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Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
I went to some beach near Asbury Park yesterday; I tried to avoid changing lenses as much as I could.

Having photographer's block I guess. Can /p/ help me take better pictures in the future?
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Last one. Comms and Crits appreciated as always. Hopefully I'll be able to take pictures again in the near future, I hate not being able to go on vacation :(

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>> Anonymous
try to find better subjects, the sky is blue and all that but these photographs aren't speaking to me....its boring.

work on your composition as well, you have too many random things poking into the frame. It distracting and ugly.
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
Any specific advice or tips you could give me? I was already fairly unhappy with these and I really did feel like I was forcing myself to take the pictures :(
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>64196
Take more pictures of hot chicks in bikinis.
>> Anonymous
>>64196

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.
>> des
>>64297
>>especially when you're getting to the higher levels
The stock shooter instance is a bitch, so much grinding
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
>>64297
And /p/ pulls through again. Thanks anon. Perhaps I should take a photography 101 class myself if I have any room left in my schedule one year.

>>64243
Hmm... I suppose "eww look at that perv taking pictures of girls at the beach" beats "eww look at that pedo taking pictures of kids at the park."
>> Anonymous
>>64327

no prob. but if you decide to do anything like what i said, you must post the photos on /p/. do it as anon if you are scurred, but sharing the learning process with others was the other big benefit on photo 101. also, could be inspiration for others.
>> Anonymous
>>64327
thats why you grab yourself a 70-200 and maybe a 1.4 or 2x teleconverter, they'll never see it coming