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Art & culture
highlighting a subject or a you to do anything creative, flow of the unending ideas that
portion of a subject to tell a but that is when true creativity must keep flowing from you
story. Sometimes, the story manifests like a miracle. through your lens to your world.
is not found in the whole but
in the small portions of the Nothing beats the feeling of
whole subject. Every subject seeing one’s creative hard work
has a story; painting with light come to light. But much more Purchase my images
highlights that hidden story. than that, nothing beats the HERE
This is the thought and the story excitement of seeing one’s work
behind why I like photography. on the walls of happy clients. It
You can shed light on the small not only gives one the resources
portions that make up the larger to continue to create by way of
image of anything and still get a people buying one’s art, but it
beautiful story of the whole. is also very fulfilling to know
that others value and appreciate
Creativity your work. But what happens
when no one seems to value or
For me, creativity is not a appreciate your work? You keep
competition against others; creating. Why? Your creative
it’s a competition against your competition is not between you
excuses. And this is true from all and those who may or may not
angles. There are days when the understand your work. Your
weight of life won’t encourage creativity is about you and the
“Photography is the art of
painting with light, your
camera is your brush and
the universe is your canvas.”
Samuel Phillips
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