{"id":78330,"date":"2018-02-11T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=78330"},"modified":"2018-02-11T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T21:22:10","slug":"practical-fun-and-creative-photography-assignments-to-reinspire-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/11\/practical-fun-and-creative-photography-assignments-to-reinspire-you\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Practical, Fun, and Creative Photography Assignments to Reinspire You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Practical, fun, and creative photography assignments to reinspire you:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Shoot everything at -2 exposure compensation for a day.<\/li>\n<li>Shoot everything prefocused to <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/03\/the-7-meter-challenge\/\">.7 meters<\/a> (3 feet) for an entire week.<\/li>\n<li>Only shoot with an <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/15\/ipad-photography\/\">iPad<\/a> or tablet for a weekend.<\/li>\n<li>Only shoot <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/14\/8-reasons-why-you-should-shoot-in-jpeg\/\">JPEG<\/a> for a month (not to get distracted with RAW and post processing).<\/li>\n<li>Only shoot tilted horizons (<a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/photography-composition-tip-dutch-angle\/\">Dutch angle<\/a>) for a week.<\/li>\n<li>Shoot photos of all the food you eat for a week, but make the food look disgusting (try using a flash).<\/li>\n<li>Everyday, shoot one artistic <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/12\/15-tips-how-to-shoot-better-selfies\/\">selfie<\/a> of yourself in the mirror, of your shadow, only using the front-facing lens.<\/li>\n<li>Only take photos inside your home for a weekend.<\/li>\n<li>Buy 4 disposable <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/film\/\">film<\/a> cameras, and shoot an entire roll of film every week (finish 1 camera per week), and then print out all your photos, and make a small photo album of your favorite photos at the end.<\/li>\n<li>Make a magazine (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153zine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) using blurb.con with your favorite 30 photos. Print 10 copies, and give them away for free to friends, family, and your photography colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>Make a photography slideshow with your favorite 100 photos (2 seconds per photo) and upload it to YouTube.<\/li>\n<li>Start your own photography website portfolio, <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/23\/why-you-should-make-your-own-photography-blog\/\">blog<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/25\/how-to-start-your-own-photography-youtube-channel\/\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Imitate a famous <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/masters-of-photography\/\">master photographer<\/a> for a month.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/08\/in-praise-of-tracing\/\">Trace<\/a> and sketch your favorite photographs with the iPad or iPhone and Procreate app <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/why-i-deleted-my-instagram\/\">Delete your Instagram<\/a>, and start all over again (or better yet, <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/17\/why-i-am-happier-after-deleting-my-instagram\/\">keep your Instagram deleted<\/a>) and focus on building your own website. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/street-hunt\/\">More inspirational street photography assignments with STREET HUNT ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical, fun, and creative photography assignments to reinspire you:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78330","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\/2018\/02\/8F2777BF-16A8-4DEA-9CB5-E55F27452887.jpeg?fit=4928%2C3264&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78330","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=78330"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78337,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78330\/revisions\/78337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}