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# Pleasure, Pain and Creativity
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/pleasure-pain-and-creativity/
- Published: 2012-10-09T07:52:59.000Z
- Updated: 2012-10-09T07:52:59.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: photography, gear, creativity, iPhone

The more fun something is to use, the more you’ll use it.

This explains the prolific nature of lomographers, iphonographers and instagramers. Of course, quantity has never meant quality.

Creativity is spurred when there’s just enough pain to prompt thought, but not enough to keep you from clicking the shutter.

Every photographer has their own pain point. When’s the last time you went looking for yours?