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15 Ways to Stay Photographically Inspired

Chris Gampat
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11/09/2013
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Sometimes we get into a creative rut that limits us and what we can do. If you’re shooting commercial work all the time, it’s important to keep building personal work to keep your creative edge alive. But if you’re shooting for yourself, then it’s important to just go out there and shoot. And even though it’s a tough task, finding inspiration or vision in nearly anything can also help you to progress creatively.

But for the moment, here are 15 quick tips on how to stay photographically inspired.

Find a Balance Between Taking the Camera With You and Living Life

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Shoot Medium Format Instant Film and Learn To Force You to Learn From Your Exposure Mistakes

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Look at the World In Terms of a Focal Length and Apply it to Your Normal Vision

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Use Bokeh as Nothing Else But a Creative Depth of Field Effect

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Be More Discerning When You Take Photos

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Shoot JPEG Black and White

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Go To Galleries and Look at New Work

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Look at the New Work With an Open Mind and No Pretenses

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Cull Your Website Portfolio, and Be Brutal On Your Own Work

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Work With Limitations

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Imagine Your Scene as a Time Lapse

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Go for Long Exposures on a Tripod

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Use Google Maps to Explore Places, Then Plan a Trip

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Wake Up at 3 or 4 in the Morning to Go Get a Shot

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Let Your Inner Child Out

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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