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1,000 Photo Challenge
If you want a quick street photography assignment to push yourself out of your comfort zone, try the ‘1,000 Photo Challenge’: take 1,000 street photographs in one day.
Why 1,000 photos?
Many of us fall victim to ‘paralysis by analysis’— we think too much before making a picture. We become too nervous to hit the shutter, and because we are such perfectionists, we never end up taking any pictures.
This is the assignment:
In one day, you must shoot at least 1,000 photographs.
Just shoot in JPEG for simplicity.
You don’t need to force yourself to try to make ‘good’ pictures. That is not the purpose. The purpose is for you to relax your trigger figure, and for you to learn to better ‘work the scene’ and take multiple shots of the same scene to make one good picture.
Work the scene
If you see a scene that inspires you, take a lot of photos of it. I recommend taking at least 10 pictures of every scene you see, in order to make at least 1 decent picture.
For myself, I gotta take a lot of shots to ‘warm up’, and often my best shot is at the very end, after 30 shots or so:
For more inspiration, pick up a copy of STREET NOTES: Mobile Edition.
STREET NOTES: Mobile Edition
If you want a shot of inspiration while shooting on the steets, buy a copy of STREET NOTES: Mobile Edition.
PDF and Kindle
For those who prefer to read on their phone, computer, or tablet, STREET NOTES MOBILE is formatted as PDF and .MOBI (for Kindle) designed for all devices. Scroll through the assignments, find inspiration, and constantly challenge your photography with STREET NOTES MOBILE.
For easier access, buy STREET NOTES: Mobile Edition directly on the Amazon Kindle Store.
Mission Statement
Cindy and I believe in making educational resources that can empower and inspire others. From this dream came “Street Notes”–a tool of empowerment for aspiring photographers. Over the past 3 years, we have worked hard to edit and distill down fifteen specific photography assignments that can help improve your photography.
We designed Street Notes to empower you and take your street photography to the next level.
Workshop in your Phone
STREET NOTES MOBILE is your “workshop in your phone” to inspire you to JUST SHOOT IT.
STREET NOTES MOBILE will be your new creative companion during your morning commute, at the coffee shop, or while you’re out shooting on the streets.
STREET NOTES MOBILE challenges you to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Each assignment encourages you to face your fears head-on, while also giving you creative street photography assignment ideas. After each assignment, reflect on your street photography assignments, and write these notes in the notes app on your phone, or in a notebook.
HAPTICPRESS is confident that STREET NOTES MOBILE will take your street photography to new heights.
Street Notes Reviews
“I’ve been a big fan of Eric’s and an avid follower of his blog for several years, having initially stumbled upon it looking for gear reviews when buying my first camera. If you’re not familiar, Eric is a street photographer and teacher, who, over the past five years or so, has used his blog as a medium to educate and empower aspiring “streettogs” by sharing the practical (technique-oriented) knowledge he has gained during his career, as well as distilled lessons from his studies of the masters of the genre and his own uplifting, well-considered musings on life and philosophy. If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and check it out; it is a vast reservoir of insights that will accelerate your development as a photographer and one of the few “professional” blogs out there that isn’t constantly jamming ads or product links down your throat.
I’ve done a couple photography workshops over the years, including PhotoUno’s introductory “Digital Photography I” in NYC (12 hours over six Saturdays for ~$600) and Eric Kim’s advanced “Discover Your Unique Voice in Street Photography” in LA (~24 hours over three days for ~$500). While I found each to be extremely valuable in my evolution as a photographer and would recommend either to anybody in a heartbeat, something I realized is that one of the best parts about attending workshops is that they simply force you to go out and shoot, because for me, sustaining that drive and inspiration to practice photography in my regular life is one of the biggest challenges I face as a non-professional photographer.
Street Notes is the antidote to this all-too-common complaint. By providing a library of well-structured assignments designed by an experienced photographer/teacher, Street Notes essentially serves as an intermediate-to-advanced workshop-in-your-pocket for multiples less than what you’d pay for a live course. And, if used in conjunction with Eric’s blog, the only thing Street Notes does not provide versus the traditional workshop model is a live critique following assignment completion.
Don’t get me wrong, nothing can ever replace the experience of a really good workshop or face-to-face critique, but for $20 Street Notes is worth every penny. Just chuck it in your camera bag (its well-made and can stand up to a beating) and any time you’re in need of motivation shoot, just bust it out and complete one of the assignments (and let the social media machine do its thing if you’re really driven by peer review).” – Alexander Amy
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Why Invest in STREET NOTES?
Street Notes is a labor of love that we have worked hard to edit, design, and make as part of “Haptic Press“. Each purchase will help to support open source information and keeping things free and open on the blog.
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We hope that Street Notes will be a tool to connect with other photographers seeking to learn and improve their photography. Share tips, host meet ups, and follow along the photographic journey in ERIC KIM FORUM.
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File Formats
STREET NOTES MOBILE EDITION comes in two formats: PDF for all devices and MOBI for Kindle. Note that the files are very large file downloads and will take some time and faster wifi connection to download. If you have problems with the download link, try opening the link in a different browser.
To import the MOBI file into your kindle account, attach the file to an e-mail addressed to your ‘send to Kindle e-mail. Or for Android and Kindle devices, you can directly plug in your device to your computer and drag the .mobi Street Notes file to the folder ‘Kindle.’ For more information, read instructions here.
If you have any questions or issues, please contact Cindy at cindy@erickimphotography.com.
MANUALS from HAPTICPRESS
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