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05/07/2004 11:49:17 AM · #1 |
Hey Guys. Wondering if any of you do exercises to get your creative juices flowing? I've been looking for a way to get this to happen... I've tried writing ideas down then going out and shooting those ideas, but that hasn't worked so well. So what do you guys do?
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05/07/2004 12:04:14 PM · #2 |
Think your method is fine but be patient and continue though you might find your experiments dissapointing.
In some general photography books there are also some exercises which can be educating.
And of cours just try to do something you´ve never done before and experiment with you camera.
But as I said in the begining, the results doesnt have to be good every time and maybe most of the time they are very bad. But once in avile you might stuble into something original and good. |
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05/07/2004 12:09:49 PM · #3 |
take a long and boring drive alone
have a job where thinking is not required (boring job?)
go over in your mind the challenge or other 'problem' reight before you go to sleep. have a pad and pencil ready..you should have some inspiration by morning.
alter your state of mind...
watch cartoons and talk with little kids.
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05/07/2004 12:16:25 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by bestagents:
watch cartoons and talk with little kids. |
Good point.
Think also that looking into what thous famous photographers have done is fine and maybe even try to copie some of that, just for practising. Gives you a change to improvise out of some base. |
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05/07/2004 12:47:45 PM · #5 |
Take walks or short drives. Look at everything with a photographic eye. I even got the neighbors looking for cool stuff to photograph. hehee...
Originally posted by jmlelii:
Hey Guys. Wondering if any of you do exercises to get your creative juices flowing? I've been looking for a way to get this to happen... I've tried writing ideas down then going out and shooting those ideas, but that hasn't worked so well. So what do you guys do? |
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05/07/2004 12:49:53 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Take walks or short drives. Look at everything with a photographic eye. I even got the neighbors looking for cool stuff to photograph. hehee...
Originally posted by jmlelii:
Hey Guys. Wondering if any of you do exercises to get your creative juices flowing? I've been looking for a way to get this to happen... I've tried writing ideas down then going out and shooting those ideas, but that hasn't worked so well. So what do you guys do? |
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My wife does it all the time now. She says, "Hey that would make a great picture."
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05/07/2004 12:56:02 PM · #7 |
I look through my favorite galleries in DPChallenge and get ideas from others, then I try to learn how to do some of those photos. Once I learn the technique, I start thinking of my own ideas to use with that technique... it spirals outward into a bunch of ideas that I can do... usually comes out nothing like the image that inspired me, and that's good! It means I got "creative" with a technique!
Good luck. |
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05/07/2004 01:12:00 PM · #8 |
Try to take a drive but make to turn music on. Everything seems different and adds life whit music. For some reason, this makes me see more photo opportunities...
Try Norah Jones! It works for me ;)
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05/07/2004 01:21:45 PM · #9 |
Push-ups and jumping jacks, but then I'm usually too tired afterward to take any pictures.
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05/07/2004 01:34:58 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by lenkphotos:
jumping jacks |
How many Jack's do you know? |
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05/07/2004 01:49:56 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Are_62:
Originally posted by lenkphotos:
jumping jacks |
How many Jack's do you know? |
Oh no, those are Janes.
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05/07/2004 01:53:23 PM · #12 |
I make a square with my hands and look through.
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05/07/2004 03:17:55 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
I make a square with my hands and look through. |
This sentence is interpretable in a number of ways ... and I doubt that's an accident.
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