Overcoming Photographers Block

Name: Overcoming Photographers Block
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Six ways to fall back in love with taking photographs and overcoming photographers block

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Created byStephen Taylor

Last updated 6/2026

English

What you'll learn

Recognise the symptoms of photographer's block
Reflect on why taking photographs might be important
Identify six techniques for overcoming photographer's block
Apply at least one of the techniques to help overcome photographer's block

Course content

9 sections • 30 lectures • 1h 40m total length

Welcome4:29
A short video explaining what photographer's block is, how it impacted me and how I overcame it.
What we will be covering in this course0:14
What will this course cover? Find out below!
Challenge 10:20
Each section of the course includes a short challenge for you to complete. Here's number one: "Why did you like taking photographs?"

Curate1:15
A short video introducing the second idea for inspiring you to take photographs - "Curate". Looking back through your old photographs to see what images you took.
What's your favourite photograph?2:39
Look back through your photographs and discover which one you like the most. Celebrate it!
What do you like photographing?3:07
What's your favourite subject? Whilst looking through your photographs did you find a subject you returned to time and again? Why do you think that might be? Could it inspire you to take more of the same?
Who is your favourite photographer?3:13
Do you have a favourite photographer? What do you like about their work? Could it inspire you to create your own work?
Challenge - revisit your favourite subject0:37

Disrupt2:51
A short video introducing the different ways the learner could disrupt how they take photographs. Try something new, turn everything off, go black and white, and change technologies: go analogue!
Try something new5:42
Three ways you could try something new to kickstart your photographic inspiration: Choose a different subject; Choose a different genre of photography; Choose a different style of photography.
The Exposure Triangle9:06
Go black and white5:30
The world is colourful but turning it black and white with your camera could show you a whole new world to photograph!
Change your technology - go analogue!4:56
If you use one particular camera all the time, why not try another one? You might even want to go more extreme and choose film photography!
Challenge - Choose a different subject!0:27

Plan3:10
Planning to make a photograph is a great way to inspire you to take more photographs - it will engage you with the subject and it could help you take some of your best pictures.
Planning to take a photograph2:46
How to plan to take a photograph - my experience
Planning a project6:43
Checklist1:15
Challenge - could you take an image again and get a better result?0:20
Take another look at some of the photographs you have taken recently. Is there one image you think you could have done differently? If you can take the photograph again, follow the checklist above to try again.

Experiment2:09
An introduction to this section on experimenting with photography
How the camera sees the world3:23
A short reminder about the exposure triangle; the three elements that control your image: aperture setting, shutter speed and light sensitivity (ISO).
Experimenting with focus7:16
Using the aperture settings to creative effect
Intentional Camera Movement7:08
Challenge - capture the moment0:24

Requirements

You should have some experience of taking photographs with a camera

Description

Are you an amateur photographer who used to take your camera with you everywhere but now leaves it at home in a cupboard? Did you once see photographs that you wanted to capture but barely notice them now?

Do you want to start taking photographs again but can't seem to rekindle your enthusiasm for your once passionate hobby?

Then this course is for you!

We will look at six different ways to re-ignite your love of photography. These are different roles you could try out:

Explore your neighbourhood as if you were on holiday
Curate your photographs to find out which subject you return to most often
Disrupt the way you take photographs by trying something new
Plan to take the best photograph you can, or create an entire photographic project
Experiment your camera and surprise yourself with what appears
Celebrate your photography

Each role will include practical ideas for you to try out, and there will be a challenge for you to head out with your camera to take more photographs!

One of the stumbling blocks for an amateur photographer is when they do not feel their work is good enough so the course includes some suggestions on how to bounce back from disappointment and pick up your camera again.

All of the ideas in this course are from my own experience of being a photographer and sometimes falling out of love with photography. I have tried all of them and I hope that at least one of them will work for you!

Who this course is for:

Amateur or hobbyist photographers who for whatever reason have stopped photographs but would like to start again

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Course content

To begin with3 lectures • 5min

Explore3 lectures • 9min

Curate5 lectures • 11min

Disrupt6 lectures • 29min

Plan5 lectures • 14min

Experiment5 lectures • 20min

Celebrate1 lecture • 5min

Bouncing back1 lecture • 5min

Wrapping up1 lecture • 3min

Requirements

Description

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