Understanding your Creative Process

These 5 areas are

• Sensations & Perception (How do we perceive the world & make order out of it)
• Beliefs & Creativity (What do we believe in & how do we create)
• Expression & Interpretation (How do we interpret scenes and develop them (and ourselves) through processing.
• Formulation & Evolution.  (Exploring what kind of photographer, we are, want to be, & where we are going.)
• Reflection & Refinement (How can we put ourselves & our processes into a state of constant renewal)   

Through this 5-part process we are able to go into deeper parts of our work and how we are driven to create.  Things we will look at together in this presentation.

1. Learning how are we drawn to patterns, shapes, lines, and what do they mean to our subconscious.
2. Discovering the relationship of these elements to our emotional response to scenes in the field.
3. Exploring some of the different schools of psychology and how the brain forms thoughts and how you can work with that. 
4. Examining some of the models of creativity and how we can look to follow and understand where we are in the creative process.
5. Understanding that there are definable stages of our growth that we experience as photographers.
6. Evaluating the types of biases we might experience and how do they influence our artistic and creative journey.

This class will help you to look at your work and your creative process in completely different ways than ever before. 

Together we work to understand the creative process, how we can access more within our process. 

For this presentation we will explore

1. How creativity is not something that is limitless, how it is not a singular event, and that it repeatable and endless.
2. Was to shift from thinking of yourself as (just) a photographer to that of an artist and/or creative storyteller.
3. Exploration of how we form limiting beliefs that disable our work and block us from being the creatives we want to be.
4. Discovering where you get inspiration and how you can more easily return to those states.
5. Defining how I see my own creative process and how you might view yours.
6. How we need to understand the technical aspects of our craft and then move away from it, ASAP.
7. Introducing the Whole Brain Photographer and our brain states and how we can be creating using both sides of our brain.
8. Making the time for ourselves and establishing the environment we need to create.
9. Understanding the creating is messy and getting comfortable in these states of unrest and how you can find your routines of repair.
10. How you can work consciously an unconsciously to cultivate the ideal mindset for your own creative path.

For this class I will help you to see some of the subconscious fears that are limiting your creative growth.   Together we will explore

1. What is at the core of fear and where does this hide in our work.
2. How fear doesn’t start with F, it starts with “What if . . . “
3. The establishment of limiting beliefs and disruptive thoughts hijack the creative process.
4. Dealing with emotions in your work beyond fear and how we can reframe the fear of the unknown to help us on our creative journey.   
5. How giving up our attachment to defined outcomes and preset expectations frees us to create in unrestricted ways.
6. Weaving a willingness to ask tough questions about ourselves with the acceptance of the tough answers we discover, into our creative processes.
7. Navigating through the peaks and valleys of overwhelm and understanding how we can use these cycles to our advantages.
8. Breaking out of the patterns of impatience and recognizing you are exactly where you are supposed to be in your work.

For this class we will explore

1. How creativity is not something that is limitless, how it is not a singular event, and that it repeatable and endless.
2. Was to shift from thinking of yourself as (just) a photographer to that of an artist and/or creative storyteller.
3. Exploration of how we form limiting beliefs that disable our work and block us from being the creatives we want to be.
4. Discovering where you get inspiration and how you can more easily return to those states.
5. Defining how I see my own creative process and how you might view yours.
6. How we need to understand the technical aspects of our craft and then move away from it, ASAP.
7. Introducing the Whole Brain Photographer and our brain states and how we can be creating using both sides of our brain.
8. Making the time for ourselves and establishing the environment we need to create.
9. Understanding the creating is messy and getting comfortable in these states of unrest and how you can find your routines of repair.
10. How you can work consciously an unconsciously to cultivate the ideal mindset for your own creative path.