So I know we are all creative geniuses and don't need any assistance in the beautiful pictures we post, but I need help :-) There are some FABULOUS pictures on this site and I was just wondering if anyone uses assistance to come up with the ideas they used to take their pictures? I have 2 little kids, so it's a rare day when I have a moment to get my creative juices going. I usually end up taking a picture of something random, but would love it if I had a place to start when my kids aren't doing anything particularly interesting. Thanks everyone!
A lot of people use www.dailyshoot.com which gives you a photo assignment everyday. I use it sometimes, although it's not as helpful as I would like. Perhaps I am just lazy...
My kids usually are my inspiration. Even when it's not photos of them I always look at things with a child-like eye. Today's pic literally is their toys brought into a new light! LOL!
I can usually find some kind of something to shoot, just by taking a walk in the neighborhood. This one is a perfect example.
Here's another one, one that I was questioned by a neighbor as to why I was taking pictures of those flowers.
You're not the only one. With the winter months (almost behind us now... thank goodness!) providing very little opportunity to get out and about, I have also found it a struggle coming up with ideas. I try and get inspiration from other people's photos and think to myself, "Can I create something like that now?" Apart from this site (obviously), there's a great site called Flickr Hive Mind which collects and displays totally awesome photos from Flickr.
I also like using effects filters which can transform, what can be, a very ordinary looking photograph originally into a piece of art. The example below would not have had anywhere near the impact without a fair bit of work with effects filters.
I like pictures that tell a story or set the mind thinking, which means they have to come from real life, whether the natural or man-made world, and only very rarely set up, but even then because there is a message to convey.
I go out every day, usually to stroll the countryside or coastline, which I am fortunate to have in plenty around here and have the time because I am retired, but even a city street provides more than one picture opportunity every day, like a boarded-up shop or some litter in the road or a bit of graffiti. The opportunities are endless.
Sometimes if the weather is really bad I don't stray very far from home, but always find something that simply begs to be photographed, like a puddle or a fallen branch that makes a nice pattern, and my litle point-and-shoot jumps out of my pocket to capture it. I prefer not to have a set subject in mind because that might narrow my field of vision and cause me to miss something else, but I do have regular themes, such as colour, light and shade, street furniture, abandoned buildings, rusty cars, etc.
An important element in any photograph I take is that it must provide an opportunity for a caption - something to say about it as you would if talking to a friend and saying "You'll never guess what I saw today!" or "I took this because ..."
I enjoy my camera; it is my third eye and I learn lot from recording the ordinary and the extraordinary but rarely photograph people.
Life can never be boring if you have a camera in your pocket!
Tweets ahoy!
Join the Group
Pin With Me
Here's another one, one that I was questioned by a neighbor as to why I was taking pictures of those flowers.
I also like using effects filters which can transform, what can be, a very ordinary looking photograph originally into a piece of art. The example below would not have had anywhere near the impact without a fair bit of work with effects filters.
I go out every day, usually to stroll the countryside or coastline, which I am fortunate to have in plenty around here and have the time because I am retired, but even a city street provides more than one picture opportunity every day, like a boarded-up shop or some litter in the road or a bit of graffiti. The opportunities are endless.
Sometimes if the weather is really bad I don't stray very far from home, but always find something that simply begs to be photographed, like a puddle or a fallen branch that makes a nice pattern, and my litle point-and-shoot jumps out of my pocket to capture it. I prefer not to have a set subject in mind because that might narrow my field of vision and cause me to miss something else, but I do have regular themes, such as colour, light and shade, street furniture, abandoned buildings, rusty cars, etc.
An important element in any photograph I take is that it must provide an opportunity for a caption - something to say about it as you would if talking to a friend and saying "You'll never guess what I saw today!" or "I took this because ..."
I enjoy my camera; it is my third eye and I learn lot from recording the ordinary and the extraordinary but rarely photograph people.
Life can never be boring if you have a camera in your pocket!