How you get inspired?

[Maciej Pietrzynski]

There are times when you got a lot of work, hurry up all day long and then in the evening some sort of "I got to take a picture" panic appears...how you get inspired?

[Gemma Haigh]

I am also guilty of this! However, I try to keep a log book of ideas if I think of something one day, to remind me for a day I might get a little bit less inspired. I think the further this project goes on, the less ideas i'm going to have!

[Helene]

I look outside the window... or upload an old picture!

[Maciej Pietrzynski]

@Gemma, why less ideas? Personally 356 works for me, it keeps me photography focused.

[FaerieMoon]

I have an emergency filler "just in case" but something usually does hit me. Try writing ideas down in a notebook as they come to you--that way you won't be feeling a crunch at the last minute.

[Maciej Pietrzynski]

@FaerieMoon, I'm trying this, usually ideas are boiling in my mind but having log would be useful to organize them. Also I like to browse pictures on the web, not to cope them but to find this starting spark...

[Dorrena Ortega]

@gemma_since82 --- Not so for me. What I have learned is that I don't have to look as hard any more. Images are always right in front of us.

[Maciej Pietrzynski]

It depends on what type of images you take. I can't choose what I like more:
- press like, catch-the-moment photos
- slowly prepared fashion/commercial shots

[Daniel Sutter]

My problem with the book idea is that I have one with lots of ideas...that take a lot of set up. On those nights, I don't want to take the time to set something up.

[FaerieMoon]

@feliks Matches work nicely to light that spark too....kidding! I think your photos are wonderful--it doesn't look like you're struggling (:

[franci]

A notebook is very good. Try to navigate throught photo galleries such:
- http://www.photoforum.ru/
- http://1x.com
- http://www.artlimited.net/
- http://oneeyeland.com/
- http://www.deviantart.com/

I discovered today a good site : http://dailyshoot.com/ "The Daily Shoot is a simple daily routine to motivate and inspire you to practice your photography!"

@dmortega "Images are always right in front of us. " very true.

My rules are strict, EVERY DAY A PICTURE, I will not upload old pictures, for that i will use the above sites. When It will happen that I don't make a picture some day I will stop uploading photos on 365project.org.

I hate people who are uploading old pictures.

[Jen Sides (foursides)]

I have a list of ideas. Sometimes my ideas don't work out at all, sometimes they evolve once I'm in front of the camera, sometimes they turn out exactly as I envisioned. I get inspired by looking at other people's work, the comments I get on my 365 photos, things around my house, the theme last week was very inspirational for me. Sometimes when you think to hard about it, it makes it hard to come up with ideas.

[Annie Charalambous]

I just find something, photograph it and get it over with. Sometimes it works in my favor. Other nights, however, when I REALLY cannot be bothered, I just take some photos of whatever there is around me and leave them until morning to decide what to make of it all.