Photography Projects Help with Motivation
Posted: May 02, 2017
Photographers often find it difficult to stay motivated. Although it seems unlikely that a photographer can be distracted from their work, it can happen. The good news is completing a photography project, especially one completely different from your normal subject matter, can help photographers get their focus and motivation back.
Anthony Epes, writer for Digital Photography School, shares how to start and finish a photography project.
A comment I get a lot on my workshops is how hard it is staying motivated to take photos on a regular basis, especially when your time and attention is being dragged away by all of the other things in life – work, family, living! I find one of the best ways to remain motivated and to have a regular feeling of achievement, is to do a photography project.
Benefits of doing a photography project
What I love about a photography project is that I have a focus to my shooting. If I manage to grab a few hours on a Saturday afternoon to go out, I know what I’m looking for, I have an instant place to start. I am not faffing around thinking –
where should I go today, what should I shoot?
I also find that a project encourages me to do more photography because I am thinking more about my images and the project itself. Even when I am not thinking consciously about it I know that it’s percolating in the back of my mind. I sometimes daydream about my photography project, ideas for it will suddenly pop into my head – all as I am going about my daily life.
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