What Inspires You?

[Saknika]

What kind of things inspire your photography?

Honestly, I tend to just keep an idea book on DA for good poses and lighting styles, and maybe imagery that causes a stream-of-consciousness thought pattern of different images I could create. I also tag pages in magazines with good photography to either mimic the poses or the lighting, and eventually tear the pages out and stick them in protective sleeves in a binder.

[Accebera]

Great question! I'll have to think about it a bit more, but the first word that came to mind was "mood." As in the mood of the subjects. I do all candid shots, so while I'm watching people walking down the street, or feeding animals at the zoo, having a picnic in the park, or whatever, I'm inspired by the expressions on their faces and their body language. Laughing, crying, playing, hugging, dancing.. Any kind of emotional connection, and I want to take a picture of it.

And when I get the shot right, I'm inspired to go out and take more. But I'm sure that's true for pretty much everyone. ^.^

[Saknika]

Sounds like you're more of a street photographer then, if you like to do candids like that.

[firequall]

Don Weber: donaldweber.com/
World Press Photo: www.worldpressphoto.org/
James Maclennan: standardissue.ca/
The photogs on NPAC: npac.ca/
Various daily photo feeds (particularly The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star and The Ottawa Citizen).
Cottage Life and explore magazines.
A bunch of peeps over on flickr.