Inspiration?...Ideas?....help?!

[Alyssa Goodling]

Hey...I seem to have hit a wall when it comes to inspiration. Any ideas?
I've recently experimented with water drops and falling fruit.. Is there any other cool ideas or experiments that I could do?

[Adam Kelly]

@lysslyss508 Done any bokeh? I tried it there and had some fun, making the stencil and all is pretty easy too...

Zooming with slow shutter, can be fun and produce interesting results.

Umm Lasers?

[Alyssa Goodling]

@killerjackalope - I experimented a little with Bokeh around Christmastime.. I may have to take a go at it again. Thanks for the ideas!

[J A Byrdlip]

What do you see everyday that you take for granted? A rusty nail. an old sign, old building, and old man.

[Annie Charalambous]

You could always go outside and see what there is to shoot :)

[Alyssa Goodling]

@byrdlip -- Very good thought! If you look at my picture today.. I kinda went with that idea. Paperclips. Although, now I'm going to try to be more aware of what's around me. Thanks!

@indiannie_jones -- Living in Africa you'd think I'd be good with this. ha Ha. Safety is an issue and I can't just explore too far by myself. But I will go out tomorrow and see what I can find! Thanks.

[Annie Charalambous]

@lysslyss508 Born and raised in South Africa - believe me, I know alllll too well. But even in your garden, there's loads of potential :)

[Alyssa Goodling]

@indiannie_jones -- Okay. Ha Ha. So you DO definitely understand. Thanks! :)

[Annie Charalambous]

@lysslyss508 :)

[Dorrena Ortega]

http://www.dailyshoot.com/

This site puts out daily challenges which should be doable no matter where you are.

[Alyssa Goodling]

@dmortega -- wow! So cool! Thanks! (:

[Stephen Smiley]

I wanna try some like these.
http://owni.eu/2010/12/15/still-life-bent-objects/

[Alyssa Goodling]

@ssmiley6017 - Ha ha. Very clever ideas. Those would be fun to do!

[Marinade Spatula]

@lysslyss508 This site is full of inspiring photographers who do the most amazing shots - hopefully something will tickle yer fancy among the nearly one million shots.

[Marinade Spatula]

@ssmiley6017 I am looking forward to that.

[bernadette mcelligott]

@dmortega Thanks for this link, will come in very handy

[Courtney]

On weeks I am running low on inspiration, I will pick a photography term or skill and then shoot the heck out of it. There's always the weekly theme too. When all else fails, I find something that made me happy that day and shoot that. Good luck!

[Tina]

put a light bulb in a half glass of milk , put it in the microwave, take a picture when it lights up....I seen it in a video, just too chicken to try myself ;p

[Molly Pankok]

@dmortega that's a great site...thanks for sharing. Alyssa, when I was in a slump and out of ideas, I started the abc project...take a picture for each letter in the alphabet. it pulled me right outta my funk!

[Adrienne S.]

I can always find stuff to photograph if I go on a walk around my neighborhood!

[Sue]

alka seltzer tablets fizzing!

[Sarah]

I personally was inspired by february, just think, what does february mean to you? A birthday, valentines day, hearts, hatred? possibly the 2nd and 4th one combined? haha. But really, just think of what's going on, and how you can represent that!

[Carrie Oakey]

check out www.dailyshoot.com

[Alyssa Goodling]

@miranda @cfitzgerald @mollyanne31790 @adriennerose @roth -- Thanks so much for the great ideas!
@sarahbear9995 --- I've been thinking of going with a Valentine's Day theme for a week or so...
@tnamari -- hmm..interesting. Never heard of that. Not sure if I'm brave enough to try it myself. ha ha.