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How To Give Your Photography #BucketList More Value With a Fresh Perspective
Too often we lock our young minds into a singe-shot fixation of the photo which inspired us. If we aren’t always eager to add new locations and experiences to our ever-growing bucket list of shots-to-take, we might as well be dead to the art form, but lately, I have noticed we are all shooting the exact same damn picture. From the amazing small town of Manarola in Italy, Scripps Pier in Oceanside, California, the Maple Tree in the Portland Tea Garden, Tunnel View in Yosemite, Manhattan Beach, Bixby Bridge, Bonsai Rock, Antelope Canyon, the Sand Dunes of Death Valley and Horseshoe Bend just to name a few. So how do I make my photography Bucket List mine, and not just like the next aspiring Peter Lik?
I first noticed this after walking through the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian in Las Vegas and visited the Peter Lik, William Carr, and National Geographic galleries. I certainly found myself inspired, but surprisingly saw nothing different between the two photographers shot locations. In fact, both Lik and Carr had many of the same exact same photos. Part of me chuckled to myself that maybe I should have tagged along on some amazing road trip in the EarthRoamer. Imagine the stories, experiences and learned knowledge that I would have to share!
