Inspiration - is all around you.

So there are lots of things happening at the moment.  Mostly still trying to figure stuff out.  A bit of paid work to complete, a couple of projects to push on, and stuff to do to make the business work.  This is my new life.  Family must come in there too, so my life is pretty full.

However you have to make time to let yourself remember what you love about photography and image making.  So I found a little project to do on the side, a quick one day - shoot and edit.  It turned in to two days but there you go.

ANZAC service 2015 from Chris Hillock on Vimeo.

I used the ANZAC service this weekend to express my creativity as well as remember the fallen family members from the various wars.  Every year I cover this service, and I use it to help drive that creative flow in my head.  It "shits" images as my old boss says.  It is something that I am passionate about, and love creating great pictures.

I also used it as a time to get to know and get better at using my gear.  I've had a new video camera for a couple of months, used it a handful of times and still learning more about it, sometimes on paying jobs which is not ideal.

So look around you, an event, protest, sunset/rise, anything something that lets you take the gloves off, learn something new, recharge your battery and remember why you love creating what it is that you love to create.  Even if it doesn't turn out perfectly, it's the process of creation that will help you in the paid jobs be better.

Good shooting.