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Creative projects - how to stay creative and train your eyes.     posted on 10th of february, 2012
How do you keep your creativity flowing? How do you train your eyes to see photographically? I have creative projects that help me with that. I have a few projects going, most of them are long term projects.
One project is the "Project Green" where I try to find images where green is the dominant color or the subject. What I found helpful in this project is that I look at the things around me, trying to notice things that are green. There are so many things that are green. While plant images seem the most obvious, what would you shoot if the landscape is thickly covered in white? While I shot the image "Connected" during the fall season it certainly helps to illustrate my point as this wall with the electronic box was found in a parking garage nearby. (More images from my [link=http://mellimage.blogspot.com/search/label/Project%20Green]...

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Thanks for sharing this. At times I definitely get into a creative rut. I'm going to go look at some of these challenges and projects and try to boost my creativity. What a great idea! Best wishes to you on continuing your challenges and projects. :) - posted by Calyx22 on February 12, 2012
Thank you for the blog. You must have a lot of self-discipline :-) I wish I had it too. I like your concept images very much. So simple and so evocative. - posted by Ewapix on February 11, 2012
You have a very nice portefolio! - posted by Jdanne on February 11, 2012

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