Take Better Pictures

 Sometimes what you see is not what you get! How many times have you taken a picture that you thought was pretty good,  only to find it disappoints you when you review it?  You notice an ugly bush in the foreground or a utility pole coming out of the head of your subject.  You think, “hey that wasn’t there when I took the picture!”.  Sadly it was.  The camera sees what your eyes ignore.  We have selective vision, cameras do not.   Our eyes direct our attention to those things that are important to us that we want to include in the picture.  In doing so, we can miss some obvious things that can distract us in the final picture.  The camera sees everything! This was a nightmare in the days of film because you did not get to review the picture until days after you shot it.  Today, we have instant review on our digital cameras so we have an opportunity to do a re-shoot.   In the picture above, someone's hand got into view when I took the picture.  I did not see it when I pressed the sh

 " The more you know, the more you grow." By now you may find that your interest in photography has grown beyond taking pictures of your friends and family.   You may have started to think more seriously about including all the techniques we have covered in this blog to create more artistic pictures.  This is a natural progression for the budding photographer.  You begin to think about creating   a picture that you have visualized in your mind.   How does the creative process start?   The start of the creative process depends on the individual artist.  The Creative Spark is within us all.  You must learn to use it. For me it begins in several ways.  Sometimes it is discovering an unexpected subject and composition when I am in the field working on a project.   At other times, it begins when I am sitting and daydreaming about an image I want to create.  The spark of an idea starts gets the ball rolling.   When you feel the spark, you know you are on the right track. Sitting an