Mike Learns Photography
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
http://shootdotedit.com/2017/10/best-photography-quotes-photographers/
– Marc Riboud
Now that we’re in 2019, I’m going to attempt a year long project of becoming a better photographer. Inspired by a post by Dogwood Photography, article here, I want to take at least 52 pictures over the course of 2019.
Here is a snippet of what to expect for the first 10 weeks:
| Week 1 | Story Telling: Self-Portrait | Take a picture that tells us who you are, without actually showing your face. |
| Week 2 | Composition: Rule of Thirds Motion | You already know what the rule of thirds is, now is the time to use it. Use Rule of Thirds to show motion in your picture. |
| Week 3 | Inspiration: Black and White | Your inspiration this week is to simply take an amazing Black and White photograph of any subject you want. |
| Week 4 | Story Telling: Warmth | Tell a story that makes us feel warm inside. |
| Week 5 | Composition: Symmetry Landscape | Landscape is one of the most practiced type of photography. Use Symmetry in a Landscape to create a new viewpoint for this week’s image. |
| Week 6 | Inspiration: #NoFilter | No limit on what you shoot this week, as long as the image is pure. No filters, presets or other edits. Basic exposure corrections only this week. |
| Week 7 | Story Telling: Love Story | Make us feel the love in this week’s photo. Tell a love story in one image. |
| Week 8 | Composition: Leading Lines | It is easy to use Leading Lines to show depth in an image or guide the eye to a specific spot in the image. Instead, this week use leading lines to show the concept of infinity. |
| Week 9 | Inspiration: Mood | Your Artistic Inspiration this week is the mood you are feeling today. Take that mood and use it to create art. |
| Week 10 | Story Telling: Hometown | Tell us the story of your hometown. It could be a famous landmark, something the town is known for, or even just your favorite place to relax. |