five ways to combat photographers block
There are parallels between the writing world and the photography world. Both involve creativity and artistic expression. It is a fact that such expression is subject to fatigue and uncertainty This leads to writers block and in the photographic world, visual blocks.
Remember Google ranks images as well and a powerful image is just as important as a powerful keyword in content assessment. There are different ways to face an emotional visual block:
1 Recognition and actionable acceptance. Discipline your internal voice and reign it in. Let the crisis pass.
2. Stop being a perfectionist. Let go!! Allow yourself to conquer fear of failure Try creative methods that are not embedded in current standards and experiment freely.
Now you are ready for five physical steps to combat the block:
- Put your camera away. This allows you to mentally relate to your surrounding environment in a completely dedicated way. Now you can adjust to the light, sound and smells without the focus required to create a perfect photograph. Breathe in the air around you!
- Look for another style of capturing images. in portrait images look for dress. Also look for display of emotion and character. For landscape vistas consider a further range or closer range the nature and number of objects etc. Look at images of other photographers. Textural overlays and visual angles are important here! Also important Is color and time of day to give dimension to the area!
- Consider the time of day. We all receptive during different times of the day when we perform best. Find that time when you have the most productive creatively. This eliminates adjustment lag on your performance!
- Change your photographic environment. Walk around ! discover distances and aspects consider different angles of approach. If unable to travel look for differences locally such as trains at different times. Drone photography is used extensively for inaccessible areas.
- Have a photographer friend with you Every photographer has a different world view. Watch someone else photograph a picture, adjust angles, determine and site in on a subject. Ensure the style is adjustable to your expectations!
Each of us is different. What are your visual blocks and methods of dealing with them!?
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Unreal! How you come up with these amazing articles is almost an art form in itself like photography. Do you ever get bloggers block Big Mike?
T haven't checked the link yet but I am truly amazed and thankful for what some photographers can produce. My parents are big into photography, they even had their own store here in Toronto when I was a wee lad. I never had the eye for it.
I find children can also produce some really amazing shots if you give them a camera and I think that's because they have no real commitment or bias intuition at that point in life. Those are great photos btw like that green field...unreal!
It really depends on the portrait but generally, I am a landscape person. A landscape can just tell so much more and intimately as well as there is just so much more going on. I do however the portrait you have at the beginning of this post, meow!
Another excellent post. This could apply to other clogging of the mind if you look at it closely. Great information and thank you.
I'm not much of a photographer. I just point and shot with a cell phone most of the time. People say that I have a good eye for it. I never cultivated it though.
I enjoy writing though. The biggest block I have is in dealing with new information that I have no personal experience in. i am having the darndest time trying to write an article on the new research in my niche.
I can translate the medical speak into things that anyone can understand enough to make an informed decision for themselves, but it still comes across as clinical.
It has no emotion to it. I'm giving the information time to sink in and digest. I don't want to wait too long though or my readers will find the information somewhere else and it will not be new any longer.
Anita
That picture of the green field was just beautiful, and the girl, well even her hair was shiny & clothes crisp.
Thanks, Jae
I connected well to this article! I am also a photographer and love landscapes and scenery...especially sunrises and sunsets! It's so interesting to me that you addressed this topic of visual blocks, relating them to mental blocks. As a writer, I sometimes have to close my notepad and take a break, but I never thought of someone having visual blocks. It does make perfect sense, though.
You state great comparisons and analogies! There is beauty all around us to capture. The more colorful, the better. These types of photos blend perfectly into a web page. Imagery makes such a statement when relaying content!!! Yours above speaks out loud and clear!
Great post! See you around again!
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Thank you very much for all the tips!
You're most welcome Grace!