Well, that's as maybe but we all know that camera software can lie.
I love the mechanics of photography. I love going to a place on numerous occasions with different ideas for each visit. Of course, what I'm going to say next is only possible if you can get to the same place on numerous occasions. The following applies to my writing as well.
I start off with my camera and what I call a cursory visit. That means I take all the photos that a visitor would take. Let's take our nearby town of Wymondham as an example.
On first visit I would stick to the town centre and probably take some general pictures of the Market Cross, the historic Becket's Chapel, the equally historic Green Dragon Pub, the even more historic Abbey, the war memorial and the main street.
Then I would plan another visit and this time concentrate on one area e.g The Abbey. This time I would go inside and take numerous photos as well as outside photos from different angles.
I would repeat this with the other subjects and then perhaps return once again when the light is different to give comparison pictures. Gradually I would build up an album of photos of the town and then look a little deeper by going down side roads to see if they reveal anything of interest - perhaps unusual architecture etc.
That may all seem mechanical but I guess that's just the way my brain is wired. As I've said it's pretty much the same with writing. If I was writing about the history of Wymondham (although I wouldn't because so many have done this already) I would give an overview and then break down the component parts. So, I would write a general piece about the Abbey which would just be a part of the Wymondham history. Then I would break it down into specific subjects and parts.
I would set-up a word or publisher page on each subject so that as I uncover more info I can just add this.
I do the same with family history, setting up pages for as many ancestors as I can find and then adding to their pages as and when I find out new details.
But back to the idea that the camera doesn't lie. So on one of my recent walks to and from Wymondham I took a rest on the bench close to Kett's Oak (well when you are 70 and doing 10 miles, you need a short rest).
I sat there and decided to use the filters on my camera to take the same shot across the fields. Along with this blog are the results. I have to say that some I like and some I don't. It was an interesting experiment though. See what you think.