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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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What is the one photography assignment that taught you the most? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by AlistairInIreland@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am looking for structured assignments which will help me improve my photography. I'm an experienced enthusiast - over 20 years of shooting - but I feel a bit stale recently like I've not learned anything new or looked at anything differently. Is there any assignment you have done which you felt moved the dial for you?

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[–] mtempissmith@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

My first teacher he made me spend a whole day photographing an egg, watching where the natural light fell throughout the course of the day. It was so slow and so tedious but by the end of the day I understood the purpose of the lesson. Now I find myself looking for where the light is on objects just throughout my day just to see where the light falls, when and how it changes. It helped me a lot in learning the nature of light and how it interacts with things.