Weekly Photography Prompt: Threads
For week of 2023-07-29 to 2023-08-04
Create and share one or more photos inspired by this week's prompt, "Threads" on your Aminus3 website, Substack Notes, or linked in the comments on this post.
You can add the tag:
#Am3-prompt-202331
A Warm Welcome for New Subscribers
Greetings new subscribers!
Thank you for checking out the Aminus3 "Essence of Photography" weekly photography prompt.
If you are wondering what is this all about, each week we share a new photography prompt as well as some insights and techniques that go along with the theme.
The prompts are designed to be open for interpretation in an effort to foster creativity and introspection.
For those of you who have been around a few weeks, have you had an opportunity to try out a prompt? We'd love to hear about your experience so far in the comments on this post.
We hope that you are inspired to try something new, and to connect with yourself at deeper levels through your images.
Be Inspired and Learn Something New
With the launch of a new social media app of the same name, Threads are in the ether and on our minds.
Aminus3, the photography community behind these photo prompts has had a “Threads” page for many years that serves as a blog and central place to showcase community photos.
The original idea behind the name was for :
“Composing the unique voices and moments of collective experience through inspired imagery.”
Photography provides us a powerful medium for expression that can truly change the way people think.
When I give talks on topics around photography, awareness, mindfulness, and creativity, there is a visual metaphor that I like to use.
In this first photo we see a collection of random, seemingly separate colorful spheres, floating off into space.
However, by simply CHANGING OUR FOCUS, we see that they are not separate at all, but rather connected by a common thread.
It illustrates that there are many aspects in the world, and in our lives, which are connected by threads.
In the rush of our daily routines these are often overlooked.
As photographers we get to slow down, change our focus, and see things with fresh eyes.
How do you envision threads and how can you create a photo for this week’s prompt that brings this together?
Last Week’s Prompt Photos
While threads are all about linking things together, last week’s prompt was about shells. Those hard outer coatings that form distinct barriers between inside and outside.
As expected, the photos shared for this prompt by the Aminus3 community explored many aspects of what is a “Shell.”
Here are a few of our favorites:
See all the photos tagged for the previous Shell prompt.