Set goals. Create challenges. Whether you are setting business/career goals or dreaming of exotic locations to photograph, make a list and challenge yourself. Try a new genre of photography. Push yourself to keep trying new things.
Write it down. Whatever it is. Think of everything you want to accomplish as a photographer. Try to reach a list of 50 different things you’d like to do. You could start with, “Meet Jim Harmer in person.” No matter how grand our small the goal is, it’s still a goal and a dream worth achieving.
This is a project that will take some thought. Maybe even a little stretching the first time you sit down to write this list. But start today so you can have a more clear direction of where you’re going and what you can do next with your photos. Never settle into another rut again
Sit down and just do a brain dump on the computer. Type out as fast as you can the different ideas that come to your mind. Don’t worry about the details of the goal and how it will be accomplished – that’s not the point. Right now you’re just brainstorming.
Once your list is final, add it to the notes section on your iPhone or keep it in a GoogleDoc. Now, every time a new idea pops in your head, you can add it to your list wherever you are.
Now that you have your list, pick the first one you’re going to cross off. Make plans and start thinking about the details.
