I always say that creativity comes from being challenged. I found that my skill set stretched in ways I couldn’t have imagined while trying to get some of these projects to look right. I learned so much about my tool, the smartphone camera, and the way it behaves by just trying to do something over and over again and looking at ways of doing it in different ways.
I often try to think outside the box and make work coming from a different direction from everyone else. This is where you have the chance to explore the way your own ideas are realized creatively and means that you can make work that doesn’t look like the rest of the herd.
While exploring the lesser-trodden path you can often stumble across new ideas and working methods that take you to a place that’s entirely unexpected and fresh. This can only happen if you are out in the wilderness beating a new path to the destination. Try it – it’s exhilarating!