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Three ways to shoot more interesting photos.....

Leslie Cheung , Jan 15, 2012; 04:13 a.m.

___________ (fill in the blanks, gals/guys)

1. Close your eyes and imagine as if you were six
2. Go to a foreign land alone for a month
3. Take the city bus or ride the train instead of driving yourself

Come on, let's play...pretty please?:)

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Michael Chang , Jan 15, 2012; 04:30 a.m.

1. Pretend you're 16 years old.
2. Shoot (blind) without using the viewfinder or LCD to compose.
3. Shoot a session from your pet's point of view, minimum 50 shots.

Harry Joseph , Jan 15, 2012; 07:57 a.m.

4) A tall glass of Chardonnay can stimulate your imagination(just make sure you have AF).

Gordon B , Jan 15, 2012; 08:32 a.m.

1. Any time something catches your eye and you think it might be interesting to photograph, turn around and find something more interesting that you overlooked en-route to the obvious.

2. Self imposed restrictions. If you usually machine gun a scene with a large number of frames then restrict your frame count for a given shoot to only a few frames. Conversely if you usually take a few frames and then move on, spend more time shooting a subject and exploring the options. Only shoot mailboxes today or only shoot at 1/4 sec. etc.

3. Go to the TRP page, look carefully through the first few pages of images. Consider that to be an exercise in how not to take an interesting image. Being contrary is often under appreciated.

Steve T. , Jan 15, 2012; 09:32 a.m.

1- Lock yourself in your bathroom and don't come out until you've made 20 creative photos of the bathroom interior (no photos that include yourself).
2- Get out of bed one hour earlier than normal and go somewhere nearby to capture the world before it wakes up.
3- Spend the day with your most under-utilized lens, become more flexible to your perceived limitations of it.

Kris Heylen , Jan 15, 2012; 09:40 a.m.

4- Go on a walk and force yourself to take a picture every 30 (or whatever number) steps you take.

Nick Sanyal , Jan 15, 2012; 10:23 a.m.

  1. Walk the same route for a week (+/-) but each day use just one lens, changing every day.
  2. Pick a theme for a day.
  3. Visit an art museum.

Stephen Hipperson , Jan 15, 2012; 10:33 a.m.

  1. Don't look at others' pictures
  2. Take your picture, print it out, delete the digital file.
  3. Get a (more interesting) life.

Ed V. , Jan 15, 2012; 10:44 a.m.

1. Mount a prime lens.
2. Switch it to MF.
3. Turn mode dial to M.
4. Believe that I ever do this...

Al Rohrer , Jan 15, 2012; 10:46 a.m.

Slow down, get closer, think about your subject, try different compositions, take three totally different shots, but do not press the shutter button until you know what you want!
This is my new years resolution.


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