10 Photographic Assignments to Hone Your Skills

The idea was that it is often when you put yourself into a situation specifically for photography that you are forced to practice the theory that you know and you see your photography improve.The assignments I mentioned were all different types of photography or places to take photos – weddings, road trips, sporting events, festivals, portrait sessions, concerts, trips to the zoo etc.What I didn’t mention in the post was another set of ‘assignments’ or challenges that I’ve set myself over the years which have also led to a lot of photographic growth.In these challenges I tend to set myself the challenge to only shoot in one particular way for a period of time (for me it is usually a weekend challenge as that is when i take most of my images).These challenges all relate to your camera and limiting yourself in some way to either switch off some element of the automated aspects of your camera, limiting yourself to really hone a skill or to practice some kind of technique.While this isn’t really a natural way to shoot – I find that focusing in on one particular aspect or skill in photography at a time can really help to see improvements in that period of time which means when you next need that skill you’re all ready to go!

寫在中國傳統尺寸之後記

門工尺上的財、病、離、義、官、劫、害、吉、本等刻字尺寸，其實是和人有著密切的關係。門工尺上的吉祥處，大約是人最舒適的位置，吉祥的另外一個意義就是沒有妨礙、碰撞。譬如椅子在坐時，並不是緊貼著桌子，就是剛好的距離位置，必須再加上前後轉身不會碰到東西的尺寸，才是最恰當的、沒有妨礙的，沒有妨礙就是好的尺寸，也就是順著人的行動之意思，也就是人的最好尺寸。至於丁蘭尺方面，丁蘭是漢時代的人物，小時候即已經父母雙亡。

設計的皮帶味 鐵鏽味

看到有本書上寫著，有兄弟檔的品酒師，小有名氣。有次的品酒會中，發表了對一桶陳年酒的品嚐意見。弟弟說:這酒是不錯，只是有點皮帶味道。大家吃驚，喝下去後，都不覺得有甚麼皮帶味道。接下來，大家就換問哥哥的品酒意見。哥哥說:不僅有皮帶味道，還帶點鐵鏽味道。大家就更笑了，沒人理會那兩位兄弟。在愉快中，就把那一桶酒給喝完了。結果，在桶底，真的發現了一條皮帶，皮帶上還有個生鏽的鐵環。可能是當時的工人忘記拿出來，或不小心掉進去的。先知有時候、通常是寂寞的，當他品嚐出味道時，大家的感覺器官尚未進化到那地步，無法產生共鳴。因此，他門所知道的，遠超出大家能理解的範圍。因此被大家笑了，孤獨了。在書上看到這則記事，心有慼慼焉。

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