Help needed

[giojester]

Hello to everyone! Now lately I cannot find any inspiration. There is a contest for an exhibition running at the moment and for the past few weeks I am trying to find a unique subject to shoot but my mind seems to be stuck! The more I think the more confused I become!

 

[imagemaker46]

How long you owned a camera? What do you usually shoot?

 

[KmH]

You don't show in your profile where you are. You don't indicate what gear you have available to use. You don't indicate what type of photography you like to do.

Maybe looking at this image will help you. I was feeling in a rut and shot some sheets of sketching paper, push pinned to a piece of foamboard after shaping the sheets into waveforms. I used an off camera radio triggered hot shoe flash unit directly behind the stack of waves, as my light source.

 

[llenjete]

wow nice photo where did you get that?

 

[Forkie]

wow nice photo where did you get that?

:scratch: Is that a serious question?! Where did he get the photo?!

 

[giojester]

You don't show in your profile where you are. You don't indicate what gear you have available to use. You don't indicate what type of photography you like to do.

Maybe looking at this image will help you. I was feeling in a rut and shot some sheets of sketching paper, push pinned to a piece of foamboard after shaping the sheets into waveforms. I used an off camera radio triggered hot shoe flash unit directly behind the stack of waves, as my light source.

I am sorry.. Well I am in Athens Greece I have a canon 5d and I usually shoot fashion,street and objects!I just got my degree in photography! I have ran out of inspiration and ideas! And I am not sure what type of subject I should pick for an exhibition

 

[KmH]

wow nice photo where did you get that?

I made it.

I was feeling in a rut and shot some sheets of sketching paper, push pinned to a piece of foamboard after shaping the sheets into waveforms. I used an off camera radio triggered hot shoe flash unit directly behind the stack of waves, as my light source.

 

[Forkie]

You don't show in your profile where you are. You don't indicate what gear you have available to use. You don't indicate what type of photography you like to do.

Maybe looking at this image will help you. I was feeling in a rut and shot some sheets of sketching paper, push pinned to a piece of foamboard after shaping the sheets into waveforms. I used an off camera radio triggered hot shoe flash unit directly behind the stack of waves, as my light source.

I am sorry.. Well I am in Athens Greece I have a canon 5d and I usually shoot fashion,street and objects!I just got my degree in photography! I have ran out of inspiration and ideas! And I am not sure what type of subject I should pick for an exhibition

What are you interested in? Birds, mammals, insects, portraits, cars/technology, landscapes, travel, colour, shape/form, architecture, weather, sports?

If you're doing an exhibition, why not chose one item i.e., a building, a particular animal, a single colour and do a thorough study of that particular thing? For a building, you could shoot not only the whole building, but also, for example, the shapes of the windows, wood on the doors, brick texture, chimneys, interior, cornices, door knobs, furniture etc. Make a detailed study of something - this should really challenge how you look at the thing you are studying and force you to think outside the box in terms of how to photograph it to show it's character or importance within the community.

If it's an animal, even the family cat, study its behaviour; how it sleeps, where it sleeps, what it does when it thinks no one is around, how it balances on the fence, how it stalks and what it does just before it pounces, you could also study its fur and markings, its claws, eyes, teeth, etc.

Think of something that fascinates you and study it with your camera.

 

[KmH]

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I am sorry.. Well I am in Athens Greece I have a canon 5d and I usually shoot fashion,street and objects!I just got my degree in photography! I have ran out of inspiration and ideas! And I am not sure what type of subject I should pick for an exhibition

Having just graduated, your problem should be that you have so many ideas it's difficult to choose just one of them.

Good luck to you.

 

[arifbd111]

One thing I do in this kind of situation is visit the places without camera where I shot a lot. The feeling of having no camera in hand but watching the subject passing buy gives me a courage . You can have a try


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[bennielou]

LOOOOOOVVVVVVE THAT PHOTO, KmH. Awesome!

 

[bennielou]

Girl, just go out there and SHOOT! Play with all the things you have learned. Have fun with it. It's not a contest, it's really not. But if you want to win contests, it's going to be those images that you shot when you weren't thinking about winning contests.

Good luck to you. You seem like a nice gal.

 

[tirediron]

...it's going to be those images that you shot when you weren't thinking about winning contests.

So true! Of all the (IMO) really good shots I've ever captured, pretty much none of them were shot when I was actually out looking for a shot. Always have a camera ready to go; you'll get the shot when you're least expecting it.