How to stay creative?

I think that’s a question that plagues everyone in any creative field. How do we stay inspired to come up with new ideas and concepts? We’ve all been there, the slump. What works for one person may not work for someone else. All I can tell you is what works for me.

Diversity does it for me. I try to break out of rut by not doing things the same way. I think I mentioned it to you before, I frequently move my lighting gear to one side of my studio. That means I have to set lights from scratch the next shoot. I keeps me from being complacent about lighting. For me that diversity carries over to my whole day. One day I might be shooting products in my studio, the next day I could be taking photos from a scissor lift in the middle of a large factory. The fact that my days are quite different keeps me inspired. New and different challenges are a muse of sorts.

As you might know, I’ve been dabbling into video production. Learning to tell stories in a series of images is giving me inspiration for some future still shoots. In a photo you try to tell a story in one frame, in a video you have more to work with, but it has limitations and rules as well. There’s things I can translate from videos to my still work and vice versa.

For some of my sometimes odd and quirky images check out my personal projects page.

Inspiration sometimes comes from unexpected sources. Just constantly expose yourself to new ideas, new art, new experiences and embrace them. Something good will come from it.

That’s it for today. Thanks for reading!!

-Ken