Comments on: Turning Tides of Creativity – Back To The Soul of Photography

By: For The Love of (Photo)Books | Editorial music and travel images from Asia | CraigFergusonImages

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:03:47 +0000

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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:02:39 +0000

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By: Fotografa

Fotografa — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:49:04 +0000

Love your thoughts on Creativity, and totally agree that technological advacement does not make up for composition, framming and having a creative eye. We are continually bombarded with upgrades, the standard shelve life of a DSLR is 18 months, in fact on certain models and brands less. The only winners with all these maddness are the manufacturers and definitely not we the consumers. Just a shame the majority believe otherwise. Picked up this quote a couple of years ago and really hammers home the point “Gear is good, vision is better” Anon

By: Fotografa

Fotografa — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:49:04 +0000

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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:02:04 +0000

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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:03:42 +0000

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By: Ferdie

Ferdie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:47:08 +0000

Hi it has been 2 weeks since I've stumble upon your site, I really don't remember how did I end up bookmarking cfi. I'll try my luck on this one. Creativity is being happy with your creation. if you feel satisfied with your work and find it different from everybody's work then you will feel fulfilled. It is looking up to the masters work and asking your self what's about that certain work that makes it special? A creative work asks questions, it gives the viewer a sense of uncertainty when one is looking at it. Creativity is genuine only the artist know what is the real meaning of his work.
It's not the equipment that you've got that will make your work different from other people it is the feeling and the effort that you put into it and how important a certain work is to you.

By: nique88888

nique88888 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:43:01 +0000

I agree that creativity isn't bound to tools.

but I do think that the right tools can enable creativity. a few months ago, if you would have asked my friends whether I was a creative person they would have responded with laughter. though I considered myself to be creative, I was more of a consumer than a producer.

that all changed the moment I got my iPhone. all of a sudden I had this tool that made it easy for me to take pictures, process them and share them with others. I wasn't bothered by the crappy cam and the slow shutter speed at all. in fact I love the limitations because suddenly it's no more about megapixels, but about the story behind the shot.

in my case my iphoneography work also introduced me to a lot of cool & creative heads (like valerie) from all over the world.

at the end I think the key is whether you can translate your vision into something, that enables others to take part in the story you want to tell.

By: Gareth H Photography

Gareth H Photography — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:06:14 +0000

I have had rumblings in my mind over how to achieve such creativeness. The best way for me to do this personally and have started doing so is to do the photo walks, driving around, etc without the actual use of a camera. So in other words Picture the Picture, you may think yes, this is what we all do as photogs but doing it without carrying the camera at times keeps 'the mind working'. Apart from trying to follow the latest and greatest, I think we get so bogged down by looking through the viewer, we loose what the big picture is all about. May seem odd in words but in mind it works out…. :p

By: valerie ardini

valerie ardini — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:27:38 +0000

I agree; I have been on that 'I need this tool before I can do that' ride myself.. but in the end it all comes down to the photographer, not the equipment and I'm glad I realized that!
Wrote a blog post about all that a while ago, too. It's good that it's out there, that more and more people are sharing this opinion. I know it helped me; it will surely help others!