Picture Inspiration: 52 Weeks of Photocentric Creativity and Community

Week 7: The Shape of Surprise

This time, it isn’t the object itself; it’s the sole reflection that you’ll study.  Toy with the many ways you can shoot a reflected object without the object to dictate it.  Do you remove the context alltogether for added mystery? Do you try for an unexpedted angle or perspective? Do you intensify it by making it black and white? Capture a shape in a way that makes your creative spirit take notice. 

I’ve been looking at reflections everywhere lately and this is the most compelling one to me.

Week 23: Organic Lines

When we talk about lines within photographic images, we usually think about architecture, precise shapes, grids, and other logically linear elements.  Oddly enough, so many of our images don’t cocntain any of these things and yet there are still graphic elements present in so much of our photographic work.  This week, pay attention to the graphics of nature.  Look for organic lines and curves of the natural world.  Seek out the linear in the things that feel not-so-linear and see what kinds of graphic beauty you can capture.

I liked this prompt! Some new images and some previously taken.

Picture Inspiration: 52 Weeks of Photocentric Creativity and Community

Week 6: Seeing Double

Once you’ve started looking for reflections, you can’t stop seeing them.  This week, experiment with different ways to fill the frame with your subject and its ghost.  Play with seeing double this week!

Week 22: Finding Your Tribe

Shed a little light on a feeling of togetherness, belonging and camaraderie. You know, all the stuff that makes our lives so rich and so meaningful!

I took this prompt to be more of a search for my tribe.  I could certainly share pictures of my family, but I decided to think of it in terms of my photography tribe.  When I recently went to get a haircut, this is the view while laying back for a shampoo.  It seemed to fit the prompt topic.

I have been searching for what appeals to me and what I enjoy photographing.  I’m definitely drawn to window boxes and beautiful entryways.

 Picture Inspiration is a companion space to the Picture Series classes and consists of weekly photocentric prompts, challenges and projects.  It’s a virtual coffee shop – a place to gather, chat, share photos, glean insignts, ask questions, and get inspired.  Through connection and creativity, we are delving deeper into what it means to use photography to reveal the magic in our everyday lives.