Creative photography

Photography as a hobby is not just about capturing visible reality in the picture. It is about being creative. Creating the picture in the mind and then using the tools (including camera) to partially create the reality and use techniques of capturing and processing to create a picture. It is very similar to painting. You are a painter without brush and colors but just light. In daylight photography light is also not in your control, only time is. You wait for right time and manipulate light a bit but use capturing techniques extensively. In other situations you can control the light, direction, intensity, color ...

It is very important to master the techniques. The six main techniques are:

* Simplicity (photography)
* Symmetrical balance
* Asymmetrical balance
* Radial balance
* Rule of thirds
* Framing (photography)

We will discuss them in next few items.