It seems really easy right now as a photographer to make the excuse that external events are putting you in a state of stagnation. It’s not a good time to try to sell yourself. It’s not the time to be traveling. It’s not the time to go out and network. I think when this happens, the lazy part of our brains acts with a new sense of authority. It convinces us that now is the time to sit still, not do anything, and put our lives on pause.
While there is a great deal of value in taking time to step away from things and reassess, I don’t think social distancing and self isolation are a good reason to stop work on the things we want to accomplish. Even though we can’t actively engage in everything that we want to be doing, there are some projects that this is the perfect time to tackle. As photographers there are lots of areas outside of shooting that we can do to better ourselves as artists and push our careers forward. Today I’ve put together a list of six projects you can tackle while you’re at home. Let’s go through them.