For this lesson, pick something near by you can photograph on a regular basis. It could be your car, your cat, your "significant other", your guitar. Anything that you like to look at.
Exercise:
Every day for the next 10 days take some pictures of it. Look for different ways of seeing the same subject. Place your subject in different places, different light situations, try some of the different exercises in composition - find an S curve in the subject, or place your subject into an S curve, same with diagonal lines, etc. Just keep shooting and learning about the same subject.
What you learn from this simple exercise will carry through into most things you shoot.
Enjoy.
To the right, I've posted a link to the book and DVD package "Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman." He interviewed a lot of people who experienced life and have made a difference in the world. He traveled the world with his portable studio and did amazing photos of each person using a specific style.
You don't have to go that far in picking a subject and consistently photographing it, but do be inspired by it.
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