We all need inspiration at some time or other. Even the most avid photographer can enter times where the normal creative spark is simply not there. When this happens, photography can border on the routine and mundane. This is often reflected in the images that are produces which will often be less in number and poorer in content.

If you can recognise the fact that you will pass through this stage at some point in your development then you are half way to conquering the problem. The simple realisation that most photographers, even professionals, have to deal with the same issues, should help prepare you and see you through to that time that getting the intended image is almost second nature.

Why sudden lapses in creativity happen, nobody truly knows. And it is certainly not restricted to photography. Most walks of life, that demand inner resources and inspirational urges, are associated with often mind-numbing lows. You can consider it to be the equivalent to writer