I'm addicted to bucket lists. I made one when I was 16 and it has made a big impact in my life. A lot of my goals are photography-centric, which got me thinking about putting together a bucket list for photographers. Here are some things that should be on your photography bucket list.
- Photograph Iceland in a camper van for a week
- Get the cover shot of a magazine
- Photograph every sunrise and every sunset for a whole month
- Go backpacking with your camera
- Get your photo on a billboard
- Shoot a film camera
- Photograph a pro sports event from the sidelines
- Go on a week long road/photo trip and make a photo book of the adventure (Thanks Frank Gomez for the idea)
- Do aerial photography with a drone
- Get 1,000 likes on a photo
- Photograph Cuba (Thanks Cindy Eccles)
- Take a wedding photography job
- Become an Adobe certified Photoshop expert
- Teach a photography basics class
- Photograph your dream car in an epic location
- Photograph for a charity like Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Help Portrait, etc.
- Sell out on a limited edition print (Thanks Jennifer Thurston for the idea)
- Own your dream camera
- Photograph the northern lights
- Sell a photo on a micro stock website like iStockPhoto, Fotolia, etc.
- Photograph a baby in its first week of life
- Get a gallery showing of your work in an art gallery
- Take a photo that is beautiful enough that it makes someone cry
- Photograph penguins in Antarctica
- Print one of your photos, get it beautifully framed, and put it above the mantle in your home
- Take a picture of someone using 5 flashes at once
- Photograph 5 animals that could eat you (bear, lion, tiger, etc)
- Print a calendar of your photos to represent each month
- Photograph a model
- Take a picture of your favorite city's skyline
- Complete a 365 project
- Get 1,000 followers on Instagram (and while you're at it, follow me @jimharmer)
- Photograph every national park in the USA (Thanks Mary Mallnconico)
- Sell a fine art photo to someone you've never met
- Go on an African photo safari
- Print a photo taller than you are
- Take pictures of each member of your family
- Do street photography of strangers in a major city
Wondering why 39, is that how old you are? I’m thrilled I can check off a few of yours (shooting for cancer charity, complete a 365, sell stock photo)! I am excited about your list giving me some new ideas. Your question on the fb group only made me think of locations! I’d like to travel more. I do have shoot the sunrise and sunset everyday for a month on my list. But in my mind it’d be a month long vacation somewhere epic.
My favorite of yous is take a photo beautiful enough to make someone cry. That’s a perfect goal!
Much obliged to you for sharing this list.
Hey this is a great list, thanks!!!