{"id":19012,"date":"2014-06-23T01:18:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T08:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=19012"},"modified":"2014-06-23T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T08:22:14","slug":"10-things-to-try-when-youre-in-a-photographic-rut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/23\/10-things-to-try-when-youre-in-a-photographic-rut\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things To Try When You&#8217;re in a Photographic Rut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wpid-Photo-20140623151818.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1403511509585.6294\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wpid-Photo-20140623151818.jpg?resize=800%2C533\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Visit an exhibition or a museum (on photography or any other art form).<\/li>\n<li>Try <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/an-introduction-to-shooting-street-photography-with-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">shooting film<\/a>, and not processing your work for at least 3 months. Then do a final edit at the end.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/28\/on-travel-and-street-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Travel<\/a> (doesn&#8217;t have to be international, it can be even an hour drive away).<\/li>\n<li>Write down any photographic ideas you have for <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/how-to-start-your-own-street-photography-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">potential projects<\/a> in a notebook over a nice coffee, beer, or glass of wine.<\/li>\n<li>Meet others photographers in person, and hear what they&#8217;re working on (or advice they may have).<\/li>\n<li>Go for a walk around your block, and bring your camera with you.<\/li>\n<li>Intentionally try to take really boring photos (a la <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/26\/10-things-martin-parr-can-teach-you-about-street-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Parr<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Stop taking photos for a while and try writing, drawing, or playing musical instrument.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a photography lecture or workshop.<\/li>\n<li>Ask yourself: &#8220;Why do I take pictures?&#8221; and reflect on it. Ultimately the most important reason to take photos is to have something to say.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em> What else do you do when you&#8217;re lacking inspiration in your photography? Add your tips in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit an exhibition or a museum (on photography or any other art form). Try shooting film, and not processing your work for at least 3 months. Then do a final edit at the end. Travel (doesn&#8217;t have to be international, it can be even an hour drive away). Write down any photographic ideas you have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wpid-Photo-20140623151818.jpg?fit=2048%2C1358&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}