One Man’s Treasure is Another Man’s Inspiration

In this case it's one woman's treasure is another woman's inspiration. Sometimes it's good to take a step back and evaluate all that we hold near and dear. That is, why would we waste time and effort on subject matter that really doesn't interest us? Right? Wrong actually.

Just because a particular subject matter doesn't fit into your immediate mold of "things I love", doesn't mean you should dismiss it so quickly. There will always be a piece or element about things we hate that could be turned into things we love. I believe the word is .. "keeping an open mind".

An example: I'm not particularly drawn to the subject matter of light houses. Sure, they're cool and all if you're standing at the edge of the Gros Morne watching 50 ft wave swells, barreling down on the larger than life night lights that call to every lonely, salt licked sailor of the Atlantic. But the Great Lake lights pale in comparison to such icons. Non the less, my good friend Maureen loves them, which is why we always try to include a light or two on our photo excursions.

On one particular trip, we stopped by the Hamilton light located under the Skyway bridge (I'm sure Maureen could tell us the proper name), I was able to envision the image in my mind with heavy texturing (something I'm really lov'n at the moment) in post processing. I was actually first inspired by an image I saw in Flickr by pareeerica. Together with my love of textured images and inspired by both Pareeerica's amazing talent and Maureen's luv of light houses, I was able to create an image / master piece, that would have stayed buried deep in the recesses of my mind. Here's to being open minded to other people's treasures. ~