Create Images - Don't Just Take Pictures!

I've always felt that my photographs don't qualify as "professional" quality images...they always feel flat to me, just a shot of something or another.  And as a subscriber to the Digital Photography School, in today's weekly email one of the topics really struck home with me.

"Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images" gave me the great idea to create a vision with my photography.

I need to learn to tell a story with my photographs... Something with a clear beginning, middle and end.  I really took the idea of drawing out editorials to heart and used Flickr to search for images similar to what I can expect to capture in my upcoming trip to Abaco.  When I saw a photo that interests me, I drew out a quick sketch of the composition. I am not a very good drawer, but regardless I can use the scribbles as notes and will take them with me on my trip for ideas on creating lasting images.

You can view my horrendous sketches below... hopefully they will help me to visualize better and capture greater images!