Searching for photography subjects

stratosk
Posted 06/09/2013 - 15:00 Link
You will think it is funny but i cannot find any interesting subjects for photography! (or to be more correct: any subjects i'm interested on to take a photo)

When i go on vacations, or leaving town on weekends, going on a place i've never been before, only then i can take my pentax and shoot all around. Because i am somewhere i've never been and i'm trying to "imprint" (i don't know if this is the right word) this new place.
When i am at home, or out for a walk, or at work, i can't find anything interesting around me to take a picture of it.
Or to create an interesting scene myself to take a picture of it. I try some techniques i read from the forum and the internet, but afterwards when i see the pictures i took, i usually don't like them and i erase them.
I like photography, i'm trying to understand the theory and the basics, i watch tutorial videos, i try to use my camera on the full manual, i read books about photography, but when i grab the camera... i don't know what to take picture... Is anyone else has or had the same thoughts i do?

I don't know if my bad english are not letting you understand what i mean, so i apologize in advance!
cabstar
Posted 06/09/2013 - 15:06 Link
Mental block it happens to all if us. Maybe stop reading and look around more, people, buildings, objects. Even just a trip to the woods you will see things to photograph.

good luck with your search.
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snappychappy
Posted 06/09/2013 - 16:21 Link
Regular occurrence for me. I find viewing others images kind of nudges my imagination. Many of my shots are take very close to home and the garden here. Try still life with flowers or ornaments around the home.
Mongoose
Posted 06/09/2013 - 17:17 Link
if you can't go somewhere new, look at somewhere old from a new angle, get up higher or down lower than usual. You might spot something new.
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Smeggypants
Posted 06/09/2013 - 23:57 Link
cabstar wrote:
Mental block it happens to all if us. Maybe stop reading and look around more, people, buildings, objects. Even just a trip to the woods you will see things to photograph.

good luck with your search.
Good advice. Forget all the technical nonsense from books and videos. Just snap stuff, make mistakes, forget rules and have fun.

There are things to photograph everywhere.
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screwdriver222
Posted 07/09/2013 - 00:05 Link
You could always try macro in your garden. That's what I did 2 weeks ago and when I got bored.
pentaxian450
Posted 07/09/2013 - 02:11 Link
Try to look at your surroundings the way a tourist would look at it. I'm sure you'll see things in a very different perspective.
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Pentaxophile
Posted 07/09/2013 - 07:44 Link
You could try shooting people - either street candids or set up portraits. People always provide different and interesting subject matter no matter where you are. I would have thought Athens would be a great place for Street photography!

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