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Diversify your photographic interest...
Dec 2, 2020 12:36:08 #
I just saw another thread about photographing the same thing, from the same spot and 'getting tired of it'. The information requested about access to the basically the same old thing, just from somewhere else.
The real solution to 'being tired of the same old thing' is to try something new. You shoot a forest? Shoot a tree. Done both? Pay attention to the branches, go down to a leave and... Oh, "What is that thing crawling on it?"...
Break your habits, make a different grass grow in your yard instead of looking if the guy next door has better luck with his lawn.
Just musing...
The real solution to 'being tired of the same old thing' is to try something new. You shoot a forest? Shoot a tree. Done both? Pay attention to the branches, go down to a leave and... Oh, "What is that thing crawling on it?"...
Break your habits, make a different grass grow in your yard instead of looking if the guy next door has better luck with his lawn.
Just musing...
Dec 2, 2020 12:46:33 #
Dec 2, 2020 12:59:03 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
A photography instructor I had at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) once told the class the key to being a good photographer (and artist) is to always have projects to work on, if you are not working on something for someone else then set up your own parameters and take it as far as you can. Every summer I set up still life sessions using fresh flowers from my flower beds, and occasionally I raid my neighbors yards.
If you're "getting tired of it" do something else, boredom is the bane of the creative mind.
If you're "getting tired of it" do something else, boredom is the bane of the creative mind.
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Dec 2, 2020 13:03:28 #
Dec 2, 2020 14:27:08 #
Rongnongno wrote:
.....The real solution to 'being tired of the same old thing' is to try something new.....
....or a new location. Your ability to spot new photo opportunities will atrophy if it's not exercised. New locations will provide new possibilities.
Dec 2, 2020 14:57:30 #
Or a different time of day. The same old scene will look far different at sunrise, sunset and mid-day. Take advantage of "bad" weather too!
Dec 2, 2020 16:53:45 #
DIVERSIFYING YOUR SKILLS folks.
Trying something new, get good at it then try something else.
Trying something new, get good at it then try something else.
Dec 2, 2020 17:42:49 #
Rongnongno wrote:
I just saw another thread about photographing the ... (show quote)
You are sounding like someone who does contemplative photography - aka - at oneness with the environment. Very zen of you . . .
http://seeingfresh.com/
Dec 2, 2020 18:43:45 #
Gene51 wrote:
You are sounding like someone who does contemplative photography - aka - at oneness with the environment. Very zen of you . . .
http://seeingfresh.com/
http://seeingfresh.com/
I am not zen enough after following your link...
Dec 3, 2020 05:53:20 #
Dec 3, 2020 06:38:12 #
Rongnongno wrote:
I just saw another thread about photographing the ... (show quote)
I too agree. I was taught to create a story in your head and find photographs to take for it. Or the other way around. If there is no story, why the photograph.
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Dec 3, 2020 06:55:47 #
Scruples wrote:
I was taught to create a story in your head and find photographs to take for it. If there is no story, why the photograph.
Absolutely! Something to say is all-important, in the arts.
Dec 3, 2020 07:49:53 #
Dec 3, 2020 09:35:47 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
To play devil's advocate; Art for Art's sake is not Art?
Dec 3, 2020 10:32:11 #
Two completely opposite exercises:
1. Stay in one spot for 30 minutes and look for different shots from that spot. You can turn but don’t move from that spot.
2. Put a prime lens on your camera and zoom with your feet. If you have to move around to get your shot you’ll see more.
1. Stay in one spot for 30 minutes and look for different shots from that spot. You can turn but don’t move from that spot.
2. Put a prime lens on your camera and zoom with your feet. If you have to move around to get your shot you’ll see more.
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