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20 Photography Projects To Push Your Creativity This Week

Chris Gampat
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01/27/2014
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Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Pentax K50 image samples (2 of 10)ISO 1001-160 sec at f - 8.0

It’s the start of the week and there are plenty of opportunities to get better photos this week. Here are just a few ideas that you can try to go for this week.

Take a Portrait Without Showing a Face

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Leica M9 at Bryant Park (13 of 27)

Put a Ridiculous Amount of Thought Into a Single Image Before You Release the Shutter

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A99 Aquarium photos and landscapes edited (9 of 15)ISO 100

Create a Random Lighting Situation, Then Move a Subject Into It

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer RoundFlash and OCF Gear Cord Test With Jill (12 of 15)

Compose Entire Scenes Based on Shapes, Lines, Or Colors

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer FlashPipe LightCraft Workshop DigiPro HD filter review PocketWizard Plus X review (5 of 21)ISO 1001-200 sec at f - 5.0

Study the Way That Shadows Fall From a Light Source

Chris Gampat Ray flash and Gary Fong Origami Review images (14 of 19)

Create a Story Using Found Photos

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Fujfilm Instax mini 90 product photos (2 of 7)ISO 4001-30 sec at f - 4.0

Shoot With One Focal Length For The Entire Week

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Olympus EP5 product images (1 of 5)ISO 2001-125 sec at f - 4.0

Find Negatives and Scan Them In

f8 on Lomo 100 negative film.
f8 on Lomo 100 negative film.

Plan a Photography Scavenger Hunt With Friends

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r review photos edited (1 of 5)ISO 1001-400 sec at f - 4.0

Photograph Landscapes With the Intention of Portrait Shooting Later On

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7 and 35mm f2.8 image samples (4 of 13)ISO 1001-250 sec at f - 4.5

Photograph One Person a Day During Your Commute

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Leica X2 Review other images (2 of 18)

Find The Perfect Lighting For Your Breakfast

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony F3 review photos of bagel (2 of 2)ISO 250

Get Up Close With an Animal

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Fujifilm x pro 1 atlantic ave test (13 of 13)ISO 400

Use Geometry In Your Images

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Fujifilm x pro 1 fades and street (21 of 21)ISO 200

Capture Long Exposures of a Night Scene

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Zeiss 55mm f1.4 Otus long exposures (6 of 9)ISO 1004.0 sec at f - 8.0

Limit Yourself to One ISO Setting

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Zeiss 135mm f2 review images (7 of 11)ISO 2001-200 sec at f - 2.0

Ask Someone For Their Portrait, Tell Them You’re Practicing Your Craft

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Zeiss 15mm f2.8 review photos (9 of 11)

Try Stroboscopic Flash

Pro Tip: Flashes synced by radio can handle nearly any lighting situation except for stroboscopic shooting. This is when the flash repeats its output a certain amount of times in a given time period. The result is a lot of stopped motion.
Pro Tip: Flashes synced by radio can handle nearly any lighting situation except for stroboscopic shooting. This is when the flash repeats its output a certain amount of times in a given time period. The result is a lot of stopped motion.

Make The Best of Middle-of-the-day Lighting

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 OS sample photos (10 of 13)ISO 2001-160 sec at f - 3.5

Create a Window Lit Look

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Stephs first edits (10 of 18)ISO 320

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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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