The plague has hit me :(

[eravedesigns]

I am in that situation that every photographer who has experienced hates. I have no idea what my next subject should be to shoot. I am a very creative person but I feel like I have exhuasted my resources. I have shot the city by me atleast 6 times and every local place. There is any landscape shots i can do out here. I have my own studio but I dont know how to get someone to let me take their pictures.

So I have a questions: How did you get out of a similar stuation where you didnt know what to shoot anymore?

 

[Alex_B]

put yourself in a totally new situation ...

spend a day in an odd place ...

and after some hours you will start taking pictures again.

 

[eravedesigns]

so would an odd place be going to some bad area of town? the woods? something like that?

 

[Alex_B]

so would an odd place be going to some bad area of town? the woods? something like that?

just something very far from your everyday life. maybe a cigar shop. a water purification plant ... an animal shelter ... whatever ...

 

[eravedesigns]

hmm animal shelter sounds fun cause i have my own dog and we got him from one. Kind of off topic but how would I go about shooting there. Call them up and just ask if i can take pictures of them or should I set up a session?

 

[Alex_B]

depends, i would just ask if it is ok if you shoot images there ..
would not arrange any set up session.

i woul not concetrate on isolated animals there, but more on the place, the details, and some animals embedded into all this. just something new to fool around with your camera.

 

[sabbath999]

Find an auto mechanic who will let you shoot in his shop (trade for prints).

Do something industrial.

Go to a sporting event, and take shots.

Go to the zoo.

Go to an art museum.

Go to a senior citizens center.

Go to a nursing home.

Ride along with a police officer or fireman.

Go to a place they sell guitars, and check out the bands on the bulletin boards. Call them and offer them publicity shots in trade for photo releases.

Go to a camping/adventure store and check out their bulletin board.

Go to a cycling shop and find some mountain bikers or BMX guys who will do insane things for you to shoot in trade for prints.

Go to a skate park.

Etc.

 

[eravedesigns]

Find an auto mechanic who will let you shoot in his shop (trade for prints).

Do something industrial.

Go to a sporting event, and take shots.

Go to the zoo.

Go to an art museum.

Go to a senior citizens center.

Go to a nursing home.

Ride along with a police officer or fireman.

Go to a place they sell guitars, and check out the bands on the bulletin boards. Call them and offer them publicity shots in trade for photo releases.

Go to a camping/adventure store and check out their bulletin board.

Go to a cycling shop and find some mountain bikers or BMX guys who will do insane things for you to shoot in trade for prints.

Go to a skate park.

Etc.

nice list thanks. I was going to buy a police scanner to follow the cops around and fire dept. but a scanner is like $80 and i dont want to shoot crazy stuff like that all the time but your suggestion about riding with a cop caught my eye...

some good ideas i suppose my other main problem is getting the guts to go to one of these places and not get nervous.

 

[craig]

Put the camera down and do not shoot for a while. It has always worked for me. Everyone is different. You will be able to figure it out.

Love & Bass

 

[Jeepin59]

How about shooting the things you have before but with a different "spin", be more tech. HDR, Pano's, B&W work on different angles you would have your pics now to compair to your "new" work. Well thats my 0.02 worth.

 

[eravedesigns]

good idea aswell. And I havent been shooting for like 2 months now so i have put down the camera for some time.

 

[Alex_B]

just try all suggestions and report their effect to your friends on TPF

 

[Mike Jordan]

Get a chicken and shoot eggs... just make sure it's a hen.

Ok, forget the chicken, they make a mess anyway. Go to the store and buy a carton of eggs. Once you pefect shooting the perfect egg, you will be ready to go back out and shoot something else... anything else that doesn't have a yoke and isn't yellow.

Mike

 

[JerryPH]

Do something different... take a glass of water and have someone shoot ice cubes into it from across the room... see how many times it takes before they hit the glass.

Go to a sporting event that you've never sen in real life. Ever shoot water polo? Ever try to see what a ping pong ball at 60MPH photographs like? There are no limits if you give it a little thought.

 

[eravedesigns]

hmm i will test these out and get back to you guys and gals. Could be difficult seeing I just accepted a job that restricts my free time. Ill manage just like we all do though.