Are you in a slump? Feel like your pictures are the same things all the time? Not inspired by anything lately? I have the solution: take a walk. A photo walk that is. Whether on your own or with other photog enthusiasts, a photo walk can really help you out of those camera slumps that happen to everyone.
What to look for or shoot while on a photo walk:
- Signs - street or shops
- Flowers and plants
- Benches, chairs, tables
- Unique objects
- Buildings
- Shadows - here is a great example
- Animals
- Metal of all sorts (gears, bolts, chains)
Also, while on your walk, try shooting your subject from different perspectives – up high, down low, from the side. Try tilting your camera a bit and shooting it that way (I have to be careful with tilt because many of mine turn out as tilts-gone-bad, I’m tilt challenged LOL).
Here are some shots from photo walks I’ve taken in the past couple of months. Two were by myself, one with another photographer and most recently with a group of photographers. I’ve enjoyed them all! I’m not showing these because they are incredible pictures, because they are not. I’m sharing them to show all the different things you can find when you look.
The following two are favorites from my recent I Heart Faces photo walk.
These next two are from a photo walk I took on my own around my in-laws property.
The next two are a photo walk I took by myself of my town’s main street while waiting for my boys to get out of Karate.
The two below are from my very first photo walk with a fellow photog-blog friend, Kristal, in downtown Greenville, SC.
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Amanda,
Great post! I hope to make it out for the Scott Kelby walk later this summer.
Love the picture of the tables!
GREAT post Amanda……..I’ve been in a REAL rut!!……..I NEED to take a walk……
I love the first one. I love this ’tilt challenged’. I did that last weekend. It was a bummer of a weekend and the weather hasn’t warmed up yet, so I just took a walk with my camera. Sometimes a trip around the block is all that is needed. It’s funny because I used to go months before picking up my camera and taking pictures. Literally! Now if I got a week I get the shakes! LOL
I love the concept of a photowalk. I used to take them quite frequently around our property. The back field, the garage, the garden. These days its a bit harder to remember the camera when I have to tote, baby, stroller and diaper bag. Thanks for the reminder to do something I love.
Great photos! So happy you made it to the walk:-) Looks like you all had a blast.
I totally agree with you. I went on the I Heart Faces Photo Walk in Sacramento. The images I took there were amazing to me. I did not realize I was capable of taking more than just the everyday “MOM” photos. It has totally inspired me to continue to learn and grow and develop this talent. I can not wait to do the Scott Kelby walk this summer.
Congratulations on the iā„faces win!!
Great shots!! I did a “hospital photo walk” with my BFF while all the I Heart Faces walks were going on. It was a nice break. I just recently got around to posting the pics on my blog. (http://coleybelle.blogspot.com/2010/06/hospital-photo-walk.html)