{"id":288925,"date":"2020-12-04T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=288925"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:42:41","slug":"photography-creativity-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/04\/photography-creativity-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography Creativity Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simple ideas to get you going:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Spend a day shooting photos only on your phone, and explore all the filters in the default iPhone\/Apple Photos app, or the default filters in Google Photos.<\/li><li>Spend a day shooting only creative selfies of yourself. Selfies of yourself in a mirror, your reflection, etc.<\/li><li>If you have the urge to buy a new camera or lens, buy a new photography book instead. For new photographic inspiration and motivation, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/buy-books-not-gear\/\">buying books not gear<\/a> is the way.<\/li><li>If you&#8217;re lacking motivation to make new photos, start shooting videos instead! Shoot lots of random video clips and drag them into imovie and export them as a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/02\/life-vlog-x-eric-kim-beats\/\">life vlog<\/a>&#8216; of your video photograph snapshots. Best way I would describe it as &#8220;creative snapchat like&#8221; photo-videos.<\/li><li>Take some photos of yours which you like, and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/30\/photo-glitch\/\">glitch<\/a> and apply fun and creative <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/30\/in-praise-of-filters\/\">filters<\/a> to your images to re-imagine them in novel ways.<\/li><li>To give feedback on the photos of others is also creative. Upload your best photos and provide feedback on <a href=\"http:\/\/Arsbeta.com\">arsbeta.com<\/a><\/li><li>If you got a standalone digital camera, choose a <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/15\/in-praise-of-shooting-small-jpeg\/\">jpeg<\/a> filter you like and stick with it for a month, as a way to cultivate an artistic style. I like high contrast <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/28\/monochrome-motivation\/\">monochrome<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/11\/why-cross-process-filter-is-so-fun\/\">cross process<\/a> filter on <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/16\/the-more-i-shoot-with-ricoh-gr-iii-the-more-i-like-it\/\">RICOH GR III<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple ideas to get you going: Spend a day shooting photos only on your phone, and explore all the filters in the default iPhone\/Apple Photos app, or the default filters in Google Photos. Spend a day shooting only creative selfies of yourself. 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