You just don't know the
new technique that will help you add layers of different types of contrast to the main subject in your photo. It is not that you are not smart enough or lack the ability to understand the techniques to "make it happen."
The actual issue is that you've just not yet learned what the "professional photographers" know, but won't (or can't) teach you.
But the great news for you is that I'm going to to show you how you can use an easy-to-use paint brush tool on your photo to add different layers of contrast that will make your main subject POP right off the screen, and will convert your tourist snapshot into a piece of beautiful photography you will love so much you will want to post it online just to see the "likes" pour in!
Bottom line: Using this brand new technique is EASY once you know the steps to follow!
oh and one more thing...
I'm not going to tell you that I am somehow special because I figured this out, but I am going to tell you a quick story about how a failure on an important photo shoot actually changed my photography forever.
In 2015 I traveled to New York City with the hope of coming away with some stunning fine art landscape photos. But the problem I was having was that this was a family trip, and our schedule didn't allow me to get to the great photo locations at sunset. This meant I was taking most of my photos in the middle of the day.
We decided to take a ferry to the island where the Statue of Liberty is located. We bought tickets and got on a ferry and sat on the top deck with 100 other tourists. As we passed the Statue of Liberty, I took a bunch of hand held photos of the statue.
When I got home and reviewed my photos, I saw that my Statue of Liberty photos were...blah! They were boring! They were nothing more than average tourist snapshots.
And so my photos sat neglected on my hard drive (with thousands of other neglected snapshots) and were not looked at again for five years.
Can you relate to this scenario?