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Warm-up exercises are a great practice to add to any regular routine or task you do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography Yoga?
No, just my grandson wishing I’d hurry up taking floral macros so we could continue our walk!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I hadn\u2019t thought about this until seeing a recent article for artists that suggested drawing circles, squares, triangles, wavy shapes and straight lines as warm-up exercises. This is not only for the eye, but the fingers and wrists as well as mental coordination. It makes so much sense, and yet unless you\u2019re a football player or an opera singer, probably no one has ever made the \u2018warm up\u2019 suggestion to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this mean for photographers? We need to get creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I shoot nature and conservation photos, figuring out what kind of warm up goes with that just took a bit of observation. I\u2019m up and down a lot, getting close to small plants and insects on the ground, so some knee-flexing is a good warm up for me. Stretches that loosen up my shoulders are beneficial since I\u2019m swinging a camera up and down a lot. Supple fingers for fast lens changes are important, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mentally, I warm up by researching if possible the area I\u2019m going to shoot. When I arrive, I sit quietly and ask myself, \u201cWhat\u2019s important to see and share here?\u201d (Did you know that if you ask yourself a question, your inspiration will do its best to answer? Be willing to listen.) Inspiration strikes every time when I ask, drawing me to what the place has to offer be that plants, insects, or a wider landscape view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I invite you to be creative with this \u2018warm up\u2019 idea, take some time to observe how you work, if you have any physical tightness you may be able to \u2018stretch it out\u2019 before it\u2019s a problem or discomfort. A mental warm up could be going over the steps in your plan before you start and feeling the accomplishment of a task well done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warm-up exercises are a great practice to add to any regular routine or task you do! I hadn\u2019t thought about this until seeing a recent article for artists that suggested drawing circles, squares, triangles, wavy shapes and straight lines as warm-up exercises. 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