Don't Look

 I came across this mother and two children playing in the water, the family connection was playful, natural and true.
Becoming more creative should not be approached as a one size fits all. Each and every moment you capture is unique to that moment, the gesture, light and colour can change ever so subtly, these elements give the image the X factor you were looking for or missed. It is about being in the ZONE, all those creative juices channel to the right place to enable you to get the image, know when to press the shutter, reading the scene, knowing the limitation of your camera or yourself. When you are in the ZONE, time is irrelevant, decisions are made fluidly, experimentation leads to good results and when done you feel like you have come out of a trance, with some good images as the result. The focused mind of the focused photographer in the ZONE is alert without being jittery and aware of their surroundings. There's a goal in mind and steps have been taken to achieve that goal and these steps are taken with a sense of play not dread.