{"id":298317,"date":"2021-01-23T19:09:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T00:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=298317"},"modified":"2021-01-23T19:16:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T00:16:21","slug":"all-photos-are-creative-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/23\/all-photos-are-creative-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"All Photos are Creative Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We often discriminate in our photography. We refrain from shooting x, y, z because we are concerned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will not be an interesting or artistic photo. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However this is what I say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just shoot it, and figure out what to do with it later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why this is better for your creativity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is impossible to know how you *really* feel about a photo until you shoot it. Also as photographers, we do not have 100% perfect foresight. Which means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life happens so quickly, and we just try our best to capture as many of these fleeting ‘decisive moments’ as possible. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you pause too long and think too much before shooting something, you might either miss the decisive moment<\/a>, or you end up falling victim to ‘paralysis by analysis<\/a>‘ and not even shooting it at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n