Photo hunt in corn country

(In the middle of corn fields, Kurt (pictured) and I found a bridge that had been tagged - if you could call it that)

Kurt, Ken (my brothers – twins) and I went camping last weekend despite the cold wet weather. Ken and I went for a quick 5 mile jog and Kurt and I went on a quick scavenger hunt for something interesting to photograph. It was dreary, wet, cold, and otherwise boring scene – which was what made this hunt interesting.

As creatives we often get assignments that inspire about as much enthusiasm as that cold wet photo hunt. Yuck. As much as we like to tell ourselves that we’re only going to do the “fun” projects we inevitably have to do the boring ones as well.

When we’re faced with projects like that we can either piss and moan about it or we can look for something interesting to bring to the surface.

I think this is a mark of a seasoned creative. Pulling the interesting out of the mundane often takes hard work and special attention to subtleties.

I wont go on about how the creative industry is flooded with shallow, lazy, copycats – rather, leave you with this:

The next time you’re tasked with a boring gig – dig in and make it beautiful. Find it. It’s in there. It will make you a better creative. I promise.

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