Creative Prompts / Challenges Archives

NEGATIVE SPACE – January Creative Prompt

Posted on January 1, 2023September 28, 2023 by Tressie

In art, negative space is the empty area in a photo or design intentionally constructed as part of the composition. Sometimes this brings attention to the actual subject, sometimes it may be part of the subject.

Trees with Negative space - On Davis Time — One of the few photos I have taken with negative space – this is not my forte!

In 2022 I did post a creative prompt every month, but I failed miserably at keeping up with challenging myself to complete them. I am hoping to do better this year, even if it is only one photo a month. Will you join me? I would love to see what you create – use the hashtag #ODTcreativechallenge2023

If you would like to follow me on social to see my “NEGATIVE SPACE” creation(s) you can find me on Facebook (On Davis Time), Instagram (@OnDavisTime), and Twitter (@TressieLDavis)

Tree with Negative Space - On Davis Time — The only other photo I could find – yes another tree

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.

LOVE – December Creative Prompt

Posted on December 1, 2022September 28, 2023 by Tressie

The Creative Prompt for December is LOVE.

Yes, it seems like maybe I could have gone more toward “family” or “holidays” but I went for LOVE because I figured this way it could include anything that you love – whether it’s people, or animals, or food, or decorations or whatever.

Show me what love means to you!

I will be sharing my love creations on Social media with the Hashtag #ODTLove, I hope you will join me!

If you want to follow me on social to see my “LOVE” creations, you can find me on Facebook (On Davis Time), Instagram (@OnDavisTime), and Twitter (@TressieLDavis).

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.

BROKEN – November Creative Prompt

Posted on November 1, 2022September 28, 2023 by Tressie

The creative prompt for November is BROKEN.

When I was looking for an example photo for this post all I could find was this raggedy building from a trip I took with my daughter so this may be a difficult prompt for me. But broken could be anything – a broken window, a broken path, or a broken heart.

Whether you take the prompt literally or figuratively, how would you incorporate BROKEN into your creative work?

I will be sharing what I come up with on Social Media using the Hashtag #ODTBroken, I hope you will join me!

If you want to follow me on social to see my “BROKEN” creations, you can find me on Facebook (On Davis Time), Instagram (@OnDavisTime), and Twitter (@TressieLDavis).

UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE – October Creative Prompt

Posted on October 1, 2022September 28, 2023 by Tressie

The Creative Prompt for October is UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. Don’t think too deep about this one, it’s not supposed to be fancy or any specific type of “unique”. It’s honestly just meant as a trigger to give things a second, third or even fourth look or thought before being finished with them as subjects.

Use objects to create something you didn’t think they could be. If you have “finished” photographing a subject, continue – going above, below, behind. Find a natural “frame”, or some blurry foreground to give it a different perspective. Or even just use a different tool than you normally do.

I will be sharing my UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE on Social Media using the hashtag #ODTUnique, I hope you join me!

If you want to follow me on social to see my “UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE” creations, you can find me on Facebook (On Davis Time), Instagram (@OnDavisTime), and Twitter (@TressieLDavis).

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.

DETAILS – September Creative Prompt

Posted on September 1, 2022September 28, 2023 by Tressie

DETAILS will be the Creative Prompt for September. As beautiful as things are when we see them, they are even more stunning when we look closer.

I love Macro photography like this image of a damselfly taken at my MILs pond! But details could also be patterns you find, details in architecture or any other beauty that is sometimes overlooked.

I will be sharing my DETAILS creations on Social Media with the Hashtag #ODTDetails, I hope you will join me!

If you want to follow me on social to see my “DETAILS” creations, you can find me on Facebook (On Davis Time), Instagram (@OnDavisTime), and Twitter (@TressieLDavis).

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.