In need of a new photography project for summer? Then I've got you covered!  In this episode of the Photography Made Simple podcast,  I'm giving you 4 ideas of photography projects you can do that will help you document summer, get more creative photos, or just motivate you to pick up your camera. 

Want to improve your photography skills? Find out how completing a Project 365 can do that with these helpful tips.

Learn how to stay motivated and find inspiration to pick up your camera beyond photographing your own children with these photography ideas!

Here’s 5 things I focus on that help me break out of my comfort zone and create more interesting photos, even when the subject matter itself might be totally mundane.

If you’re feeling in a rut with your photography, or you just don’t feel inspired to pick up your camera, then this is for you!

I’m sharing with you a quick, 30 minute photography challenge you can do that will help you break out of your photography rut, PLUS I’m going to give you some prompts for inspiration whilst doing it!

In this episode, I’m going to share 5 different photography projects you can do that aren’t a project 365, but that will see help motivate and inspire you to pick up your camera through the year.

So if you want to do a photography project this year, but a 365 seemed a little too daunting, I’m betting that one of these will be perfect for you!

Today, we’re talking about 3 different photography challenges you can do that are perfect for times when you feel like you’re in a creative slump, or just need a little kick up the backside to pick up your camera again!

If you’re interested in getting creative with your photos, challenging yourself to try something new each week, all whilst improving your photography skills, and then I have the PERFECT thing for you: our Project 52 photography challenge for 2021!

A Project 52 isn’t as scary as it sounds, it’s simply a weekly challenge to get you up off your armchair and out shooting.

You get a weekly theme or prompt, usually just one one or two words such as “Leading Lines” or “Connection” and your job is simply to head out and capture a photo that fits the prompt, and then share it with a group doing the exact same thing!

See? Told you it was simple :)

If that sounds like something you’re interested in doing, here are all the deets…

Can you believe it? Only 44 days left until the end of the year!

Around this time, I'm often thinking about what I wish I'd done differently the last 11 months, and what I can do better in the next one.

With regard to photography, there is one area I still struggle with and that is shooting consistently.

There can sometimes be weeks in between each time I pick up my camera, and that lack of consistency hurts my creativity,....which in turn means every photo I take seems blah and uninteresting....which in turn means I'm less motivated and less likely to pick up my camera.

Vicious circle in action right there :)

So I want to make a change, starting now 💪

I'm committing to taking 31 days of photos in December - and I want to bring you along with me! 💖

Fall is almost upon us, which means it’s time for some fall photo ideas! These fall photo prompts will give you a great jumping off point to inspire you own ideas for fall mini sessions or photoshoots, whether that’s capturing your own family, or photographing someone else’s, or just capturing the elements that make up fall (In other words, not a person in sight)

So without further ado, let’s jump into our 10 fun fall photo ideas and see if we can’t spark some ideas for you…

Looking for some photography ideas at home? Then I have you covered!

I know it’s tempting to think that we need to leave our home and go to some interesting or far flung location to get great photos, but there is a wealth of opportunity to practice your skills, AND get great photos, all without leaving the house.

In this video, I’m going to share 10 different photography ideas you can do at home.

These will kick start your creativity, give you some suggestions of photos to take, and give you some mini projects you can do to improve your skills!

The holiday season can be an incredibly busy time, and it’s easy to get so wrapped in our “to-do” lists that we can forget to capture the season.

Which is exactly why we’re going to do a December Photo Challenge!

I’ve created a list with 38 December photo prompts, all with a Christmas / Holiday / Winter vibe, to help you capture the spirit, beauty and traditions of the season.  

Of course, the photo prompts will also help you improve your photo skills, so it’s a win-win!

Read down to see how to take part in this challenge with others in our blog community Facebook Group, and how to get your hands on the checklist!

With Summer officially starting soon (yay!!!) I thought it would be fun to celebrate with a little Instagram photo challenge to help you document your kids this summer!

I've created 36 photo prompts, all with a summery vibe, and all with the goal of helping you take better photos of your kids (and maybe try out one or two new ways of photographing them too!) and document the season.

All YOU need to do is go out, capture them, then share them!

I’m a big believer in both shooting regularly to improve your photography AND of capturing our time with our kids, so this challenge should be a great way of doing both. Plus, it’s a great way for everyone to share their photos and get to know one another through the hashtag!

We all know the feeling of being in a creative rut -  those times when we don’t quite know what to shoot and feel a little lost, or else we are fed up photographing the same things, in the same place, and in the same way, and feel we need a bit of a kick up the rear end.

In both those cases a photography project or creative exercise can really help!

It sounds weird, but actually being able to shoot anything we want, at any time we want, is sometimes not great for feeling creative! It can lead to overwhelm and paralysis, and in those situations, actually LIMITING your options, or shooting to a strict, pre-defined theme, will actually let your creative juices flow a heck of a lot more freely.  

That’s why I spent a lot of time last year coming up with not one, not two, but TWELVE different photography projects or creative exercises you can, one for each month of the year :-)

In this blog post, I’m listing all 12 of these projects you can do in the coming year: so you never run out of ideas again! They also range from long(ish) projects that will span the whole month, to shorter ones that will just take you half an hour, so it really doesn’t matter how much time you’ve got, you should find something for you here.

Welcome back for your last creative challenge!  If you are brand new to the blog, every month in 2017 I have posted a creative exercise or a mini photography project for you to do.  This is the final one of the year, so I hope you can join me for it!

So, here it is:  the final challenge of 2017.

If you have been following along since the start of the year, I hope you have enjoyed them all!  We’ve had a great mix of challenges I think, definitely something for everyone.

Remember, you can do the vast majority of these challenges at ANY time, so I’ll be back next week with a post that rounds up ALL the different challenges and projects I have here on the blog, so that you can pin or bookmark it for easy reference for going forward.

But back to this final challenge, as we are going to take on a mini photography project for this final month: a December Daily.