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Those are all good approaches, but how about this. Walk out your front door and photograph the first thing you see. Walking ten yards and do it again and again until you cover 100 yards. Do that for a week walking the same ground. You'll be amazed at how differently you see each day. You'll have 70 pictures. Cull that down to seven and you might have a nice portfolio

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Similarly:

Set a time for 1 hour, and stop at that moment, make a photograph. I always believe a photograph is in front of us, we have to be open to seeing it. Every hour, 1 minute to find and make the image.

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Love this idea. I'm going to give it a try. Thank you for sharing.

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Super fun idea!

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These smartphones really do make it possible to become more acute observers in the world...I find snapping angles and textures I encounter in pedestrian life gives me greater awe and perspective when I revisit the everyday in a photo- great prompts!

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Absolutely agreed Ellen! :)

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I love this article.

These are all great exercises, and the best part is they lead to creative situations that lead to images that can resonate. I am putting these on my todo list.

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Thank you Don!

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I had similar plans as nr 4 to shoot a single object for a certain period of time, but now I want to add nr 7 and shoot the story in 10 frames. I'll see how it goes. Thank you for the inspiration.

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You're so welcome Klamo!

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Finding a photo walk buddy has helped me care less about the results, and more about the company :). It really is a great way to creatively challenge each other🙌🏻

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I’ll definitely be taking most, if not all, these suggestions as creative pursuits for each month of the year as part of my personal photo challenge - such a brilliant article!

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Thank you Nicole! So glad to hear that!

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The Ricoh has continued to help me enjoy photography in a "less serious," but just as rewarding format. Because of its size, something about it let's me play more than I would with my other bits of kit. I recently started using it only in black and white with flash. Very fun!

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So fun!

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