Take a camera and go to the woods, beach, park, mall, parking lot of a busy department store, etc...anywhere you feel inspired...Take a bunch of pictures of everything you see...now use those pictures to tell a story...
Have a family member take a picture (without you being there)...and now write the story of what you think is happening in that picture...
Have someone take a picture of an item, up close (real close) and now write a story about what you think that item is...then see how close your story is to what the item actually is...
Look at your world through a camera's eye...you might be surprised at what you see...Hugs...
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I did that this weekend! Great for getting your imagination going. I might post the result later on.
Good idea. I usually think about cool things I see and photographs as illustration starters, and things I see people do and bits of overheard dialogue as story starters. There's some crossover, but not enough - thanks for the reminder!
adrienne...would love to see your results on this...I just got a new camera for my birthday and I can't wait to try it out on something like this...
stephanie...I always go to the mall and watch people...hubs and I try to "pretend" like we know what they are thinking and/or talking about...grin...it can be lots of fun...
ohhhh! I love camera writing exercises! You have the BEST idea's!
Christy
Christy...I can't wait to try this out...I'm even excited about going to mall and I NEVER want to go to the mall..grin...
Ooooh, are you sure? My family picks on me because I photograph every pile of scat or dead animal I find. I tell them I need to identify them later but they still get grossed out, especially when a full sized pic of bear poop comes on the screensaver. LOL!
Great idea though -- I like it!
rena...LOL...okay, maybe you better let someone take the pic for you and you can write the story...
Although, there could be a story there about the bear poop on the screensaver...grin...
Cute idea!
I have a PB manuscript with my poetry with my dad's bird photos.
I should just take some of his pics and try stories too!
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