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The brainstorming session
From the course: Photography Foundations: Refining Your Skills
The brainstorming session
- You know, inspiration, for me, comes from my own life, and you know, the more interesting and varied my life is, the more often I'm inspired. But often, too, I'm uninspired. So I'm looking to find a project, a subject, an assignment, an idea that I can really sink my photographic teeth into. And in order to find that project, I've come up with a few ideas that have helped me, that I think will help you, too. The first one is basic brainstorming, basically. And it involves maybe looking at some of the work that you've been doing up until now, and looking for common threads that will yield a future assignment that might work well. You know, if you photograph a lot of reflections, for example, you're attracted to it. Maybe you're a people photographer, and you love people, or you want to photograph, do a portrait project, or a portrait series. There could be some ideas there. I'm a big fan of street photography. I'm often wandering the streets, and maybe there's a specific project that…
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Getting personal in your work2m 51s
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Finding your inspiration3m 19s
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The brainstorming session6m 56s
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Books as a source of inspiration7m 9s
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Documenting a cause5m 2s
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Photo essay blueprint4m 14s
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Exploring the work of Barb Davidson5m 23s
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The order and disorder of cities in photos4m 1s
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