 Who wants to be average? There are hundreds of thousands of words that have been spoken and written about seeing photographs. Very few of them, however, have been devoted to actually vital aspect of the whole process of creating photographs, and that's the act of searching. Without you searching for photographs, no images can ever be created. Jay Maisel said that the most dangerous thing a photographer can do is to go out with a picture already in their head. And what happens is, while you're thinking about what you want to photograph, you're missing out on what's going on around you. Next time you're out, you actually take time to be in the moment and to search and seek out the wide possibilities presented. Take time to block out all your other senses as you look through the viewfinder. Filter that scene until all you're left with is the visual element. You can decide what to emphasize, what you can choose to include or exclude. Distill and isolate the part within that viewfinder that's going to part your photograph with the same feeling that you're experiencing at that exact moment.