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Dear /p/, I'm having a bit of a problem. I'm kinda new to photography, and the problem is that I have a very hard time finding stuff to take photos of. I'll walk around my campus for a bit, camera in hand, and come back with maybe only 10 or so photos (which most often suck/lack substance..pic related). I'm fine when I have a definite subject, but while just walking around trying to find stuff that is aesthetically pleasing, I kinda fail. Maybe someone kinda knows what I'm talking about, and any advice at all would be very helpful :)
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>> Anonymous
Pro tip: Go further out. Also you are probably just taking photos of buildings at ground level on the horizontal plain. If you are going to take photos of buildings look for an inventive angle. Pint upwards/downwards/sideways, lay on the ground try different modes and lenses if it's an SLR. Or try to look for subject matter. Wildlife or human (Sometimes the two blur heh). Plan your day also.
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
Go out during the daytime, And then I bet theres tons more opportunities even if it is just People shots.

Landscapes you can only do so many times before you have to move on, Also you can try things like Panoramics, or Macro shots (With the kit lens you can take the lens right off the camera, put the cam on manual, Turn it so the lens is backwards, and you can get some ridiculous magnification aswell)

Also since you said on Campus, pick up like a 50mm f1.8 and shoot indoor basketball, volleyball, tennis whatever. People playing sports like it when they get their pictures taken.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>118611
Pro tip: Go further in. As an exercise, pick one subject that looks boring and concentrate on it for like 100 shots and try to make the thing look interesting. Get up early or go out late when there's sunrise/sunset lighting to help you out. Shoot from lots of different angles. Get down on your stomach. Get up on a ladder. Keep shooting that one boring-ass thing until you have the definitive shot of it.
>> Anonymous
If all else fails, look for decent texture shots. Sometimes they come in more handy than you'd imagine