How to Take Your Photography to the Next Level this Summer

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How about and easy and fun way to take your photography to the next level this summer?

One way is to shoot things that you probably wouldn’t on your own, making you reach as a photographer.  On our own, many of us have found that we’ve taken just to dang many of the same type of shots, you might know someone like that?

So let’s break out, break loose and push ourselves.

Another point is to be part of a group of photographers, no just on your own. This is another way of  pushing yourself. Annie Leibovitz talked about how we pushed ourselves in our old days at the San Francisco Art Institute:

“You know, your work would be in a general wash, outside the darkrooms and, it was really…It had to be good if it was going to wash in that general wash, next to anyone else’s, because everyone’s work was really amazing. “

Well, we might not have a wash area outside of our darkroom, but we can at least post our work, have our fellows have a look and give us feedback.  This is a bit different than our Photo Critique Group, which has become very popular. In that group you can post any photo you want, no matter when you took it and get feedback.

A Dojo is a place to workout and challenge yourself physically, well let’s extend that to photography and stretch our photo-muscles and advance to the next level in our new group Photo-Dojo Group.

I’ll post assignments, you guys go out and shoot, process and post post your best. (Keep it to one unless the assignment calls for a series.)  Tell us what you learned and leave feedback on your fellows’ work.

And hey, if you find that you live near each other, it would really be fun to meet up and go out and do your workouts together.

Are you with me? Check out the first assignment in the Photo-Dojo. See you around the darkroom wash, join here.