Your First Calm Photography Exercise

This is not an exercise to make better photos.
It is an exercise to slow down your way of seeing.

You don’t need a good camera.
You don’t need to go anywhere special.

You can do this with:

• any camera
• a phone
• or even without taking a photo at all

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The Exercise

Choose one small place.
It can be a room, a window, a street corner, or a table.

Stay there for five minutes.

Do not look for a subject.
Do not try to create an image.

Simply notice.

Notice the light.
Notice the shadows.
Notice colors, shapes, and quiet details.

If you take a photo, take only one.

Then stop.

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What This Is Really About

This exercise is not about results.
It is about attention.

It trains patience.
It trains presence.
It reminds you that photography begins before the camera.

There is nothing to share.
Nothing to judge.
Nothing to improve.

Just the act of noticing.

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When You’re Done

You don’t need to repeat this today.
You don’t need to practice every day.

When you feel ready, you can return to the site —
or simply carry this way of seeing into your life.

Photography does not need pressure to exist.

When you’re ready, you can return to Calm Photography Exercises
or go back to Start Here.