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\"\"<\/a>Are you bored with your photography? Or maybe you don\u2019t feel like a creative person? Get a creative jolt from outdoor photographer\/author Colleen Miniuk as she shares the story of how she transformed from a photographer who liked to take \u201cpretty\u201d pictures into a visual artist who now seeks to make personally meaningful visual expressions from her life experiences.  Using her insights from her three artist-in-residencies and 450+ days in Acadia National Park, she\u2019ll share how you can feed the Wallas model of creativity, tap into conceptual blending, and \u201csteal like an artist\u201d to collect new ideas and connect with the landscape in fresh ways. Learn how to rely less on your external surroundings to provide the creative juice and how to confidently bring your own voice to every subject and scene, no matter where your camera takes you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Colleen Miniuk is a corporate-America-escapee turned full-time outdoor photographer, writer, publisher, instructor, and speaker from Chandler, Arizona. Her credits include National Geographic calendars, Arizona Highways, AAA Via, National Parks Traveler, On Landscape, and a variety of other publications. After serving three times as an Artist-in-Residence with Acadia National Park, she authored the award-winning guidebook, Photographing Acadia National Park: The Essential Guide to When, Where, and How. She is also the author of Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona\u2019s Wildflowers, Seeing the Light in Outdoor Photography, and The Current Flows: Water in the Arid West. She writes an online photography advice column called \u201cDear Bubbles\u201d and leads photography workshops, women\u2019s photography retreats (called \u201cSheography™\u201d), and online sessions for camera clubs, outdoor organizations, and private clients. Learn more at http:\/\/www.colleenminiuk.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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