Here’s a nifty tip to keep your creative juices flowing- keep a swipe file. What’s a swipe file? It’s a file to keep track of the stuff you swiped from others. See something you read online? Save it and put it in the swipe file. Come across a magazine article? Snap a photo and save it. This is what I do. I use an app and I save ideas, tips and tricks for photography, creativity, etc. Then when I need some inspiration, I’ll open up the app and BOOM! I have everything that inspired me in one place. Another way to do this is to create a scrapbook- print out the stuff you see online or cut from magazines and paste those things into your scrapbook. Then when you need a little motivation it’s all there. An easy tip for you to keep being creative.
Here’s a photo I took while walking around Fuller Gardens in New Hampshire. The hibiscus was up high gently swaying in the breeze. I used an aperture of f/2.0 to get the creamy bokeh in the background. Bokeh is created by using a wide aperture to render a busy background into a soft expanse of color, turning small points of light into soft circles.
