It’s a double challenge! <use your best double-rainbow impression while reading>

So a couple days ago I wrote, I can (and often do) snap photos of anything that catches my eye, but here is a little secret; lots of those initial snaps are simply not good. Well I thought of that today when I woke up early and decided I was going to challenge myself to go out today and capture a photo using just my phone. Put my money where my mouth is so to speak.

So after breakfast, my morning coffee and getting myself ready to tackle my day… I took a nap. Napped too long. Destroyed all my original plans. BUT THE CHALLENGE MUST GO ON! So we moved the challenge to work.

On break crushed out my first top down what’s in my pocket shot. Creative is an exercise. Got 15 minutes? What can you make?

Tis but a memory…

Oftentimes I find creativity is simply an attempt by the artist to bring to life what is in their brain. Angels, demons. Stories and Poems. Some unique thing unlike something the rest of us could ever had dreamed. Other times it’s an attempt to bring a memory to life. Maybe it’s a familiar picture everyone else has as well. Difference is this one is mine. I created it. It captured my memories, and I hope it brings good ones for you. Sparks something. A smile.

You have to start somewhere…

I have been lacking motivation in the creative department lately, and if there is one thing I know the hardest part is often times starting. Creative ideas will come if you start doing creative things. They don’t have to be perfect. They don’t all have to be innovative. New to you is a good start. Hell old familiar creative endeavors maybe your way to start.

I had a friend once that always watched Blazing Saddles when he needed to get his creative juices flowing. It had nothing to do with what he was creating, it was just a sure fire way for him to get inspiration.

So I plan to create something daily for a bit. Maybe new photos, maybe new edits on old favorites. The goal is to rebuild habits I’ve put down, like taking my camera everywhere for starters.

Here is my first creative endeavor of the project, an edit of a photo of my parents from 2014. A couple factors kept me from using it back then, but I’ve learned a lot since then, one of the biggest… How to crop.