Chicken or Egg?
Personally, I find both to be delicious!
But, that has nothing at all to do with this post.
I’ve been thinking about a lot of stuff this week. Mostly, though, I’ve been thinking about creativity and photography. So, instead of just bringing you one link today, I’m bringing you two.
First, a little about creativity. Some time ago now, Paul Zii wrote 29 Ways to Stay Creative on his Tumblr. It’s worth reading. I can’t promise you that it will fix your creative slump, but, really, the novelty of trying anything from that list is likely to stir something for you, even if it’s not today. Besides, what can it hurt?
I’ve been thinking about creativity, primarily my own, for a little bit now. My photography, I feel, has been getting stale. For a while, going out shooting with other photographers seemed to help me, but, now, I find myself more stymied by them than inspired. I shoot what they’re into, not because I’m all that interested, but because I’m with them. Not that it’s a bad thing, by any means. They’re mostly a good group of photographers and pretty decent people, too, so hanging out with them has been fun. But, due to some interpersonal “stuff”, I found myself asking if that was really what I wanted to be doing with my photography. Did I really want someone else to drive what I shot and why? As it turns out, not so much. So, change and its relationship to creativity has been on my mind a lot lately. And, of course, I thought back to Paul’s list. Some of those things, I did or have done, before. Some are entirely new ideas. All of them stimulated my thinking and creativity.
If you’re in a slump, try them. They may help!
Second, a very creative idea for cameras. Pinhole Egg Cameras. Yeah, that’s right, it’s an article about making pinhole cameras from eggs, developing the photos from them and displaying them.
I have never done film photography, really, just digital, so these absolutely fascinated me. In fact, seeing these made me give serious thought to taking an old-fashioned film photography course. I have a film camera and I know it works because I’ve lent it to several people at the office when they were taking photography courses.
Well, maybe one day, when I have more time….
Until then, though, you might as well enjoy the links! It is, after all, Friday!
