Many years ago, before I even got myself into nature photography, I had a great practice through having a series of lucid dreams, where I was becoming conscious whenever I was seeing an especially beautiful view. I've trained myself that when this happens, I have always a camera with me, and I am taking pictures.
In one year I was photographing in my dreams almost every night. This resulted in an expansion of my dream world, and my awareness in amazing ways. The more I was focusing on seeing beauty, the more beauty I saw, and my imagination was greatly expanding. The visions were getting increasingly more rich and vivid. This impacted deeply my whole reality, and of course my future photography, encouraging me to look deeper through a lens. My surroundings dramatically changed to reflect more closely those of my dreams, and I realized that I am dreaming my reality into being.
Now each time when I am going to nature I am intentionally constantly expanding my ability of Seeing, looking beyond the form, into the invisible. I realize that in the essence every thing I look at, it is just a pure reflection of my inner Being, and my inner truth radiates out into the Universe. Everything becomes a living oracle, holding the hidden messages and meaning. The trees and other plants, rocks, creatures visible, and an invisible, appear as the great teachers and guides, holding an ancient wisdom. Going to nature I explore the unknown, I meet with my shadow, I learn about myself.
Lucid Dream Photography