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Where do you get your Inspiration?
Mark Sutton, Photographer
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Herndon | VA | USA | Posted: 11:25 PM on 04.13.11 |
->> I just finished watching "Inspiration: The Pros' Secrets to Finding and Keeping It" webinar and I'm always asked "Where do I get my Inspiration?" Since I turned fully to photographing sports it depends on what I'm shooting, but Walter Iooss, Brad Mangin, Sports Illustrated and a good Wedding Book inspire me. Since baseball is my favorite sport, I look at EVERYTHING Brad does. His shots are breath taking. I like to look at good weeding books, because of their attention to detail in telling the whole story through their lenses.
So I ask, "Where do you get your Inspiration?" |
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Corey Perrine, Photographer
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Augusta | GA | USA | Posted: 11:40 PM on 04.13.11 |
->> "I like to look at good weeding books..."
Better Homes & Gardens has quite the photo selection :-) |
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Corey Perrine, Photographer
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Augusta | GA | USA | Posted: 11:47 PM on 04.13.11 |
->> Honestly, I like to listen to athletes on ESPN, no joke. It's always a good learning experience to hear, first-person, their thoughts on their win or loss. One can learn a lot about winning and managing loss from an athlete's perspective.
I also like to read about prominent figures in history that made a significant impact on mankind.
My personal fave is Thomas Edison. We forget to realize that he failed repeatedly before creating the first usable storage battery.
With each loss you are just that much closer to success. |
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Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | | Posted: 11:48 PM on 04.13.11 |
| ->> What? |
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David Collister, Photographer
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Isle of Man | UK | United Kingdom | Posted: 7:26 AM on 04.14.11 |
->> For me Neil Leifer, took me ages to find a used copy of "The best of Leifer".
It didn't disappoint.
THE MAN. |
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Lee Weissman, Photographer
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XXXXX | NY | USA | Posted: 9:00 AM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> Nicole Polizzi....I find her work inspirational |
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Gary Slickman, Photographer
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Medfield | MA | United States | Posted: 11:42 AM on 04.14.11 |
->> Mark, your question on inspiration, intrigues, ignites and delves below the surface speaking to essence, emotion and energy.
I believe we all long to connect, communicate and be heard. And as photogrpahers we are blessed with the gift of voicing to our viewers, varied virtual viewfinder visions, via visualization.
Robert, I'll save you the trouble "Vhat!!!?" |
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Ron Hawkes, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Rockland | ME | USA | Posted: 12:53 PM on 04.14.11 |
->> Inspiration comes in many forms, but what I look at a lot is a children's photographer Patrica McLean. Great stuff by this extraordinary photographer.
Brad Mangin is my favorite sports photographer. Mark Rebilas is a very close second. I love the different methods Mark uses to get The Shot and get it right.
My biggest influence is by far my daughter Nicole, a young talented photographer with a bright future ahead of her. |
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Mark Sutton, Photographer
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Herndon | VA | USA | Posted: 2:23 PM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> Ron, you are right. Mark Rebilas has some AWESOME stuff. I have to pay more attention to him. The first shot on his site. WOW!! Thanks for sharing... |
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Paul Alesse, Photographer
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Centereach | NY | USA | Posted: 2:23 PM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> Liddy. |
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Willis Glassgow, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Florence | SC | USA | Posted: 3:50 PM on 04.14.11 |
->> Everyone, anyone and no one, all at the same time.
Let's see how many "HUHs?" I get on this one.....LOL |
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Lane Hickenbottom, Photographer
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Omaha | NE | usa | Posted: 3:57 PM on 04.14.11 |
->> My biggest inspiration came the day my first son was born. Now that I'm a father of two young boys, it continues to inspire me every day.
Maybe I'm confusing inspiration to succeed with a fear of failure. Because my family depends on me, professional failure (and therefore photographic failure) is NOT an option. |
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Mike Ullery, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Piqua | OH | USA | Posted: 8:28 PM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> Inspiration for photos comes from lots of places. For me, I still look to the old LIFE Magazine photographers. |
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Sam Santilli, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philippi | WV | USA | Posted: 9:01 PM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> The bills that come in the mail. |
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Yamil Sued, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Peoria | AZ | USA | Posted: 10:19 PM on 04.14.11 |
->> In the "Shooting Sports" the Late Great Nyle Leatham, my friend, and mentor.
As a Great Photojournalist, my dear friend Steve Stibbens, USMC, he was a Photographer/Reporter for Stars and Stripes and Leatherneck Magazine during the Vietnam Conflict. |
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Heston Quan, Photographer
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Orange County | CA | | Posted: 10:26 PM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> Lance, very cool! |
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David A. Cantor, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Toledo | OH | USA | Posted: 11:23 PM on 04.14.11 |
| ->> Frischling... |
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Nick Adams, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Galesburg | IL | | Posted: 11:40 PM on 04.14.11 |
->> +1 David
Frischling is walking inspiration, what hasn't he done! |
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David Seelig, Photographer
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Hailey | ID | USA | Posted: 1:58 PM on 04.16.11 |
| ->> The desire t d something I have not done before. These days that means lighting my subject. |
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Louis Lopez, Photographer
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Southern California | CA | USA | Posted: 3:19 AM on 04.23.11 |
| ->> Inspiration is within...yourself. |
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Chris Large, Photographer
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Okotoks | AB | Canada | Posted: 1:33 AM on 04.24.11 |
->> Any client that offers to pay me on the spot, in cash, and says "your rates are totally within my budget"
That's my inspiration because I have 2 kids in college that I'm paying for, a Harley that needs more chrome, and the love of my life (my wife) that deserves more holidays. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 2:11 AM on 04.24.11 |
| ->> Inspiration is SO overrated. |
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Dianna Russell, Photographer
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