The first step in composition is deliberately making the decision about how to create, or interrupt, balance.

The first thing to understand is that light has a quality. It can be hard or soft, dim or bright, warm or cool, dispersed or direct. Each of those aspects contributes to the overall quality of the light, which will affect the tone of your image.

Yes, the point and shoot limits you, but as any artist will tell you, limitation is good. It forces you to develop what you can with what you have, and to stretch your creativity and imagination to its fullest.

“Your first ten thousand photographs are your worst”-Henri Cartier-Bresson