Hey my friend, thank you one more time for being with me in this journey and for supporting my work.
Today, I’d like to share with you some thoughts about inspiration.
Since the very beginning of my photographic adventure, I’ve always been curious to see what other photographers were creating, how they faced problems and situations and how they experimented to find their own style.
As a newbie in the game, I needed to understand the rules behind the magic. I needed to learn from the giants and find my way into the beautiful panorama of photography.
More and more often, I found myself searching YouTube for tutorials, videos or quick tips and tricks, in particular after closing a set. I realised that while creating images during the sessions with the models, I felt like there was something more that could be developed and that left me with ideas for a next one.
I learnt that inspiration is not only watching a photograph and thinking “Wow, this is great!”
Inspiration is a travel, a sort of endless hunger that moves you on and that always asks for more.
Inspiration is the companion of curiosity. One comes with the other.
I remember spending hours watching Peter Coulson’s videos to learn how he worked with his models and how he created his amazing black and white portraits.
I took his knowledge and tried to apply what I learned from his videos to my images, adding something that was mine. Finding my own style.
I also remember the hours devouring Karl Taylor’s YouTube channel in an attempt to understand the use of light.
This is, for me, inspiration.
Recently, I’ve also found AI is a great way to get inspired.
The beautiful thing is that, when you prompt for an image, you don’t know what exactly you will get in return. And it can be something really amazing and make you think “Hey, I can create a set starting from this!”.
The opportunities to develop an idea, in a world that changes and progresses and discovers new technologies at the speed of light, are just around every corner.
And inspiration comes when curiosity meets the opportunities.
When you try something you’ve never tried and you find out you can build an entire story out of that.
In the end, can’t we say that inspiration is the food of creativity?
I think it is.
Take care and talk soon!