The Lion’s Share of Creativity Comes From….Everywhere

Last weekend, my family and I went to see the touring show of The Lion King.  If you haven’t gone, then you simply have to find a way of getting to this show.  It took all of 5 seconds into the first scene and I was hooked.   Those of you who have seen it will understand…when the giraffes enter the stage…you had me at “Hello”.  We first saw this show four years ago when it came to town, and I couldn’t wait to go back when the show came through this way again.

It’s not only the giraffes and the spectacular costumes and puppets that caught my eye.  The scenery was inspiring.  Looking at anything inspiring should…well, inspire you.  As a photographer and a slave to visual imagery, I find inspiration in all things around me.  Big or small, long or short, high or low.  Artists can and should be inspired by whatever they happen across.  By the way the light strikes a shape, or the way two objects interplay with each other.

Let's Try This Again

After numerous requests, I have put another blog on-line.  The old blog (Blog O'Luke v1.0) got hacked and spammed almost to death, and I made the hard decision to set it free on a farm out in the country.  At least, that's what I told my daughter.  No sense in getting into the gory details.

As before, this version will include postings from recent sessions, musings about photography, and much sharing from my out-of-the box thinking about photographic equipment. 

As many of you know, my peers have anointed me "MacGyver", and I have been speaking to professional photographers all over about getting great results with equipment they already have, or by making inexpensive versions of very expensive equipment...which often prompts the question: "How the &@^#%$ did you think of that?"  MacGyver's Corner will provide photographers with a little insight into the sometimes scary recesses of my brain and provide "how-to" tutorials and share my upcoming speaking engagements.


So, let's strap it on and have some fun.