TRY THIS If You Are Uninspired (As a Photographer) | Photo Challenge

Today we're taking a break from all my Fujifilm GFX 50S II content... I ran a photography workshop for a global architecture and engineering and I set a challenge for my students, so I thought it was only fair I showed that I was willing to take it myself.
This photo challenge is very helpful to build awareness and become ready to photograph a scene when it presents to you. In Street Photography but also in many different genres. It also helps overcome a creative block and find new inspiration.
The idea is to go out to one location, it could be anywhere, and take 3 completely different photos.
- 3 different views
- 3 different genres (e.g. Street, Portrait, Architecture)
- 3 different subjects
- same subject, 3 different times/days/weather/seasons/...
- 3 different focal lengths
- 3 different devices (e.g. phone, film, digital)
you get the idea...
You could even do this on your commute as well, if you have little time. The location being the transportation you're using, for example.
Practicing this exercise will help you sparkle your creativity if you feel uninspired and after a while it will help you build awareness. Meaning that you will start to understand your surroundings and become ready to capture a photo when the opportunity arises. Which is quite the precious skill to have as a photographer.
In this video I'm standing in one spot, a normal bike parking, and look around me for all the different views and the different ways that the light makes its way through.
It was all done in 15-20 minutes and I left with some very good Street photos and great inspiration and motivation to go and shoot the other video I was out for. Which you will see soon... If you subscribe and hit the notification button! ;)
And I'll see you next time!
Cheers.
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[@LondonViewpoints]

Interesting challenge, I’ll try it next time I’m somewhere

[@fabienb]

Cheers Michael. It's an exercise that does help a lot. If you have not taken photos for a while for example, you might struggle to find purpose and this does provide one :)