Do you get caught up on the perfect photograph? Does it get in the way of your creativity or perhaps it drives it. This exercise asks you to consider photographs you may have dismissed previously because they weren’t perfect enough for you.

In this weekly exercise we are intentionally abstracting our colours to see what we can achieve. False colour is one way, colour temperature another. Using software is yet another way to explore modifying the colours for intentional effects.

This week we are going to experiment with false colours. To do this we shoot through some coloured glass or cellophane and adjust our white balance.

Fishing for photographs is a street photographers favorite. You pick a spot and you work it. You may pick a spot based on the light, or the background, or for the potential of what may be there.

In this weeks exercise Len asks us to consider our ‘Limiting Beliefs’ that we may use to limit ourselves with our photographic art. Do you have limiting beliefs that stifle you?

Following on from this weeks talk about being more intuitive with your photography, Len asks us to explore a subjec that is close to us emotionally and that you have a deep knowledge about, and photograph it quickly.

For the next two weeks I want you to explore just one of the light sources we discussed and produce a series of five photographs that work together. Understanding how light works is crucial to our progression as a photographer.

Can you see and identify the differences between soft and hard light? This weeks exercise asks you to explore the differences.

Constraints are so important to me as a visual artist. I love the idea that if I have a box that I can bounce around in, it is so much easier than having limitless possibilities. This weeks exercise is about setting yourself some constraints.

In this weeks exercise we take last weeks exercise and extend it. This time we withhold the artist we are inspired by and keep everyone guessing. Really explore your one artist, and identify what it is about their work that inspires you. Narrow this down and use it to create your own work.

Do you have an artist that has inspired your photography? I have many. In this weeks exercise Len asks us to share the lesser known ones who have inspired you, and to show a photograph that shows this inspiration. If you don’t have an artist yet, well, it is time to find some.

In this weeks exercise which is broken into two parts and goes for two weeks. We explore multiple exposures.

In this weeks exercise we are going to linger on a subject and see if we can learn to see it a bit differently. We are going to give it our extended attention and see if we can notice more about it. We will explore that one subject and see if we can go further with our photographs of it.

What does photography teach you about you? A fascinating question that Len asks you to ponder and answer.