Comments on: 5 Quick Tips To Keep You Motivated

By: Nancy M

Nancy M — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:06:04 +0000

Take up a hobby like geocaching and take your camera along.

By: Olivier H

Olivier H — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:46:07 +0000

I find interesting to have my camera during parties with my friends, and try to capture the moments in a way that I or my friends and family are not used to.
It’s also good practice for your skills, and you have plenty of occasions of retrying a certain shot if you don’t manage it on the firt time.

By: theargentfox

theargentfox — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:41:30 +0000

My wife and I are both newbies at digital photography. We like getting in the car and going for a drive and just stopping wherever along the way. We take our photos and then compare. It is really amazing that the same scene can look so different. I like getting down and capturing nature’s lines, my wife catches small scenes in the big picture. It helps us to realise that there are so many different perspectives – this motivates us both to do better next time.

By: Lele

Lele — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:22:37 +0000

Well this really works: Whenever i feel that i start to be a stranger to my cam, I force myself and do the hardest: i take photojournalistic photos for an hour or two. Especially i try to be in the middle of the people and make a direct shooting to their eyes. It’s maybe the hardest thing to be in contact with people when you are not motivated. But one my photography teachers had told me that self confidence is very important and when you grab the camera you gotta believe that you are a real photographer.

With my experience i can say it’s true. Whenever i feel like a loser or i am a bit shy behind the camera, everything goes worse and worse. When i feel self confidence all the children playing with colourful baloons in front of an old building come into my photo themselves:)

By: Igor

Igor — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:40:06 +0000

By the way: favourite enjoyable music sometimes inspirate for nice photos!

By: Igor

Igor — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:27:01 +0000

If I have boring times with no ideas what to photograph I make ‘virtual’ projects in my mind.
Sometimes I have several projects simultaneously and keep them in mind.
For example, my recent touch was ‘Work instruments’ at my country house. And the feature is that all photos are to be in B&W. I simply posted an idea to myself: ‘instruments in B&W. Not boring :)’.
It works!

By: daimon

daimon — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:51:50 +0000

it’s already been pointed out, but keep your camera ready wherever you go. ideas present as you pass by. at least in my case, I found myself missing some shots because I didn’t have my camera.

the second thing has also been pointed out : keep your eyes on other’s achievements. it’s the best inspirational source you can think of. even if you don’t feel “like it”, your tiptoes may start itching for the camera.

last but not least .. and I hope this is at least new : put yourself constantly in new positions. change your route. take a walk on a remote part of the city. call a friend and drop by his house. climb to the top of a church. or crouch in the middle of the town. there’s plenty of opportunity out there.

motivated? there’s no need to “get motivated”. it’s like in driving .. in the beginning, you’re excited about it, then you reach the 20k miles/km landmark, and you get tired of it, the excitement having worn off .. and then, you start enjoying its beauty from the scratch, since you can’t help but drive anyway.

you bought a camera. you like photography. we all have our ups and downs. as long as, one day, you pop your head and say “time for a shoot!” , everything is okay.

the rest of advice given by us, can help but a little bit.

By: James

James — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:29:24 +0000

I like to grab a notebook and write down random titles and then try to take pictures that fit one of the titles. Sometimes I open up a book and grab random words and try to capture the words in a picture.

By: Sarosa

Sarosa — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:05:31 +0000

My absolute greatest inspiration always is Digital Photography School. Even though I am a little passive so far, but this is only because of my work load. Thank you all!

By: MIGZ

MIGZ — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:45:41 +0000

Revisiting previous shots with a critical eye. You’ll be surprised how much your photo skills have evolved. Revisiting my favorite subjects (my wife and daughter) inspire me to continue shooting.