symmetry, iconography*, and use of suggestion.

• Composition:

  Nothing is every done at random, everything must intentional to some degree.

• Visual aesthetic:

  What is the style of a photograph? what does it look like?

*iconography: Iconography is the use of images and symbols to portray a subject, movement or ideal. It can also be the use of certain symbols that convey specific genres such as religious iconography, iconography in art and iconography in film and television.