This presentation will focus on how we choose to create stories with our imagery that resonate with your own personal photographic journey. Ways to overcome a creative rut are discussed with helpful strategies. Choosing to create photographs, by always using a standard set of rules which seek perfection, can sometimes lead us to missed opportunities to make a “beautiful mess”. Gerri will discuss how choosing to shoot with the addition of all manual optics (such as Lensbabies or Vintage lenses), has led her to a more creative path…a path which let’s go of perfection and pushes oneself to challenge those creative boundaries for personal growth.