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All the time.Stop reading this article. Just for a minute — I want you to finish it.Look around without moving from your chair and make a list of things you could shoot.I do stock photography, so I take pictures of many things most people wouldn’t think of. But bear with me.Look around. While you’re doing that, I’m going to look around my office.Here are the things I see.<ul><li>A pile of paper overflowing my shred box. Illustrates shredding, environment, recycling, waste.</li><li>A wall-mounted charging station full of LED lights and cables. Illustrates technology, power, cabling.</li><li>An antique armoire full of great details.</li><li>My new guitar, good for at least a dozen images</li><li>An old, ladder-back, cane-seat chair. Full of texture and details.</li><li>A c

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ustom chess set with a lot of detailed close-ups</li></ul>And that’s without me leaving my chair.I know from past experience that I could assemble my tabletop setup and run out of time and energy long before I ran out of things to shoot.Without leaving home.Later today, we will head out to eat and go to the market. At some point, on the way, my wife will ask me what I’m looking at.Everything.The way the light is hitting that old barn.The lines of that fence and the field behind it.That splash of color in the trees.Everything.All the time.Keep your head on a swivel and always be aware of the world around you.There is no end of things to shoot.</article></body>

What Should You Take Pictures Of?

Look Around. What Do You See?

As a photographer, you will reach this point many times. What do I shoot? I don’t have anything to take pictures of.

But here’s the thing. It’s happened to me enough times that I know it’s a load of crap.

There are always things to take pictures of. You just have to see them. To see them, you have to look. And to be able to look, you have to practice looking.

All the time.

Stop reading this article. Just for a minute — I want you to finish it.

Look around without moving from your chair and make a list of things you could shoot.

I do stock photography, so I take pictures of many things most people wouldn’t think of. But bear with me.

Look around. While you’re doing that, I’m going to look around my office.

Here are the things I see.

A pile of paper overflowing my shred box. Illustrates shredding, environment, recycling, waste.
A wall-mounted charging station full of LED lights and cables. Illustrates technology, power, cabling.
An antique armoire full of great details.
My new guitar, good for at least a dozen images
An old, ladder-back, cane-seat chair. Full of texture and details.
A custom chess set with a lot of detailed close-ups

And that’s without me leaving my chair.

I know from past experience that I could assemble my tabletop setup and run out of time and energy long before I ran out of things to shoot.

Without leaving home.

Later today, we will head out to eat and go to the market. At some point, on the way, my wife will ask me what I’m looking at.

Everything.

The way the light is hitting that old barn.

The lines of that fence and the field behind it.

That splash of color in the trees.

Everything.

All the time.

Keep your head on a swivel and always be aware of the world around you.

There is no end of things to shoot.