Many people start the new year with the infamous good intentions. More sport, a healthy diet and less stress are just a few of them. What many already suspect: Less than one in two is successful. Motivation is required Have you already made plans for your photography for the new year? We want to give you some ideas that will take your photography to the next level.
Tip 1: Dedicate more time to your photography again!
Sounds simple at first, but often turns out to be a challenge. Take more and more intensive photos, but still concentrate and pay attention. Make photography a higher priority again. If you take more photos, you will - statistically speaking - take more good pictures. Photograph in a considered way and you will learn a lot in the process. The more you take photos, the less you have to think about the technical basics and the more you can concentrate on the photography itself. Investing time doesn't just mean being out and about with your camera, but also analyzing and editing images and planning your next projects.
Tip 2: Set yourself clear goals!
That sounds so larifari at first. So write down your goals. In black and white. Write down clearly and unambiguously what you want to achieve by when. For example: I want to have attended five photo walks by August. This makes your goal measurable. At the end of August, you can check whether you have achieved your goal. If you get lost along the way, you can look at the goals you have written down and use them to plan the next step. Incidentally, this method is even more effective if you tell as many people as possible about your goals! This gives you a certain amount of pressure to achieve them. You might even find friends who want to join in and have even more fun!
Tip 3: Start challenging projects
Depending on how you have set your goals, you can also integrate photo projects and picture series into your new year. For example, you could start a challenge with a photographer friend. Set yourself the goal of taking a photo every day for a certain period of time (a week, a month or a whole year) that you share with your community. This will help you to achieve the goal of "more engagement with photography". Of course, you can also implement such a project on your own, but if you do it together, you are challenging yourself every day to really follow through. You can also give the project a theme, for example: black and white, portrait, street, etc. Unconventional themes are also suitable.
08.01.2018 | JJ
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