You can spend all the time in the world working on your technique behind the camera and in post-processing, but if you are not feeding your creative mindset in tandem with that technical development, you are going to have trouble creating worthwhile images. This excellent video essay will teach you the importance of finding creative inspiration and its impact on your growth as a photographer.
Coming to you from Alister Benn with Expressive Photography, this fantastic video essay discusses the importance of creative inspiration, and though Benn is generally talking about landscape photography, the principles really apply to any genre. I generally believe that most good art is simply a distillation of the artist's favorite inspirations, all filtered through their unique creative mindset; completely original creations are actually incredibly rare. As such, it is crucially important to digest the work of a lot of photographers who work in a range of styles. Not only will this inspire you to create compelling photos, it will help you to develop your own unique creative language. After all, we spend a ton of time training our technical abilities, but our creative sides need just as much (if not more) training. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Benn.
