Sometimes you do just have to shoot. To create. No other way to describe it. I’m sure its much the same no matter what the medium or artist. You just need to create - with no direction or goal. Play. I’ve found its not even so much about what you produce - its the process. And it works better if you don’t think or plan too much. Just let it happen and go with the flow. A writer I worked with at Smithsonian Magazine called it ” the gun slinger ” mentality. The need to encounter a situation, breathe it all in and then conquer it by creating something out of it (and then usually get the heck out of town . . . he said) But I really have to credit Suzanne Sease for the concept of creative play. She’s taught me a lot about the idea of shoot first, judge later. These shots are just that - play - created in two hours last week a couple miles from my front door. Called my friend Billy (single guy - knows lots of people) and said lets find anyone that can do this now. Ended up being fun for everyone and I met some new people too. And I’m not sure what - if anything - will become of the shots. Not the point. I even learned some cool stuff I’m not sure I knew. Like foamy white surf acts as amazing reflector fill. That one specific focal length of my lens that day did something very cool with the sun flare. And that Billy has some fun loving friends.
