Light and Creativity

The combination of light, creativity and artistic expression are hard to define. What is artistic and creative for one person means absolutley nothing to the next. This is the main reason that a lot of people look upon creativity as some sort of gift that is bestowed upon a lucky few.  However, nothing could be further from the truth – just as creative techniques can easily be taught, knowing the techniques by themselves will not bring out the creative talent that lies within most of us. Add to this mix the power of light then a whole new world of opportunity reveals itself.

Each and every one of us has a different view of the world which over time has been influenced and is made up from our previous experiences in life. Every single one of us has learned from these experiences in slightly different ways which makes our creativity and talent  allowing us to express our unique way of seeing the same things as others. It’s like looking at life through our own unique set of glasses – a set that no one else can actually reproduce. So every time I pick up the camera I always ask myself, “What unique vision can I bring to the scene?” 

In short, light and creativity is not always about finding new things but is rather seeing the same things from a different view.  Creativity is inventing, experimenting, learning, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and above all having fun.