OPTION FOUR: The greatest freedom is to have no choice. Make and write down a set of parameters within which you will work. This could be geographic, psychological, thematic or technical. The point is to make very strict and precise choices about how you will NOT work. The stricter the better.
My personal guideline was to take photos of people, both staged and candid. This was a big and somewhat uncomfortable leap for me, as I’m accustomed to mainly photographing inanimate objects. It was hard to ask people to have the permission to take their photographs, but I think it’s becoming something I’m more comfortable doing.
