How to Overcome a Creative Block
There are times as a photographer when you can feel like you’re running out of ideas. You’ve tried a variety of things but now you’re experiencing some kind of creative block and you feel frustrated.
Stuck for Ideas as a Photographer? Try AI
Sometimes we’re brimming with ideas and ready to shoot. But, what can you do when the ideas dry up?
Yes, Your Funk is Normal. No, It Won’t Last Forever.
The funk sucks. No matter who you are and no matter how long you've been at your art, everybody experiences the funk. Maybe you've even named your funk, mine is named Jeff. No real reason. Just feels a little bit more manageable whenever I've applied a name to it.
A Photographer’s Kit for Getting Out of a Creative Rut
For photographers, creativity is the difference between a nice photo and a NICE photo. But what happens if you’re not feeling very creative? That’s when I like to dive into what I call my “photographer’s creative kit,” a bunch of different things to try.
5 Books that Will Help You Conquer Creative Block
It happens to the best of us... and in 2020 it happens all the time: creative block. Whether it's a lack of inspiration, a lack of motivation, a lack of free time, or some combination of all three, we've all hit that wall where it feels like every one of our ideas is stale, everyone else is better or more prolific than us, and there's no real reason to keep trying.
Adobe Created an Amazon Alexa Skill that Can Help You Out of that Creative Rut
Adobe has just revealed the "first-ever Amazon Alexa Skill aimed at creative burnout." It's called the Adobe Inspiration Engine, and it's aimed at artists, photographers and other creatives who have fallen into a rut and need a little boost to get those creative juices flowing.
5 Tips for Breaking Out of a Creative Rut and Staying Creative
Photographer Jamie Windsor made this inspiring 8-minute video in which he shares 5 tips for breaking out of a creative rut in your photography and staying creative.
8 Ways to Get Inspired and Break Through Creative Block
I believe all artists experience “blocks” every once in a while. Feelings of discouragement or lack of motivation, inspiration, and will to do something we know we love to do.
3 Reasons Why You Aren’t Taking Better Photos
No matter your current skill level, you could (and should) always be getting better. And if you ever find yourself in a creative rut—as we all do from time to time—watch this video. Photographer and filmmaker Peter McKinnon thinks he knows why you're struggling, and how to get out.