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Anonymous
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Photography isn't always flashes of inspiration and genius moments. A lot of it is hard work, practice, tedium, technicality, etc, especially when you're getting to the higher levels.
When I took photo 101, we had one project due every week. For every project, we had anywhere from 4 to 16 photos due. You could only select one photo from one 36-exp roll of film. 16 rolls of film a week, with a 3% "success" rate. It was a fucking grind, but it also developed my eye faster in four months than 10 years of noodling around ever had.
Point is, if you're not feeling creative, use that downtime to train your eye. Start a themed project. The theme can either be visual or ethical (connected by context and meaning). Set your camera to one shutter speed/aperture only and use it for a week in all lighting conditions. Try to find 2-D shapes like triangles, circles, squares in the settings around you and explore them. Stick your camera on a tripod or a desk looking out a window and take a picture every five minutes for the whole day (and an hour or two after sunset, too). Lock yourself in your bathroom and don't leave until you've made 100 photos. You may not get a masterpiece from any of these exercises; they're instead meant to build up your skillset so that when the muse strikes, you're ready.
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