Lar's pizza lunch some where in Utah (photos by Lars Kj'r Larsen)

I take a lot of pictures. I travel a lot too. Sometimes it’s hard to come up with creative ways to photograph my trips and kiddos with all the picture taking I do.

A little snack in Wyoming

One of my colleagues, Lars, is on a cross country road trip right now. He always takes the best photos, so I’m almost giddy with excitement each time an email full of photos from him arrives in my in-box. Lars is quite the traveler, so it’s interesting and amazing to me that his photos never seem boring or trite. The latest batch he sent were titled “Eating our way across America.”

He decided to take photos of all the places he and his brother ate as the headed from Georgia, up to Canada and then out West. It might sound a little odd, but it was a fresh perspective and perfectly told the story of their road trip. There are pictures of breakfast at the hotel. Dinner at roadside dives. Quick breakfasts of coffee and donuts.

Pie in Michigan

When in doubt, change your perspective. You don’t have to take the same pictures, the same way, every time. Switch things up a bit. Be creative. Think long and hard about how you can best tell your story in fresh and fun new way.