…  of the caffeinated variety.  For grins, I shot a couple of very simple pictures of my coffee cup and the saucer, which I held up to the light at various angles. The first one is, I think, frankly astonishing.  Those ripples — just sunlight.

Sometimes I hear people say “I can’t take pictures, I’m not creative” and I want to say “give me a break.  I can’t take pictures either, but I don’t let that stop me.”  Seriously.  All creativity is going to do for you is help with intuitive leaps.  There is no shortcut for hard work, NONE.  You have to pick up the camera and go click click click.  Then, use the delete button.  Look at what you have left and think how it could be better.  SHOW IT to someone whose opinion you trust. Then take more pictures. Rinse, lather, repeat.