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Essentially, photography is a form of art, and just like any other type of art, creativity plays an enormous role in it. In this case, the creativity of a photographer is the vision that he or she has of the picture that they intend to produce. That vision is what is vital when you take photographs because it is what’s going to let you know what to photograph, when to photograph it, and how to do so

Of course, in order to make your creative vision a reality you’re going to need the technical skills to back it up. All the creativity in the world would amount to nothing if you weren’t able to translate your vision into a photograph and in order to do so you’re going to need to know how to control the lighting, camera settings, and affects so that you can achieve your goals.

On occasion, you could even touch up photographs afterwards in the post processing stage so that they resemble your vision more closely. Even here, your creativity is going to be the guiding force behind the changes that you put into motion. Never lose sight of what you intend to achieve, and never settle for anything less than perfection.

Initially, you may find it hard to combine creativity with whatever few technical skills you have when you take photographs. As time goes by however, and you gain experience, you’re going to find that it comes a lot easier until eventually you’ll be doing it practically by instinct alone. When you reach that point you’re going to officially be an expert photographer!

Eccentricity is associated with intense creativity or curiosity and with intellectually gifted geniuses. But if some of us in the pursuit of being different from other mortals try to cultivate eccentricity only humor emanates from their efforts.

Just take a look what English utilitarian thinker John Stuart Mill says about this behavioral phenomenon-”the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained and a lack of eccentricity is the chief danger of the time”. For a further insight British poet and critic Edith Sitwell wrote that eccentricity was “often a kind of innocent pride”, also said that geniuses and aristocrats were called eccentrics because “they are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd”.

No wonder that the likes of Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron and many more are held in awestruck admiration for their eccentric genius. And no doubt that there would definitely be dumbstruck followers.

Now, why one needs to cultivate eccentricity? Well, one basically tries to be different ridden with a superiority complex. They think they are immensely creative and gifted beings by virtue of what they are doing in various fields. If they mix with others as normal mortals nobody would notice their intrinsic difference. So, they decide to take resort to eccentricity.

Let us take the case of journalists who are in charge of news bureaus. S/he is the boss and it must be spelt out irrevocably. Going to a micro level one such person behaves unpredictably so that nobody would be sure what he is going to do next. He would continuously stare at the subordinates with an expressionless face so that nobody would know if he is trying to address them or smile at them or be friendly with them. He would drive away the seniors who are proven hands and welcome the crash newcomers so that his real motives are never understood. What you can do? Just laugh it off and hilariously share with your normal friends!

There is little debate that Ron Howard is an incredibly talented director. Over the years, he has risen through the ranks of the great directors, and at this point in time, has his pick of the litter when it comes to films. If Ron Howard is attached to a project, chances are, it is going to be something that is definitely worth seeing.

Let’s go through and take a look at some of my personal favorite Ron Howard directed movies.

The first movie that I will put on this list is Frost/Nixon. This movie is somewhat of a recap of the interview that took place between David Frost, a British TV personality, and the ex-president Richard Nixon. Frank Lamella was spectacular in this movie.

Another movie that I would include on this is list is Cinderella Man. This was Ron Howard and Brian Grazer collaboration, which at this point in time, is synonymous with success. Russell Crowe and Rene Zelwegger star in this amazing boxing movie.

Going back to 1995, one of Ron Howard’s best films was Apollo 13. This is one of my favorite movies ever about space, and has an all star cast consisting of Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton and Gary Sense.

It goes without saying that either Angels and Demons or The Ad Vinci Code has to be included on this list. I personally enjoyed The Ad Vinci Code, but I also might be biased, as I have never read the book of the former.

Finally, A Beautiful Mind is definitely one of the best, if not the best, movie he has ever directed. This film features Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly at their best, in a story about an incredibly gifted, yet haunted, mathematician.

As it stands, this is my Ron Howard all-time favorite list. His new film, The Dilemma, looks great as well.