INSPIRATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Creating a photograph that evokes a feeling, emotion, or a response from a viewer is what drives and inspires me. The world is full of stories to tell. Inspiration is all around us.
In·spi·ra·tion: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation.
Before we get into the matters of how to find inspiration in our photography and life- we should first talk about why it is important to have inspiration in life.
Inspiration is what keeps us going; what keeps us breathing. Without inspiration we would literally die.
The world is an amazing and beautiful place. Think about it- how many blessings we have in the modern world. We have access to the internet (which has given us the cumulative access to knowledge from every era), and it is all free.
We can find inspiration in a tree. We can find inspiration in a child playing with rocks. We can find inspiration in music, theater, dance. We can find inspiration in books, records, and television shows. We can find inspiration in words, scribbles on a piece of paper, or in a coffee cup.
We can find inspiration from foreign cities; we can find inspiration in our own (boring) hometowns.
I feel that inspiration is more of an attitude and a way of living, and a way of seeing the world, rather than this shocking and adrenaline-rushed feeling you get when suddenly all the dots connect.
I feel that inspiration is breathing in the air of humanity, of appreciating the energy and spirit that all of society gives us.