Improving in 5 Seconds a Day

For the past two months or so, I've been creating what I call a weekly '5x5 vlog'. It's where I film a 5 second video of something I'm doing each day Monday through Friday.

Sounds simple, but the kicker is that I assign a theme. The example I included required that I have a horizontal line running through the center of the frame.

The results aren't extraordinary, but what I've found happens is that I'm greatly pushed outside of my instincts with where the camera should be placed or how I should visually tell the story. It's like I'm going to the director gym each day.

I'm finding myself choosing compositions and lenses that I've stayed away from my entire creative life (because I was comfortable with what I knew).

I've found it SO effective at improving my creativity that I now announce the weekly theme in my Instagram Broadcast Channel and people have started to join in.

So that's today's quick bit of inspiration - find an easy, yet effective way to challenge your creativity daily.