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The world has gone mad digital. With many homes having multiple owners of digital camera, you can not move without seeing someone take a glance digital. And the key word here is a snapshot. Not much thought, creativity or photographic composition. Just lots and lots of pollution digital cram millions of hard drives, DVDs and memory cards. Digital has allowed people to take lower quality, Instant reckless.

Digital photography could see the death of creativity in photography in general. Why such strong statement? Here's why:

1. Lack of reflection

As a photographer shooting the cost of supplies in the photograph have been much higher. This forced us to think and carefully consider each shot. There was a process greater reflection. The use of a drive motor to take multiple hits was for the press photographers who had the means to thirty-six images in seconds. For the rest of us we had to think more before pressing the button.

2. The effect of Shakespeare

This is the idea of evolution If you give a room full of monkeys a typewriter and enough each time, they will eventually produce work of quality equal to Shakespeare. There is a mindset similar in digital photographers that if they take enough photos, somewhere among the thousands of people will be quality images. You have so many opportunities that occur like a monkey.

3. Drive By Shooting syndrome

This is similar to the lack of reflection take a picture. Because of the assumption of office of several digital cameras and low cost of digital photography, it is quick and easy to take a picture. Like a drive-by shooting of the camera is oriented in the general direction of the subject and a handful of images is taken. Then you go to next target and fire off again. So what's the answer? Plain and simple slow right down and smell the roses as the saying goes. The creative process is methodical and well thought out. You must be able to observe, think and then take action. Because digital photography is so fast Cheap and easy principles and techniques of photography tend to be neglected.

Here are some steps to encourage your creative process.

1. Make or allocate time for your creative process

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Creativity is not pressed. Sometimes, it may come to you quickly, but it is the exception rather than the norm. So sit down – down and absorb the environment. Observe your environment, subjects and all activities. It becomes part of you.

2. Be selective

Research something that turns you or rather your creativity. If this color is so focused on the richness of hues and shades. If it is a object or subject of careful observation in relation to its surroundings. Now, close your eyes and imagine the final image.

3. Change your position or perspective

Looking at your subject from different angles, heights and positions of the image change that the subject changes from its environment. All of a sudden you see things you never saw.

4. Try some something different.

Take a traditional tourist shot of your subject and then find a ball that is completely different than you've never seen before. Recognition. Rent a boat and take to the water. Go to the top of a nearby building or if you're adventurous climb a tree or lie on their backs.

Creativity is often just something different. Something that has not been before. The key I found to creativity is time. So take your time and smell the roses. Your photo will never be the same. Place photography, creative photography again in digital photography.

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