Photography combines the creative with the technical. That was true with film and now with digital. This is one reason I enjoy photography and how it can blend both together so well when creating an image. While it may seem that one prevails over the other more in some photographs, I find that upon deeper examination that it becomes apparent both are always present, one could not exist alone without the other although the weight of each can shift and predominate depending on how an image is examined. This goes beyond photography and into some age-old art vs. science dichotomous type of discussions. One of the favorite books I read in my youth and again more recently, decades later is “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An inquiry into Values” by Robert M. Pirsig. Any discussion about the creative and technical brings thoughts of that book to mind without fail. When I shoot and during post-processing images, it comes to mind when I seem to get bogged down and lose focus. It is when that divide between the creative and technical disappears that I seem to come forth with some of my best images.