Photo Workout: Exercises To Flex Your Photographic Skills Sunday, August 17, 2008 By Rob Sheppard How do you become a better photographer? I'll give you a series of exercises that you can start doing immediately, and I guarantee they'll stretch you and your thought process as a photographer. Let me reemphasize that—have fun! Workout 1: Light Awareness Light is critical to photography. Exercise: See The Light What You Need: A camera and a zoom lens, preferably one that goes from wide to at least moderate telephoto. What To Do: Get out and photograph light. Review: Look at the light and what it does in your photographs. Add Comment
5 Creative Exercises for Photographers As a creative writer, nearly every day I make use of creative writing exercises in order to keep my inspiration and creativity alive and well. I’ve found that many of these creative writing exercises are incredibly helpful when I deal with creative block, and I’ve also found that the results of many of these exercises somehow find their way into longer stories or other projects that I’m working on. I don’t do a lot of exercises, but I make sure to do one at least once a day before my real writing session begins. I had this idea that creative writing exercises could translate into useful creative exercises for visual artists, especially photographers. I’ve derived these exercises from my favorite creative writing exercises, all of which can be found in the last section of John Gardner’s craft book, The Art of Fiction. Without further ado, here are five creative exercises for photographers as based on John Gardner’s writing exercises. The Simple Action Exercise The Anything But Exercise
Creative Reuse of Paper : Scrapbooking Affirmations - Scrapbook Ideas Was doing some “stumbling” yesterday…dangerous activity that. Anyway, on the heels of yesterday mornings paper storage post, I thought this was a wonderful way to not only use up some scrap paper, but also a really positive way to get some scrapbooking affirmations into my life. You don’t even need to do affirmations, you can do inspiring quotes, or little activities that give you joy. [Update 9/24/12] Wow….I’m not sure why, but this page has gone seriously viral. Thank you all for visiting. I was starting to worry that I was just a lone voice in the wilderness. Scrapbooking Affirmations : Folding Origami Stars Scrapbooking Affirmations : You Are….. Since the new year has started I’ve been trying to think of ways to be more kind to my self. I used 12 x 12 inch scrapbook paper and cut 1/2 x 12″ strips, then followed the video HERE*. The general scrapbooking affirmations idea here is to reuse your scraps and make something beautiful, positive and joyful.