{"id":158555,"date":"2022-01-05T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?p=158555"},"modified":"2022-01-07T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:25:56","slug":"marsel-van-oosten-how-to-avoid-beauty-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/marsel-van-oosten-how-to-avoid-beauty-paralysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsel van Oosten: how to overcome beauty paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Award-winning nature photographer Marsel van Oosten tackles the difficulties caused by \u2018beauty paralysis\u2019<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Marsel van Oosten<\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Marsel-van-Oosten.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"154598\" src=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Marsel-van-Oosten.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Marsel van Oosten was born in The Netherlands and worked as an art director for 15 years. He switched careers to become a photographer and has since won Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Travel Photographer of the Year. He\u2019s a regular contributor to National Geographic and runs nature photography tours around the world. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squiver.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.squiver.com<\/a>. In his latest column, Marsel explains how to avoid and deal with beauty paralysis on location.<\/p>\n<p>Creativity is all about inspiration. When you\u2019re inspired, ideas seem to come naturally. But when you\u2019re not, you are looking but you\u2019re not seeing. Without inspiration, it\u2019s not very likely that you will create something original. Inspiration is the \u2018holy grail\u2019 for artists because it is so valuable and yet so elusive. We all want it, but nobody really knows how to get to that elevated state of mind that makes you feel like Leonardo Da Vinci on cocaine.<\/p>\n\t\t<div  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 656px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"158557\" src=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001.jpg\" alt=\"beauty paralysis Primordial, United States. Nikon D4, 80-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 lens, 1\/400sec at f\/16, ISO 200\" width=\"636\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Primordial, United States. Nikon D4, 80-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 lens, 1\/400sec at f\/16, ISO 200<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>This isn\u2019t a problem if you\u2019re just doing something creative for yourself \u2013 there is always tomorrow \u2013 but it can be really frustrating if you\u2019re on an assignment, have little time, or have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. When I was still working as an art director in advertising, I spent many days staring at a blank piece of paper, waiting for divine inspiration to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Those are stressful moments when there is a deadline involved and you\u2019re supposed to come up with a brilliant campaign idea that will win a multi-million-dollar account. I\u2019m happy that I don\u2019t feel that kind of pressure any more in my work as a photographer, but every now and then I experience something similar.<\/p>\n<p>I call it \u2018<strong>beauty paralysis<\/strong>\u2019. Beauty paralysis is the state of mind you\u2019re in when you\u2019re so overwhelmed by the stunning beauty of the location you\u2019re in, that you can no longer think straight. It\u2019s sensory overload. The stressful part is that you immediately realise that this location has \u2018next level\u2019\u00a0photography potential.<\/p>\n\t\t<div  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1044px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"158558\" src=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/002.jpg\" alt=\"Reflections on life, United States. Nikon Z7, 24-70mm f\/4.0 lens, 1\/100sec at f\/11, ISO 1250\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Reflections on life, United States. Nikon Z7, 24-70mm f\/4.0 lens, 1\/100sec at f\/11, ISO 1250<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>Except\u2026 you don\u2019t have any inspiration. Everywhere you look it is\u00a0equally amazing, yet you have no clue where to start or what to do. It is that blank piece of paper all over again.<\/p>\n<p>My most intense case of beauty paralysis was in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana, USA. I really wanted to photograph the cypress swamps before a plague of \u2018selfie tourists\u2019 would turn it into the next overcrowded social media hype, and experience the serenity and magic in its purest form. My wife Daniella and I rented some kayaks and the adventure began.<\/p>\n<p>It was even more beautiful than I\u2019d imagined \u2013 the wilderness experience was so profound that my frontal cortex stopped functioning instantly. Wherever I looked the ridiculously stunning scenery artistically paralysed me. The fact that I was floating around in a kayak \u2013 the best feeling ever \u2013 made the creative brain freeze even worse.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning I just got so stressed because if you\u2019re a photographer you instantly recognise that \u2018Oh, my God, this is so beautiful and there\u2019s so much potential here to shoot great stuff.\u2019 At the same time you realise that there are no ideas coming and that you\u2019re struggling to actually see a proper photograph.<\/p>\n\t\t<div  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1044px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"158559\" src=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/004.jpg\" alt=\"Marsel van Oosten shooting from a kayak in the cypress swamps, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA. beauty paralysis\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Marsel van Oosten shooting from a kayak in the cypress swamps, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>I no longer get stressed and frustrated \u2013 I know it just takes time. You just have to try to relax, look at everything, analyse and try to get to the bottom of why you find it so difficult and what is it that intimidates you the most. For me to come out of beauty paralysis is simply a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p>It took me two full days of paddling to get used to the scenery, to understand it, and to slowly start seeing compositions that were\u00a0beyond the obvious. In this case it was the \u2018clutter\u2019 I struggled with. In my photography I like things to be hyper-clean, without clutter, but forests and jungles are a whole bunch of clutter, so I\u2019ve tried to stay away from them for the most part of my career.<\/p>\n<p>To my eyes, the scene looked beautiful but, when I had to translate it into a photograph, I was struggling because I saw so many distractions. Trying to separate shapes and trying to make backgrounds look acceptable was really hard. After a while I tried to just embrace the clutter and ignore all the tiny details that I usually get totally freaked out about\u2026 and that worked. As frustrating as beauty paralysis may be, in the end I associate it only with the most stunning places I\u2019ve ever visited.<\/p>\n<p><em>As told to Steve Fairclough<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<div  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1044px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"158560\" src=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/003.jpg\" alt=\"Overcoming beauty paralysis. Marsel van Oosten shooting from in the water of the cypress swamps, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Marsel van Oosten shooting from in the water of the cypress swamps, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Further reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wildlife_photography\/marsel-van-oosten-why-colour-can-be-a-distraction-in-wildlife-photography-157629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marsel van Oosten: why colour can be a distraction in wildlife photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wildlife_photography\/marsel-van-oosten-how-to-add-context-to-your-wildlife-subjects-156442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marsel van Oosten: how to add context to your wildlife subjects<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning 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