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Sometimes when you need a low cost way to create photographs, you need to look no further than your own home.  With the things you can find around the house, you could find a new subject matter or create a new effect without spending lots of money.

Here are 5 ideas that you can try.

1.    Using fabric with lights

Whether you are using studio lights or natural light, it’s quite easy to create interesting patterns in your photographs.  Fabric which is interesting, for example, has an unusual pattern or weave can be placed over a light to create a shadow.  This looks especially good in black and white moody portraits, where the shapes are thrown onto the models face or body.
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There’s no excuse for not focusing on your photography this year – no matter who you are there’s always something worth taking pictures of – family, friends, pets, the city you live, the country you live in, special festive occasions, the food that you eat, the sky…the options are endless as long as you are willing to look for them.

1. Expose your work online

If you are already good at showing your work to others and getting critique, then good for you!  There’s always new ways to share your work and if you put your work online and get feedback this way, then why not attempt to show your work another way, such as in a small exhibition?

If you have never shown your work before then get yourself online.  The internet is one of the main ways photographers not share their work. It doesn’t have to just be for critique if you don’t want it to be – you can just put your work on to an online gallery, like www.flickr.com or www.picasa.com – and you will generally get a few comments on your work.
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Last time we had a look at ways to motivate ourselves – as Photographers, we all get tired or stuck in a rut at times.  The New Year is a good time to set some goals, and whatever they are, make sure you achieve them.  Then at the end of the year, you can refer back to the challenges you set yourself and see how much you have managed to do!
1.    Get some new equipment

Not to encourage overspending, but sometimes, getting some new equipment can really inspire you to take some great shots.  It doesn’t have to be expensive like a brand new camera body or lens.  It can be something small, like a filter you’ve always wanted to try, or a flash gun, or a flash accessory.
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New Year is a time when we all make fresh beginnings and resolutions as to how to improve ourselves in the upcoming year.  As a keen photographer, you could be just starting your path on discovering your talents or as someone more established, you could be looking into training or finding ways to make money with your art.  Either way, it’s a good time to abandon any doubts or concerns you had in the previous year and turn your ideas into reality.  Here are some ideas on how to get yourself motivated!

1.    Training and Learning

Training comes in many forms and the process of learning about photography can come in many ways.  It can be through a course, or though reading books, or just watching another photographer’s at work.  Either way, even experienced photographers will tell you that there’s always something new to learn and someone or something to be inspired by.

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It happens to every photographer.  There may be one day where you are ready with a camera in hand but you are unable to choose something to photograph.  You don’t know how to photograph it.  There’s nothing to inspire you.  You can’t get an interesting image together.  Maybe you have photographer’s block – if so, here are some ideas on how to remedy it.

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