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Inspiration Series

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the North Arkansas Photography Club meeting in Harrison, AR.  It’s a fairly new organization with many exciting plans in the works.  Best of all, the group includes photographers of all levels, and everyone is super nice and eager to share their knowledge/resources with others.  I encourage anyone that has an interest in photography to check out the club.  Join their Facebook page for more info.

I find that just “talking shop” with fellow photogs can be incredibly inspiring.  In addition to doing photography, I’m also a full-time freelance writer and designer, and I thoroughly believe that staying inspired is absolutely critical for anyone with a job that relies on creativity.  Today, I thought I would write a blog post and share some of my favorite resources for inspiration, but by the time I had listed over 15 different things, I decided that I would instead just turn this idea into a weekly blog series.

So each Tuesday I’ll highlight one of my favorite sources of creative inspiration.  I’d love to get some reader feedback, so feel free to drop me a line and let me know what inspires you.  I can’t wait to hear your responses!

And because a post is always better with images…here are a couple of pics that I took tonight while volunteering with Convoy of Hope in Springfield, MO.  Please excuse the horrible quality — they were snapped with my iPhone and the one on the right was taken in what had become a cloud of powdered milk.  We were bagging it up in preparation for distribution to earthquake victims in Haiti.  Convoy of Hope has been doing some really incredible work down there, and each Tuesday night from 6:30-8:30 you can volunteer at their warehouse.  Tonight there was a huge turnout.  It’s a really great opportunity to help Haitians by doing some hands on work locally.  www.convoyofhope.com