I m doing a 50/50 challenge right now. Shooting 50 days straight with a 50mm eqv. lens. Some observations: - Choice fatigue is a thing. Not having to think about what gear to take, is quite liberating. - Having to pick one photo per day for the project, helps to find what kind of photos I'm looking for. Ditching the same sort of shots several times, means I know what to skip the next weeks. - Be kind to yourself. Some days I don't have the time or the energy and I just take a quick photo at home. And a few of them turned out unexpectedly nice.
I have a personal challenge as a wildlife photographer that if I've captured an animal "too many times" that I go down a little mental shot list challenge for that animal - Can I capture it nesting? What about when it's eating/hunting? What about age ranges since ages do make a visual difference? Can I get super close abstract details of its eyes/feathers/scales? Environmental Landscape with this animal in the shot? etc etc. Suddenly photographing the most common animals we have down here becomes an inspired adventure for me to get out there and try all the aspects I can. I feel deep down this is it's own version of the 30-day challenge in the basis of what can really get out and inspire you to make images even in your own backyard!
That message at the end is so important. I wasn’t a fan of a few recent photos of mine, but after reviewing them, and identifying what I can do next time to make it better has been a big learning experience.
Certainly the most important thing. If I look at all these photos I didn't get as many as I'd hoped when starting this challenge. Easy to dwell on negatives, but focusing on these lessons is much more useful moving forward!
It sounds crazy to me that there would be nothing to shoot in a city of 5 million people. But I suppose it's the same in my town of 50 thousand people. I think there's nothing, but there's probably a lot undiscovered for me
It totally is crazy! And certainly not true. But I think regardless of size you definitely look at your own city/town in a different way. True for a lot of people anyway. Hopefully you can also discover more in your own town!
been watching your channel from the shadows I don’t usually comment however this is one topic that hits me deep. I don’t usually take pictures in my city, however, August is right around the corner and seems like a good challenge for myself. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great take-always from this challenge. Recognizing fails and their causes can result in ultimate progress. Fine “light capture” street images. Would you repeat the challenge, in whole or in part, from time to time?
Thanks for checking it out! I would definitely take it on again. Potentially not in a 30 day period but even focusing on a certain skill for a week or two could be a nice way to do it. I would probably also be a bit more specific with constraints, eg focusing on film photography, or focusing just on street photography - whatever it may be you want to focus on.
@@TKNORTH I’ve recently started to push myself to take my camera with me more, I’ve wasted too many years not capturing what I see. We live in a beautiful city, which is one reason why we should document whilst we’re able to.
Not sure about the 30day challenge, just from a time perspective when you have a 9-5. Super interesting analysis around motivation though. I've been trying to constrain myself to just shooting my local suburb, but trying to view it with new eyes and find something different and interesting each time, small scenes or large scenes. Postcard from Freshie is the theme that I've tried to anchor it around.
Yeh I can totally understand that! For a mixture of work and other commitments this is why I also didn't take on the approach of trying to shoot every single day for 30 days - so I think it can easily be adjusted to suit work hours and other commitments. Could be as simple as going out once a week over the period of a month for someone who is rarely shooting at all. Whatever is more than you currently do but needs to be achievable. I love the idea of capturing your own suburb in this way though!
Sitting in Zagreb, Croatia, looking at that Sindey vista and you saying boring and finding it hard to get out and shoot - what are you on 'bout mate? :D Anyway, wherever we are, we just need a "different set of eyes". Take care.
I would love to go to Zagreb haha I think wherever you are in the world you do look at places quite differently after a while! Fresh set of eyes always helps
For this one I'm just playing around with the little Canon selphy cp1500. Bit limited depending what you use it for but also decent quality for what it is!
