The Two Minute Walk

Every day at the Daily Shoot, Mike and I try to come up with interesting assignments. Sometimes it’s easy. Other times, it can be a bit of a challenge—especially since we try to keep things mixed up for various skill levels. Today’s assignment is a bit more of an experiment than usual: 

Grab your camera and walk 2 minutes in any direction. Stop. Find a photo worth making from where you stopped and post it. #ds122

A bit over a week ago, Chase tweeted ten photos within 10 feet of him (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). I loved watching these go by and thought about the core thing he was trying to say and how to turn it into an exercise. Then I remembered that some time ago, I had run across a similar exercise and I thought it was a neat one.

I couldn’t remember the details, so I made up the two minute timeframe. That bit, however, really isn’t important. It’s a trick to get you somewhere semi-random so that you can work on the real point of the exercise: making a photograph where you didn’t expect to find one at first. 

I really hope people have fun with this exercise!