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The brainstorming session

The brainstorming session

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The brainstorming session

- You know, inspiration, for me, comes from my own life, and you know, the more interesting and varied my life is, the more often I'm inspired. But often, too, I'm uninspired. So I'm looking to find a project, a subject, an assignment, an idea that I can really sink my photographic teeth into. And in order to find that project, I've come up with a few ideas that have helped me, that I think will help you, too. The first one is basic brainstorming, basically. And it involves maybe looking at some of the work that you've been doing up until now, and looking for common threads that will yield a future assignment that might work well. You know, if you photograph a lot of reflections, for example, you're attracted to it. Maybe you're a people photographer, and you love people, or you want to photograph, do a portrait project, or a portrait series. There could be some ideas there. I'm a big fan of street photography. I'm often wandering the streets, and maybe there's a specific project that…

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