Hitting a Wall

September 4th, 2012
I have been doing this since May 2011, and have really enjoyed it. I'm not a talented photographer, but enjoy taking pictures to make a diary of my life. The past couple of weeks, I've hit a wall, and I am struggling to find something every day. Any suggestions on how to keep it fresh?
September 4th, 2012
Hey Ceci... why don't you participate in one or more of the challenges? they kind of force you to think about photography a bit differently which might help get you our of your rut :)
September 4th, 2012
I really enjoy the monthly challenges when I am having a hard time with subjects to shoot. There are no rules, you just do what you want, in order or not and it really does help. :)
September 4th, 2012
what @northy said. The Get-pushed challenge is really cool and makes you think outside of the box.
September 4th, 2012
You could look at some of the past monthly challenges too. I like to set goals for things I haven't done yet or set myself a challenge.
September 4th, 2012
I agree - the Get Pushed challenge helped me get over my wall.
September 4th, 2012
Challenges are a great idea, cruising other peoples projects for inspiration too. I set myself an A-Z challenge a while ago (May 2012 365 album number one) and each day 'created' an image to do with the letter of the alphabet.
September 4th, 2012
I did the Fatmumslim month challenge. It stretched me a bit and gave me new ideas. http://fatmumslim.com.au/category/photo-a-day-2/

Another time when I "Hit a Wall" I just took a picture of the wall.
September 4th, 2012
@mcrt ha ha ha... i did that once...
September 4th, 2012
It's bound to happen several times through the project. I found the winter to be the toughest. Check out Ross' article: http://365project.org/blog/inspirational-ideas-for-your-365-project
September 4th, 2012
challeneges are fun. I am doing the september challenge and it is really making me thing about what can i take that no one else would think about take a picture of .. thats what I am doing.. and taking pictures of odd things really get there attention..
September 4th, 2012
I set myself challenges from time to time - e.g. red, 50mm (using only a 50mm lens), food. Have flowers and Out of my Comfort Zone coming up
September 4th, 2012
@northy @georgews @stude73 @chriswang @mcrt @michellegaynor @archaeofrog @cheribug @superbeyotch Thanks everyone for taking the time to answer! I will look at the challenges, even if I don't join them, I can use them for inspiration. I just went back to work for the school year, and I guess part of my problem is that I have to get used to a narrower window of when I can take some pictures!
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