Question

Use the drop-down menus to identify how to best combine the independent clauses.

Photography is a creative hobby. Not everyone loves to take pictures.

Photography can help you to notice unique qualities in everyday items. Beauty can be found where you least expect it.

Specialized equipment can create interesting effects. A tripod can be used to create time-lapse photography.

Answer 1

1) Use a coordinating conjunction (but) with a comma:
Photography is a creative hobby, but not everyone loves to take pictures.

2) Use a semicolon:
Photography can help you to notice unique qualities in everyday items; beauty can be found where you least expect it.

3) Use a colon (the second clause gives an example/explanation):
Specialized equipment can create interesting effects: a tripod can be used to create time-lapse photography.