Perfect Recipe for Something New

As anyone with a long term love of photography knows, it's easy to find yourself taking the same kinds of pictures over and over again. Glance over your last 1000 pictures and you might see what I mean. Overrun in flowers? Same style portraits? Bricks and mortar? While there's no harm in going on a kick now and then to master your craft, you'll know it's time for a change when your images start to look the same and you can no longer recognize the gem in that one picture that represents a departure from your tried and true subjects. May I shyly submit the photo above as a case in point.
What subjects do you tend towards when you pick up the camera? Ready to cook up something fresh and unexpected by widening your repertoire? Comments are open for your confessions and links to the images where you strayed from the same ole, same ole with delicious results.











Reader Comments (17)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11439752@N04/2563564178/
Blogged it here, in the photo challenge links to the left...
http://lynlepre.typepad.com
Here are two examples of some recent photos from the dark side:
Insomniac:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2630301196/
palm reader:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2625989323/
I like the first photo in this post. Something about it makes me happy... and it's not even a picture of my kid! Wow!
http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/lenses-aperture-and-depth-of-field/
I have a compulsion to snap photos of even flowering weeds.
http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy/Pages/Nikon_D60.html#8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atheart/2619452493/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlynn28/2590827143/
http://366photographicjournal.blogspot.com/search/label/withered
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2622700366/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2624334815/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2629262791/
A door on an abandoned hotel (architectural photography sort of intimidates me):
http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2008/05/on-road.html
Interesting photos of my craft projects (beads in this case):
http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2008/05/bead-gratification.html
Interesting topic!
http://wifemotherpainter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/i-have-four-boo.html
http://creativevoyage.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-visit-london.html
The latest photo of mine that made me feel both accomplished but also ready to move onto something else is located here: http://www.sharrock.net/2008/05/my-latest-favorite-ring.html
Time to move on from objects to portraits!