Take the opportunity to stretch yourself creatively and learn some new photographic skills along the way. To help you get started, here’s a list of 100 photo ideas (Photo-a-Day_Idea_List.pdf). Soon you’ll be thinking up new ones all on your own. If you have some that we’ve missed do share them with us.

1. Photo-a-day Project Ideas
Use the 100 ideas listed here to jumpstart your creative thinking
Take a series of photos of …
 Something that represents every color in the rainbow
 Your daily routines
 Ways you tell time
 Your mobile devices
 Hands
 Sunsets
 Leaves
 Textures
 Printed words and letters
 Your hometown
 Churches or historic buildings
 Your collections
 Your family members
 Your garden plants
 Doors
 Windows
 Arches
Take a photograph of …
 Your shoes  A luxury
 Your car (or other transportation)  Your favorite beverage
 Your favorite flowers  Groceries
 Your favorite place in your home  Mail
 Your pets  A treat
 Your favorite meal  A landscape
 Your neighbors  A group
 Yourself in the mirror  Your hairstyle
 Your computer  Your favorite outfit
 Your best friend
 Your dishes

2. Try a new photographic technique
 Photograph something in the night sky
 Photograph fireworks
 Try “panning” – moving your camera to follow the action of your subject
 Take a shot in M mode
 Take an extreme close-up shot
 Make it panoramic
 Photograph something from at least 4 different angles
 Photograph something at morning, noon and night
 Take a photo with shallow depth of field
 Stop the action
 Blur the action
 “Paint” with light by pointing your camera toward a light source, then moving
rapidly
Take a photo of something …
Old Free That flies
New Traditional That runs
Flat Rosy That changes
Liquid Melodious Dazzling
Fun Beautiful That grows
Young Cute Scary
Fresh Modern Calm
Organic Tied Exquisite
Delicious Sharp Loud
Shiny Icy Quiet
Grungy Strong Earned
Ornate Wrinkled Precious
Old-fashioned On wheels Dangerous
Rough Salty Sweet
Hand-made Extraordinary Electric
Stitched Appreciated Comfortable
Soft That sings Funny