Creative Vision in Photography
Creative Vision in Photography: Seeing Possibilities Beyond the Obvious Explore creative vision in photography and how observation, composition, colour, timing and perception transform ordinary scenes into meaningful images. Finding Colour in the Rain This understanding of creative vision has developed through years of practical photography and teaching. Working across very different environments — from Birds-in-Flight and nature photography to landscape, architecture and maritime observation — has repeatedly demonstrated that the photographic possibilities of a location are rarely exhausted by its obvious subjects. Often, the most interesting photograph emerges when attention shifts from the subject itself to the relationships surrounding it. Creative vision in photography is the ability to recognise photographic possibilities within the world around us. It goes beyond camera settings, equipment and technical competence. A photographer with developing creative vision learns to notice...