Get your creativity back on track with this 24-page downloadable guide
Packed with inspiring ideas, creative exercises and practical tips for when you’re stuck for ideas — or if you simply want to get back into photography.
Whether you’re still taking photos with great enthusiasm or your motivation has noticeably waned of late — if the joy of photography is waning or you’re no longer quite sure what to photograph, it’s usually down to one of these reasons:
1. You feel like you’re treading water.
You’re still taking photos, but a lot of it feels the same and you feel as though you’re going round in circles.
2. You’re lacking creative ideas.
You fancy taking photos — but you just don’t know what.
3. You keep photographing the same things over and over again.
You automatically gravitate towards the same subjects and angles, and there’s no variety.
This is exactly where this guide comes in.
In this guide, you’ll first learn why many photographers find themselves in such phases in the first place — so that you can recognise and avoid them more easily in future.
After that, you’ll find loads of creative photography ideas and exercises to choose from — depending on how you’re feeling and what you fancy doing at the moment.
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“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought."
- Albert Einstein -
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We all know how exciting photography can be. When you see a scene or a subject, you can hardly wait to turn it into a photo. The thrilling process of capturing the scene in your very own way, and the anticipation of seeing it later on your big computer screen. You’ve been delighted with your progress month after month … and then BAMMMMM — from one day to the next, you’ve run out of ideas. You start eyeing your camera as if it were cursed, and as the days and weeks go by, a feeling of sadness washes over you and it dawns on you that this creative phase in your life might already be over.
I don’t know how long you’ve been a photographer or how much progress you’ve made during that time. But if you’ve ever experienced the joy of photography I mentioned above, and it’s just taken a little break, then I promise you: It will come back.
Yes, I promise you — because I’ve been through it myself. My creative slump actually lasted a few years. But today I’m back, and my passion for photography is stronger than ever.
That’s exactly why I’ve put this guide together.
In this guide, I’ll help you understand why you might have hit a creative slump — and how you can recognise and avoid such phases more quickly in future. At the same time, you’ll find countless ideas to help you rediscover your enthusiasm for your camera and find new inspiration.
To help you find your way around quickly and locate exactly what you need at any given moment, this guide is divided into four clearly structured sections:
PART ONE
Reasons why you’ve fallen into a creative rut — and how to avoid it in future
Before you can put new ideas into practice, it’s important to understand why creative slumps occur in the first place. In this first part, you’ll discover the typical causes that lead photographers to suddenly hit a wall — even when they used to be full of enthusiasm for their work.
You’ll learn which habits might be holding you back without you realising it, why motivation sometimes creeps away, and how to spot the early signs of a creative rut. Above all, you’ll be given practical food for thought to help you break out of such phases more quickly in future and safeguard your creativity in the long term.
PART TWO
Countless inspiring ideas that’ll have you picking up your camera in no time
This is where the practical part begins — and this is exactly where creativity really gets going. You can look forward to numerous practical ideas, exercises and small challenges that you can put into practice straight away — whether you’ve only got a few minutes to spare or want to delve deeper into your photography.
From simple tasks for in between times to creative experiments that take you out of your comfort zone: this section ensures you’ll never run out of ideas. You’ll find that even familiar places and everyday objects suddenly offer new possibilities — you just need to know what to look for.
PART THREE
Motivation to get you back on track — and keep you there
Creativity alone isn’t always enough — sometimes you just need that little nudge to keep going. This part is all about reigniting your motivation and keeping it going in the long term. You’ll learn how to recognise small successes, motivate yourself and keep going even when everyday life gets in the way or your enthusiasm wanes for a moment.
This section will help you build a healthy routine that isn’t driven by pressure, but grows out of joy and curiosity. Because it’s precisely this combination that ensures photography remains fulfilling in the long term.
PART FOUR
A selection of inspiring resources PLUS handy tips on how to make the most of this guide
In the final part, you’ll receive valuable recommendations and practical advice to help you get the most out of this guide. You’ll learn how to select, organise and adapt the ideas to suit your personal situation. You’ll also find inspiration in additional resources that can continue to guide and support you.
Here you’ll also find helpful tips on how to integrate the guide into your daily life — whether digitally on your smartphone or printed out so you can flick through it and jot down your own thoughts. This way, the guide won’t just be read once, but will become a source of fresh inspiration time and time again.
Hi, I’m Dawn Hänsch,
founder of Girls with Cameras and SOOP and also the creator of this beautiful workshop
Sooner or later many photographers lose their passion for their once-loved hobby and long for the time when they approached every new scene or setting with excited anticipation.
I know, because I’ve been there, and luckily for you I have an arsenal of ideas (all tried and tested over the years ;) ), to get your creative photography juices flowing again.
I can’t wait to get you back into the flow, see your future images and share your joy!
Dawn xx
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