About a month ago I touched on the subject of inspiration. It’s well known that holidays, or a complete change of scenery, tend to inspire enormously. Creativity flourishes as lots of new images present themselves in front of the lens. But most of us can’t just pack our bags every weekend and go grazing in pastures new.
In my case, walking the dog at weekends usually means strolling about the local countryside for a couple of hours or so. The chances of new, awe inspiring scenes popping up before me are somewhat remote. With the passing years the local landscape slips into everyday routine. It has been viewed daily, covered in snow, beaten by rain, bathed in summer sun and tinted with golden autumnal colours.
So, what exactly am I getting at?
Well, I’m either going to have to start travelling all over the place at weekends in search of inspiration and stunning scenery or I’m going to have to start looking at everyday scenes a bit differently, play with light, start doing a few experiments with photo software.
To start the ball rolling I tinkered with the following photo a bit. Using ‘Gimp’ I increased the sharpness and eased the contrast up a notch or two. I suppose it is fun, but oh dear, quite time consuming!
