10 Tips for Cultivating Creativity in 2010Posted by drfl on January 5th, 2010

Get up and get out of your comfort zone.

1. Use a lens that you don’t often use.  For instance, if you shoot wide-angle landscapes, try a landscape with a telephoto.  If you shoot wildlife with a telephoto, try shooting wildlife with a macro (probably smaller wildlife).
2. Use a different filter. (Physical or Photoshop)
3. Shoot from your belly.
4. Shoot in different light.  Shoot into the sun, in midday light, in diffused light, in fog.
5. Shoot a different subject.  If you normally shoot landscapes, shoot portraits, if you shoot portraits, shoot wildlife.
6. Shoot different angles.  Shoot horizontally, vertically, diagonally, up, down.
7. Shoot with minimal Depth of Field by choosing the largest aperture on the lens (i.e. f/2.8, f/4, etc.).
8. Shoot everything out of focus.
9. Photograph with a friend and look through each other’s viewfinder/screen.
10. Stop reading this and get out!