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05/10/2004 03:23:00 PM · #1 |
Anyone feel the same way? Like there seems to be nothing to capture, and everything you enter just seems to get slaughtered? I know it will surpass,especially once school is out in a week and a half, its just kinda frustrating? Thoughts?
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05/10/2004 03:24:02 PM · #2 |
A week and a half?!!? I'm still at school till July! :(
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05/10/2004 03:26:33 PM · #3 |
I just finished school for the last time :)
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05/10/2004 03:27:39 PM · #4 |
In a nutshell, you need to take a break from shooting for DPC. I've taken breaks on and off in the past 2 years from DPC and it helps a lot. Think of an interesting project (ie. doors and windows) and concentrate on that for a while. Better yet, don't have any agenda. Just walk around and shoot whatever catches your eye.
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05/10/2004 03:32:18 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
In a nutshell, you need to take a break from shooting for DPC. I've taken breaks on and off in the past 2 years from DPC and it helps a lot. Think of an interesting project (ie. doors and windows) and concentrate on that for a while. Better yet, don't have any agenda. Just walk around and shoot whatever catches your eye. |
Hmmm interesting idea, never really gave that any thought. I think I have missed a total of four challenges since I have signed up, and those were mostly due to vacations or not having access to a computer. A break from shooting for DPC is gonna be hard, its like telling a smoker to quit, itsjust gonna be hard, but I guess I could use a break, it would give me time to let myself worry about school and get it over with and rejuvenate. It might be hard because I really shouldn''t have an excuse to not enter the centered subject challenge. No, really, that is some good advice that I may have to take to heart.
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05/10/2004 03:39:11 PM · #6 |
| Pick out an object and shoot it 30 different ways. Don't move the object and take them as fast as you can. Pick the best of the lot and post them in the order they were taken in. Basic editing. It's a fun exercise and should only take an hour to complete. |
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05/10/2004 05:11:48 PM · #7 |
| There are other photo projects you can do that may get your creative juices flowing. I try to do //www.sh1ft.org projects as often as she posts them. There are also photo projects on random sites that you can try out. Bright Blue Sun has a fun 800x600 pixel project you should google. If you need a break from photography altogether, that's another story. |
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05/10/2004 05:57:23 PM · #8 |
A break from DPC to recharge your creative juices can be a great idea. There are so many things people are looking for, good and bad, and it is easy to fall into the trap of trying to take something you think will cater to all of DPC and then find that not many people like it. It can be very disheartening. Instead of shooting for other people, shoot for yourself. You will likely find new subjects and new approaches and there are no disappointments if it doesnt turn out well.
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05/10/2004 06:02:40 PM · #9 |
Yeah, I think I just need a small break from my camera for a short (very short) period of time. I'm not going to push myself like I normally do for the next couple of challenges and get out and enjoy hanging out with friends.
Okay, I think here's the problem, a list of things that tell you you need a quick rest from DPC (shooting):
1. You go bowling with your friends and you are carrying the ball in one hand and the tripod in the other.
2. When you freak out that you don't have a shot for the current challenge for the week.
3. When you go hiking five miles while camping and all you can think about is "Where can I find a good shot for the current challenge."
The above are all true of me recently, feel free to add on.
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05/10/2004 06:07:29 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by goinskiing:
Okay, I think here's the problem, a list of things that tell you you need a quick rest from DPC (shooting):
1. You go bowling with your friends and you are carrying the ball in one hand and the tripod in the other.
2. When you freak out that you don't have a shot for the current challenge for the week.
3. When you go hiking five miles while camping and all you can think about is "Where can I find a good shot for the current challenge."
The above are all true of me recently, feel free to add on. |
4. When you routinely wake up your girlfriend before sunrise to go take that perfect sunrise shot instead of for sex...
5. You spend more time photographing food instead of eating it..
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05/10/2004 06:16:22 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
In a nutshell, you need to take a break from shooting for DPC. I've taken breaks on and off in the past 2 years from DPC and it helps a lot. Think of an interesting project (ie. doors and windows) and concentrate on that for a while. Better yet, don't have any agenda. Just walk around and shoot whatever catches your eye. |
I have only recently joined this site, but I agree with your suggestion wholeheartedly. I find this site to be a nice challenge to try to find a creative entry for the contest, but I actually think I get my best shots and am most creative when I just go out looking to shoot whatever I come across that captures my attention. Those shots you get that don't meet the current week challenge can always be posted on places like www.photosig.com where you can get critiques on your photos and continue to learn on your "off topic" work.
For me, at least, I would find it a little too confining to shoot only for the weekly challenges, where someone else is determining the topic. A good balance is needed for me to keep those creative juices flowing. |
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05/11/2004 01:49:06 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
In a nutshell, you need to take a break from shooting for DPC. I've taken breaks on and off in the past 2 years from DPC and it helps a lot. Think of an interesting project (ie. doors and windows) and concentrate on that for a while. Better yet, don't have any agenda. Just walk around and shoot whatever catches your eye. |
While I feel this is in the right general direction, I think it is concentrating on the wrong thing. In any creative effort your own decisions and views are what matter, but if you are limited on time (and being a student I will assume you are), concentrating on the challenges takes the decision making out of your control. It is your control of your own creativity that you need to concentrate on. Just walking around shooting from the hip is a very haphazard way to go about it. Remember, creativity comes from you, not from chance; if you do not have your own thinking processes involved, its not going to mean much to you in the final analysis.
My advise, pick something you enjoyed shooting before; in fact, pick the one you most enjoyed shooting. Look it over, look at how others have reacted to it and how you feel about it now. If it is perfect in your eyes, pick another photo and repeat the above. ;) But, if you think there are things that should have been better about it, redo it. Or shoot a shot that is similar to it, and make the shot better than before. If it takes you 2 minutes, great; but if it takes you 2 years, that is good too. As long as it holds your interest, and you think it could be better, work to improve it. But keep in mind that what you are really doing is working to improve your own ability to do something you really enjoyed doing in the first place.
As far as entering challenges or not; if you enjoy entering challenges (and apparently you do) not entering the challenges is not likely to make you any better at anything. Instead, decide for yourself why you like the challenges so much. What you want to get out of entering them. And most importantly, how you can take control of the you actually getting what you want to get out of them. If while reworking a photo (or shooting from the hip, if you prefer) you decide that if you take the photo in such and such a way it would make a good challenge entry -- do it, enter it, I for one would love to see it. Just be sure to include your thought processes in the box when you submit it. :D
Hopefully I made some sense to you -- at least I make sense to me. :)
David |
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05/11/2004 01:54:12 AM · #13 |
I can't wait till Wednesday afternoon when I'm finished with my last final, this semester has been extremely brutal. Had so much ideas for challenges in the past 3 months, but no time to pull any of them off :(
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05/11/2004 03:00:10 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Konador:
A week and a half?!!? I'm still at school till July! :( |
try not to enter every challenge. if you have a thought or idea that you feel is good then go for it but if your looking for something to just shoot so you can enter a challenge then take a break. chances are you have things around you to shoot but the frustrations of everyday life can clog your creative vision if you will. I have been here since december and have only entered 6 challenges to date and not always because I have had nothing to shoot but to busy as well.
Remember there is NO need for the internet but society is creating a need. |
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05/11/2004 03:54:34 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by goinskiing:
Anyone feel the same way? Like there seems to be nothing to capture, and everything you enter just seems to get slaughtered? I know it will surpass,especially once school is out in a week and a half, its just kinda frustrating? Thoughts? |
know exactly how ya feel.. havent entered a challenge since august.. whew.. although I have taken pictures since then.. I havent been taking good ones... definately stuck in a rut |
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