| Shifted Thinking | | | | from one's present position of possibly limited funds |
| As part of a New Year's quest to bring discipline to | | | | and an array of choices, imagine either an end point |
| my reading habits, I've just buried my nose in Lateral | | | | or a point in the near or distant future. Then examine |
| Thinking, a classic bestseller by Edward de Bono | | | | the imagined result. |
| dealing with creativity and psychology. Highly | | | | Imagine your wedding photographs. How do they |
| recommended if you're not already familiar with the | | | | look in 10 years? 30 years? Where did you put that |
| book, even if you feel you're quite familiar with the | | | | disc? Did you opt for an heirloom album, and if so, |
| concept. Perhaps due to my conservative upbringing | | | | does it hold up well? |
| (I'm from the American "Bible Belt"), I sometimes | | | | Did you bother to rescue that Blurb book in the fire? |
| require all manner of nudges and support to think | | | | How important is that photography budget now? |
| creatively, in spite of my background in music and | | | | Now go crazy |
| visual arts. | | | | Once you allow yourself to shift the way you think |
| | | | about your wedding, your plans, and everything that |
| One concept particularly struck me regarding wedding | | | | follows, you might find yourself considering options |
| photography and the difficulties clients face in the | | | | you never thought possible before. The best ideas |
| current economic climate reconciling budgets with | | | | might not even come from typical wedding sources. |
| costs. The "reversal method" entails tackling a | | | | But that's a topic for another article... |
| problem from the "wrong" end. Rather than start | | | | |