Create, Share and Sustain

Chase Jarvis CURRENT: The Consequences of Creativity from Chase Jarvis on Vimeo.

I recently watched a video of Chase Jarvis when he was invited to speak in front of the Art Director's Club of Denver and the ASMP about creativity. My favorite part of his talk was at about the 27th minute mark when he said, "....once you're sustainable, you can continue to create whatever you want. And what happens when you decide what you create? You create cooler stuff!"

Because of this, I got inspired to create what I want. I will be posting the story of my very first concept shoot pretty soon.

Need not say more. Enjoy the video.

Transform: A Video by Zack Arias

I am my own worst critic. I had been doing photography for more than 3 years now, but I am still not happy with my images. I really want to do photography full time but I can't leave my full time job because of fear that my images are not of commercial quality yet. Most of the time I can't help myself but wonder: Will I be able to make that jump? Will I ever have the skills like my idols Chase Jarvis and Nick Onken? It's really easy to feel down. But there's a lot of reasons to cheer up. This video by Zack got me really inspired. Thanks bro!

My Favorite Photographers

I used to have a lot of spare time and I used those spare times to browse the internet.  I have read limitless number of blogs and checked a lot of photographers' portfolios.

Inspite of all those blogs and portfolios I have read and seen, I noticed one thing to myself. I only keep on coming back to 3 blogs and view 2 portfolios when I seek inspiration. Since nowadays, I don't have much time browsing the web anyway, I try to make use of my time efficiently.

So who are my 3 favorite photographers? They are:

1. Chase Jarvis - www.chasejarvis.com

2. Nick Onken - www.nickonken.com

3. David Hobby - www.strobist.com

So why are they my favorites? Very simple. They are all great photographers, their imagery is amazingly beautiful, I love their style and they ADD VALUE to the community of photographers!

Coincindentally, Chase Jarvis is both a friend of David Hobby and Nick Onken. Nick even calls Chase his friend/mentor.

Check out their blogs and sites regularly. I assure you that you won't be wasting your time. You might even find yourself glued to your chair once you start reading their blogs. Amazing contents!