Finding Light
Reflective Writings About Finding Purpose & Healing Through Photography, Nature & Creativity
Discover Brad Carr’s Acclaimed Philosophical and Educational Creative Essays that will Help You Find a Deeper Sense of Purpose
Brad Carr
Brad Carr writes at the intersection of photography, creativity, Nature, healing, and personal transformation. Through creative, reflective essays that emerge from years of wandering Welsh woodlands, writing in the pages of his journal, and mentoring fellow creatives, he explores the inner landscapes that shape our vision—both through the camera lens and through life itself.
These reflections offer sanctuary for those seeking to deepen their creative practice, navigate artistic transitions, or discover how mindful observation and stillness become a pathway to healing and authentic expression. Each piece invites readers to slow down, look closer, and find the light that exists within both the natural world and the internal landscape.
The Lost Art of Presence: Using Nature Photography as Therapy
True presence is a lost art in our scattered, device-dominated world. After surviving childhood trauma and soul fragmentation, I discovered photography and it became a pathway back to wholeness, teaching me embodied presence through Nature's mirror.
Read more to learn how this creative practice restored my sense of self-sovereignty, showing me I have the power to choose what and who I give my energy to.
Photographing Feelings
It took me over thirty years to realize I was born to be an artist—to share my inner world with the outer world. After years of hiding my sensitivity to survive a volatile childhood, photography became my platform to express deep-rooted emotions locked away for too long. Sometimes our greatest pain becomes our most powerful creative fuel.
Starting Out
I thought starting a photography business would be easy—announce it online and watch workshop bookings follow. Boy, was I wrong. Between my old Ford Fiesta, frugal meals, and jobs that didn't align with who I was becoming, I learned that business is an energy exchange. The question that changed everything: what was I offering the world beyond pretty pictures?
The Universal Struggle
The universal struggle that is shared by us all, is the desire to return to this place of sanctuary, where there are no walls that prevent love from entering.
Achieving Catharsis Through Nature Photography
In this essay, I reflect upon a year that has brought about many changes within myself; a year through which I have been writing a lot more that photographing, and uncovering a much deeper sense of purpose for my art.
Finding Home in Wales
In this blog post, I reflect upon the events that led me to a life of creativity here in Wales…
The Best of 2021: My Year in Photographs
Photos and short stories from some memorable photography trips. An entire years worth of photographs broken down into 7 categories.
A Year Amongst Trees
Thoughts and reflections from a year exploring and photographing UK woodland.
Diary of a Landscape Photographer | Entry 6
Just some spontaneous thoughts noted down today…
Winter Woodland Photography in Mid Wales
A recent series of winter woodland photographs that I submitted to feature in the Welsh Country Magazine.
Diary of a Landscape Photographer | Entry 3
Are you interested to know what I’ve been up to for the last month since I quit my full time job?
I’ve compiled a full months worth of landscape photography in this post.