What is a photoblitz? Photoblitzing is the process of trying to take as many thoughtful pictures as possible within a certain time frame. In this post, I will be sharing a handful of photos I took during my participation of this exercise.

Before I began, I took a picture of my watch as a timestamp for the rest of my pictures– proof of me not taking longer than 15 minutes for this activity. Below are 5 of the pictures I took, accompanied by the prompt that I used for them.

Make an ordinary object look more attractive, almost supernatural

Here, I took a picture of my aluminum foil using a 0.5 setting on my phone and with the brightness turned low. I wanted to mess around with the lighting of this one because of the shiny surface that the foil had. By turning down the brightness before taking the picture, the foil now looks like its glowing!

Take a photo of something at an unusual angle

With the “something” in this image being myself, I angled my phone on the ground, again with a 0.5 camera setting. To make the photo more interesting, I tried to pose in a weird way so that my body would appear distorted by the angle as well. For example, because of the positioning, my foot looks longer than my torso. One of the main difficulties I had with photoblitzing is featured in this picture. The light being at the center of the ceiling of my dorm room made taking good pictures a little harder. Considering that this is out of my control, I am overall quite happy with this image.

Take a photo that expresses a human emotion

Here I am again! This dramatic pose is meant to show dismay, something I have due to the consequences of my own actions. I again used the 0.5 setting on my phone and set it on the ground. For context, I am a massive procrastinator and therefore have a lot of work to do. But hey, it makes for a great picture!

Take a photo that represents the idea of “openness”

For this prompt, I used the cliché of how “eyes are the window to the soul” as my inspiration. This is why I decided to simply take a picture of my eye. Looking back at this moment, I should have thought to take off my glasses so that I could have a closer picture of my eye. However, I was in a time crunch, so the thought slipped my mind.

Take a photo of someone’s hand

By now, I’m assuming you’ve noticed how I love using the 0.5 setting on my phone. So, for this picture, I wanted to capture my hand in this curved position. I think that this pose, alongside the 0.5 camera setting, is what makes this picture interesting to me.

Times up! I actually had a lot of fun making these pictures. I loved making distortions appear in myself and the objects around me, and it’s definitely something I will continue to play around with. Photoblitzing was a great way for me to practice resourcefulness in photography, and it really got my creative juices flowing. Despite my struggles with lighting, I’m glad I did this activity in my room, as it meant I was surrounded with plenty of objects (such as my foil) that I could use if needed. I hope you enjoy my results from this photoblitz!