I’m back to using my photographic Random Inspiration Generator for this week’s challenge. It’s a pretty basic tool, but when I need a kick in the pants for what to photograph, this is where I go. Use it as much as you want!
I spun the dial (well, clicked the button) and this week the challenge is to….
Photograph Simplicity

I love this challenge! I admire photographers who specialize in minimalism and follow a number of them, but it’s not necessarily something that I’m very good at seeing myself.
I’ve heard it said (I think most recently by Rick Sammon on Nick Page’s Landscape Photography podcast) that photography is about leaving things out. Painting is additive; Photography is subtractive.

This week our challenge is to photograph the simplicity of a scene which may mean making choices on what to leave out.
Actively look for simple scenes – which doesn’t necessarily mean the photograph has a simple idea – it means finding the core of the image. Simplifying.

Experiment with minimalist photography or take a simple idea and explore how you can capture the idea though your lens.
I photograph this bridge often and how complex or simple my composition is up to me.


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You can interpret simplicity to mean photographing a simpler time or recapturing a simpler mindset in your creative photography.

It helped for me to look at synonyms of the word “simplicity” in a thesaurus. Some of the words that helped me think differently about the term were: clarity, directness, unity, ease, singleness clean lines, innocence, naturalness.
The words brought to mind the simple directness of this road.

Simple scenes don’t have to be boring. The waters of the lakes of Scotland were rough and the sky complex and changing, but this one boat sailed – at least from my vantage point – calmly through the chaos.

This week, take a breath, clear your mind – then take out your camera. Find the simplest version of what you’re photographing – find the core of the image. Find your center as a photographer.

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Very nice. All of them. Of course, you know I’m all about simplicity.
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Love that simplicity! Can’t always see it, but always looking.
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A theme that I love. I’ll be back with my offering 🙂
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And here is my simple effort: https://travelwithintent.com/2019/05/25/kelpie-head-held-high-falkirk/
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WOW! Jenn, your gallery is fabulous this week 😀
Here is my entry for the week.
https://ceenphotography.com/2019/05/24/jennifer-mishra-weekly-photo-challenges-simplicity/
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Thanks! I love the one with the cement. Very simple.
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Simplify-Simplify-Simplify! https://photographyocd.com/2019/05/24/the-dark-horse/
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A wonderful collection of “simple” photos. That spiral staircase….a stairway to heaven perhaps? I look forward to seeing more of the responses.
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I have a bit of a project looking for spiral staircases. Love the shape!
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hi jennifer, interesting selection you have chosen for this theme i like it very much, here is my post for this week, https://wp.me/p2AvI7-36u.
greetings robert
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Fabulous gallery of photos and a great theme
Her is my contribution
http://bushboy.blog/2019/05/30/simplicity/
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There are some wonderful photos here. Here’s my entry https://beinginnatureblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/the-simple-truth-of-it/
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