"Just look for the light" is what a photographer told me a few years ago during a workshop in Sydney.
It's the kind of advice I had heard before, but this time it landed differently.
My interpretation was a literal one, and it freed me up creatively. Instead of agonising over finding "worthy subjects," I simply "looked for the light" and it instantly opened up new possibilities.
Good educators can plant a seed that truly propels your practice, no matter what discipline you're working in.
This image is an example of that. I was walking through the backyard of a place we stay at regularly for a few days of R&R. I'd seen the prayer flags multiple times before but had never thought about photographing them.
But at that exact moment, they were beautifully backlit and really caught my eye.
It's not a spectacular image, but it's one that gives me joy. One that would have been far more ordinary in different light.