Creativity

Exercises | Writing | Reviewing

Everyone is creative. You can learn to be more creative.
Watch your process. Watch other people’s process. Become more versatile.
I can help you develop your unique vision in my Illuminating Creativity Workshops Series.
Here are some of the tried and true techniques I use.

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Workshop CD (12/08)

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Exercises

1. Defocus (9/07) |  1.99  | Free to members

Ensure the foundations of your composition are strong.

2. Eyes Wide Shut (9/07)   |  1.99  | Free to members

Expand your intelligence by tapping into your other senses.

3. Gesture (9/07) |  1.99  | Free to members

Add gesture to your process.

4. Sketch (9/07)  |  1.99  | Free to members

Use sketching to explore the essential elements of a composition.

Writing

1. Portfolio Reviews (3/05) |  1.99  | Free to members

Identify the basic visual elements in your work.

2. Artist's Palette (6/07) |  1.99  | Free to members

Use a consistent palette to develop a signature style.

3. Artist's Statements (9/05)  |  1.99  | Free to members

Learn how to make the visual verbal, by crafting artist's statements.

4. Breaking the Rules (3/05)  |  1.99  | Free to members

Making and breaking rules is a creative act.

5. Take Inventory with Nouns (5/10) |  Read For Free on Blog

Make a list of all the things you see. Start with nouns, the things themselves.

6. Take Inventory with Verbs (5/10)  | Read For Free on Blog

After you identify the things in your environment, identify the actions taking place.

7. Take Inventory of Your Associations (5/10) | Read For Free on Blog

After you identify the things happening outside you, take a little time to explore what’s going on inside you.

8. Tell a Story Three Ways (5/10)  |  Read For Free on Blog

Tell the story of your subject. Actually, tell three stories.

Reviewing

1. A Dominant Impression (12/06) |  1.99  | Free to members

How to find the "Dominant Impression" in your work.

2. A Train of Thought (1/07) |  1.99  | Free to members

Look for the ways you approach making photographs and think visually.

3. Finding Your Best Work (3/08) |  1.99  | Free to members

Find your best work efficiently.

4. A Singular Image (3/08) |  1.99  | Free to members

Identify the superstars in your work.

5. A Body of Work (5/08) |  1.99  | Free to members

Bodies of work add depth to and extend ways of seeing.

6. Define a Project (8/08) |  1.99  | Free to members

Defining a project focuses your creative efforts and creates an action list to achieving your goals.

7. Arranging (12/08) |  1.99  | Free to members

Sequence your work for impact and clarity.

8. Transitions (12/08) |  1.99  | Free to members

Use transitions successfully to move from one image/idea to another.

9. Variation (9/09) |  1.99  | Free to members

Learn key strategies for expanding your work.

10. Combination (9/09) |  1.99  | Free to members.

Create synergy between existing elements in your images.

11. Reversal (10/09) |  1.99  | Free to members

Use reversal to open new doors in your creative process.

12. Storytelling (1/10) |  1.99  | Free to members

Every picture tells a story.

13. Photoessay (2/10) |  1.99 | Free to members

Expand your storytelling process.

14. Form, Feeling, Content (4/10) |  1.99 | Free to members

What kind of story are you telling?

15. Metaphor (5/10) |  1.99 | Free to members

Use metaphor to guide you deeper into a subject.