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<\/a>Re-inspire your photography with STREET HUNT: your practical street photography field guide,<\/a> with 49+ Practical assignments to stay inspired and challenge you to photograph everyday, everywhere!<\/p>\n First of all, why shoot photos everyday?<\/p>\n Let me outline some ideas:<\/p>\n To me, I see ‘creativity’ as the act of creating things– whether the act of creating photos, creating drawings, creating words, poems, rhymes, or movements with our body (dance). I don’t see creativity as some inner-mind state or artistic-DNA gene that only some individuals are endowed with.<\/p>\n Once again to clarify, there is a difference between being creative (prolific artistic, making\/creating a lot of stuff) and being novel (the general definition of ‘creativity’).<\/p>\n Why we are happy when we are in the active state of creation:<\/p>\n We are happiest, and feel the most fulfilled, and feel the most powerful and in control of our lives when we are in the active state of creating things.<\/p>\n I think photography is the best art form. We are able to make instant visual sketches of the world and reality around ourselves, and we can make art anywhere and everywhere.<\/p>\n To make photographs everyday is to be grateful everyday, and to share the joy of existence and appreciation of life.<\/p>\n The camera is the easiest, most effective tool of making visual art. The camera is faster, easier, and more seamless in making visual art than any pen, pencil, or artistic tool.<\/p>\n I will give you some personal remedies that have helped me photograph everyday:<\/p>\n For example, shoot photos of your food, shoot street photos<\/a>, shoot self-portraits or selfies<\/a> of yourself, shoot abstract<\/a> photos, shoot macro close-up photos<\/a>, shoot photos from far away, shoot trash, nature, or just interesting colors<\/a>.<\/p>\n By not trapping yourself in a genre, you will see and experience more photographic opportunities. And the more opportunities you have in your photography, the more inspiration you will find around yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n I personally shoot with a RICOH GR II<\/a> with (new) ERIC KIM Neck Strap<\/a>. I have discovered this truth: the smaller your camera is, the more likely you are to carry it with you everywhere you go. The more you carry your camera with you, the more photo opportunities you will see. Thus, the more you will shoot.<\/p>\n I have also found the benefit of using a neck strap is that your camera is always ready to shoot. My New Year’s resolution this year has been to never leave the house without the camera around my neck — and I’ve been able to make massive amounts of photographs as a result<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I shoot in P (program) mode<\/a>, center point autofocus, with ISO 800 during day (and ISO 1600 at night). This helps me think less about the technical settings, which can paralyze me. I don’t think about technical settings; I just shoot. The less resistance you have with technical settings in your camera, the more you will shoot.<\/strong><\/p>\n I am a huge proponent in shooting in JPEG<\/a> instead of RAW. The problem of RAW: I often shoot a lot less, because of the stress of knowing that when I go home, I will have to waste tons of time processing my photos.<\/p>\n Shooting JPEG has simplified my photographic life– by being able to already know what my photos will look like (when I shoot with RICOH GR II<\/a> and the LCD screen<\/a>, I already am able to pre-visualize what my final result is).<\/p>\n Not only that, but you are allowed to shoot more in JPEG, because the file sizes are smaller. Thus, fewer concerns and worries about file storage later on.<\/p>\n This is probably the thing that paralyzed me the most in photography — hunting for that one great single photograph I could upload to social media, and get a bunch of likes.<\/p>\n Now, I don’t care too much about making a super-great single photograph. I see the photos more like a stream — I have been uploading many photos in the form of ‘photo diaries’ on this blog (often uploading 50-60 photographs in one post). I also have been making video slideshows, which allow me to output more photographs.<\/p>\n Therefore, I recommend starting your own photography website\/blog (wordpress.com is the easiest solution) and posting series of photographs, instead of just trying to maximize your likes on a single photograph on Instagram\/Facebook.<\/p>\n\n
\nWhy Shoot Photos Everyday?<\/h2>\n
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\nWhy does creating stuff make us happy?<\/h2>\n
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Why photography?<\/h2>\n
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\nPractical tips to shoot everyday<\/h2>\n
1. Don’t be a prisoner of a genre of photography. Shoot anything and everything<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n
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2. Simple and small camera:<\/h3>\n
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3. Shoot with simple settings:<\/h3>\n
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4. Shoot in JPEG:<\/h3>\n
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5. Don’t worry too much about making a great single image:<\/h3>\n
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