1. Writing Makes Photographers More Creative -- 5 Tips for Success | Chase Jarvis Blog →

    There are myriad studies and books that link journaling to happiness. Turns out journaling is a powerful tool that not only unsticks the blocked Creator but also increases happiness. Turns out it’s not just for junior high girls.

    Any “artist” — be you painter, screenwriter or photographer — will benefit from getting the “juices flowing.”

  2. Illuminated Athletics: Beautiful photography by Kelvin Murray

    Illuminated Athletics: Beautiful photography by Kelvin Murray

  3. 33 ways to stay creative /via iainclaridge.net

    33 ways to stay creative /via iainclaridge.net

  4. There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.

    — Ernst Haas

  5. Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging.

    — Twitter / Merlin Mann /via esquareda

  6. Avoiding clichés requires one of two things: An original approach or an unexplored subject matter and ideally, both. In other words, figuring out a new way to make pictures of a tried and true subject is one way. This usually means telling a specific, dynamic story. The other is to discover or conceive of a subject that hasn’t been trampled to stereotype. Do both and you’re a genius.

    — Mike Davis /via A Photo Editor

  7. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

    — George Bernard Shaw (via theimpossiblecool)