The sound of my alarm jolts me from a restful sleep. Groaning, I turn it off and automatically try to find reasons to stay in bed. Do I really need to go create sunrise images today? Shouldn’t I just stay under this warm, cozy comforter? Eventually, I guilt myself into
How much time do you spend creating for yourself? If you are running a photography business, my guess is the answer is not much or not as much as you’d like. Even as a hobby photographer, are you able to get out and photograph as much as you’d like? Probably
Feeling creatively stuck? Here’s one way that thinking outside the box you can get the creative juices flowing again. Think of a list of random words, or have someone give you a list. Six to eight words is usually a good challenge. Take those words and create an image for
It happens to most of us, we feel like we’re in a rut with our photography. Here are three exercises you can work on at any time to get yourself back to seeing great compositions, interesting perspectives and unique subjects to photograph. Look up This is one of my favorite
Quick … where is your camera? Let’s get ourselves motivated to get out and shoot. Easy exercise with your camera First, get your camera out. Put it somewhere that is within reach at all times (almost anyway). I keep my camera and Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 lens sitting on our coffee
Uninspired. So completely uninspired. Some time ago, I had the opportunity to go up to Milwaukee, WI to meet up with a friend who was in town. I love Milwaukee, I do. It’s a really down-to-earth city with some very cool architecture, which, you know, is sort of my thing.
Moving on from the messiness of life and photography business, or trying to be a business, or not really wanting to be a business but feeling like that is what you are ‘supposed’ to do. Yes, moving on from that. Because it’s what we do, it’s what I do. Move
Let’s face it — some days we don’t really feel like going out to take photos. Weather, kids, work, chores, projects … the list goes on. It’s a list of excuses, because really, that’s what they are. All of these things take us away from our passion, our hobby and
Doing something different isn’t always easy. Sometimes, I think we too easily give up on our ideas that may be different. Or we give up on taking the camera out because the weather isn’t ideal. How about we stop doing these things? How about we just keep going, working on
Photo challenges are a great way to get the brain and creativity flowing. Even if you’re feeling stuck or not in a creative mood. Picking up your camera and trying to create something for a specific reason will help you get over that mood. What do you want to learn
A tried and true tip on how to gain inspiration in your work is to look around at imagery that inspires you and think about why. In my experience, though, I actually find that doing the opposite actually helps me to better crystallize what, exactly, I am drawn to, simply
Is there a term for the photographer’s equivalent to writer’s block? I’m not sure but l was in a creative rut for the majority of last year. It was a struggle to find the energy to shoot and I couldn’t find the motivation. I took a double dose of it
