I think a photorealistic Poser work is more closely related to classical painting that photography. A photographer has to accept some limitations because he is dealing objects that can not be changed at whim. In contrast, painters (and people working in Poser) can pretty much alter anything in the picture. - Well, that is not entirely true with Poser, but things are improving.

The end result of these improvements are fewer limits on what you can do with creativity.

Somehow myth got started in this culture that realism and creativity are mutually exclusive. Just the opposite is true. The ability to do realistic artwork is what FREES creativity.