Comments on: Where Does Your Inspiration Come From? http://leggnet.com/2007/09/where-does-your-inspiration-come-from.html Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ivan Makarov http://leggnet.com/2007/09/where-does-your-inspiration-come-from.html/comment-page-1#comment-1112 Ivan Makarov Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:17:00 +0000 http://leggnet.com/wp/2007/09/where-does-your-inspiration-come-from.html#comment-1112 It's something similar to your method - I write ideas down as they come and try to come back to it. I shoot mostly nature, and I usually know places well where I go, so I try to have an idea before I go there of what I'd like to shoot. The weather can change it all very quickly, of course. <br/><br/>When I was participating in the private viewing of Ansel Adams prints out in his gallery in the Yosemite, the guide said that Ansel made around 44k negatives during his lifetime, and when one begins to look through them all randomly, he quickly realizes that most of Ansel's work isn't that great as we imagine it to be. So I don't get discouraged if I shot all night at a great location and didn't like anything I shot when reviewing it later, so yeah, sometimes inspiration and luck just isn't there. It’s something similar to your method – I write ideas down as they come and try to come back to it. I shoot mostly nature, and I usually know places well where I go, so I try to have an idea before I go there of what I’d like to shoot. The weather can change it all very quickly, of course.

When I was participating in the private viewing of Ansel Adams prints out in his gallery in the Yosemite, the guide said that Ansel made around 44k negatives during his lifetime, and when one begins to look through them all randomly, he quickly realizes that most of Ansel’s work isn’t that great as we imagine it to be. So I don’t get discouraged if I shot all night at a great location and didn’t like anything I shot when reviewing it later, so yeah, sometimes inspiration and luck just isn’t there.

]]> By: Harley http://leggnet.com/2007/09/where-does-your-inspiration-come-from.html/comment-page-1#comment-1111 Harley Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:09:00 +0000 http://leggnet.com/wp/2007/09/where-does-your-inspiration-come-from.html#comment-1111 <i>What do you do to inspire your photography?</i><br/><br/>I get ideas from all over. Driving around, seeing other's shots, TV, reading, etc. I find the more I shoot, the more ideas come to mind. I've gotten in a mode of seeing things differently than I did before I picked up the camera.<br/><br/>I have a digital version of your leather book using a cool tool called <a HREF="http://www.tiddlywiki.com/" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">TiddlyWiki</a>. I can't write in it while I'm going down the road, but I can search it without having to flip pages.<br/><br/><i>How do you keep from getting in a writer's block type of rut?</i><br/><br/>I participate in a couple "assignment" groups, mainly the <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/groups/activeassignment/pool/" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Active Assignment Weekly</a> group on Flickr but some also in various threads in the forums at <a HREF="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Digital Photography School</a>. What do you do to inspire your photography?

I get ideas from all over. Driving around, seeing other’s shots, TV, reading, etc. I find the more I shoot, the more ideas come to mind. I’ve gotten in a mode of seeing things differently than I did before I picked up the camera.

I have a digital version of your leather book using a cool tool called TiddlyWiki. I can’t write in it while I’m going down the road, but I can search it without having to flip pages.

How do you keep from getting in a writer’s block type of rut?

I participate in a couple “assignment” groups, mainly the Active Assignment Weekly group on Flickr but some also in various threads in the forums at Digital Photography School.

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