Australian Photography

GET YOUR MIND MOVING!

Over the many years that I have been photographing I have devised a few techniques that help me to open my mind and get me into the groove of making images. These are some simple techniques that I’ll use when I arrive at a new location, or something I tap into if I’m feeling uninspired. Hopefully, they can help you too.

1 THE 20 PHOTO CHALLENGE

The first idea is to stand in a five-metre square space and try to make 20 different photographs from that space. Ideally the images should feel unique and not just be records of the different views from that place. What you’re likely to find is that the first six photographs

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