"I separate my photography from my snapshots quite a bit. Because they both have their own purpose and there is nothing wrong with a snap shot at all. It's all about perspective and how much effort you're willing to put into it." -Austin Lyles

I'll start by reminding you to "pick up a camera", as Austin will say! In other words, capture and enjoy this very moment. Everything is bigger in Texas, and when it comes to possessing a brilliant humility and creative mind, Mr. Lyles goes unmatched! A photo allows people to see the world through a different perspective, or to slow it down into a moment. Which in turn, enables them to open their own mind up for epiphany. When you have that moment of stillness and connectedness with your art, it's where you have the masterpiece; where you produce masterful pictures of creativity as Lyles accomplishes through his photos. Whatever you are passionate about and love doing, get creative with it! As Lyles encourages us, be perceptive to when other's are in need of help and don't wait around for your dreams to come to you...get up and grab them! 

Highlight Quotes:

1. "Look around. Not just look at the main attraction. There's a lot of cool things that aren't part of the attraction. Everybody's paying attention to the sunset. But nobody looks behind them and sees the cool colors. Like the blues and the pinks that are behind you." -Austin Lyles

2. "What your eyes see, your head is gonna take that photo for ya." -Austin Lyles

3. "It's like when you're fishing and you catch all those little bass and they're all fun and you got the experience. But, when you get that big, heavy, heavy fish, your personal best, that's the one you go and tell all your friends about." -Austin Lyles

4. "I'm working on it personally. Sometimes, I can't just sit around and wait for somebody to come. I gotta just go out there and grab it." -Austin Lyles

5. "Not necessarily what you go to school for is what you love or what you're going to end up doing. I think the key is just keeping yourself open to opportunities in different things and also to know yourself and to hone in on what you love doing ." -Joseph Grieco

6. "They had that moment of epiphany ya know like, "wait, that failure was exactly what I needed, to realize what I was missing or what I wasn't doing, and then, it enabled them to get creative and to tweak it a little bit and make it successful." -Joseph Grieco

7. "Do a different type of shot than you've seen from everybody else's shots. Then, when someone sees your photo they will say, "That's different, not like anything I have ever seen before." -Austin Lyles

8. "That's the point of creativity...you've got to let it be free." - Joseph Grieco

Topics Covered:

1. The Beginnings / Well of Inspiration

2. Is Formal Education Even Necessary Today? 

3. Do What You Love--Share What You Love 

4. Being A Creator Means One Enjoys Creating, The Very Act Of Creating Itself

5. Avarice Over Aspiration?

6. Capturing The Moment

7. Failure Is A Lesson

8. What's The Perfect Shot? Photography--National Geographic Dreams

CHECK IT OUT:

IG/Flickr: @austin_lyles

*Books That We Mentioned:

- The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore

- The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks

- Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

- Mastery by Robert Greene

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