Indoor projects
 

Hey guys,

I'm in desperate need of something to do at home in these dull and gloomy months and my camera is just staring at me. so i need a wee project or small ideas that could be done with every day items (son nothing that i have to buy first, just stuff that should be lying about at home) that would keep me busy for a while. ANY SUGGESTIONS WILL BE WELCOME!

Cheers

It is probably not out in shops anymore there, but a recent issue of a magazine from another publisher had a story on just this: [URL="http://www.digitalslrphoto.com/Back_Issues/1157276/january_2012_issue.html"]Home Photo Projects[/URL]You could get a back issue.

The basics, is to look at what you can do in each room. You see that stuff everyday so you may not think about how it could be used in a photograph.

[QUOTE=donoreo;74246]It is probably not out in shops anymore there, but a recent issue of a magazine from another publisher had a story on just this: [URL="http://www.digitalslrphoto.com/Back_Issues/1157276/january_2012_issue.html"]Home Photo Projects[/URL]You could get a back issue.

The basics, is to look at what you can do in each room. You see that stuff everyday so you may not think about how it could be used in a photograph.[/QUOTE]

that's the only magazine i have't got since september last year :(

thanks for the link though but i was kinda hoping for ideas right here

I will take a look tonight if I have time and post some :)

One thing, look through the drawer in the kitchen, lots of forks, spoons, and other kitchen utensils can be good subjects.

Street photography is ok for grey days. Ideal for candid portraits. Just don't make a feature of the boring sky.

Try water droplets , all you need is the kitchen sink and to be honest you don't even need an off camera flash the built in one works fine .

Mark

Have a look in your fridge, then dust off your macro lens for some up close and personal stuff with eggs, tomatoes etc.:)

I've had this problem recently. I'm doing a 366 photo-a-day project this year and sometimes, with work and everything, you don't get time to go outside and do photos, you just have to come up with something at home.

When you sit down and start to think creatively there are thousands of things you can photograph.

People, there must be family members, you can do portrait shots, candid shots, shots of them doing stuff, whether that be cooking, playing, being creative. You can do shots of them in their environment, close-ups of them doing something, macro shots of their face, hands, feet, holding stuff, working on stuff.
If all else fails how many different types of self-portraits can you shoot, reflections of yourself in different objects?

pets, portraits, activities, in the garden, sleeping, eating, environment, toys

your car or bike, on the drive, in the shed, detail shots of the badge, light clusters, dashboard, interior, how many ways can you light it, water drops on the bonnet, reflections in the chrome

collections - lots of people collect stuff, can you catalogue them? show items in unusual locations, for instance on the garden rockery

if you have a macro lens you open up so many other possibilities, creating art from everyday objects, cutlery, rusty tools, play with depth of field, focus stacking, guess the object.

what can you see from your house, landscapes, roofs, sunsets, the moon & stars?

Rooms, can you practise lighting a room to make it like an architectural/brochure shot.

I was with my daughter yesterday out in the countryside, we parked beside an electricity pylon and after 2 minutes and about 1 photo my daughter said there was nothing to photograph. I tried to explain that you have to start thinking creatively. Over the 30 minutes we took photos of the pylon from all angles, photographed details shots of it's nuts and bolts, done a few landscape shots in different directions, shot some leaves on the ground, taken pics of passing cars using panning, done details shots of my car including the badge and reflections in the wing mirrors, put the camera on a slow shutter speed and just panned across the field to get arty green, white and brown coloured abstract shots, and we hadn't gone more than 10 yards.

Take a look at my 366 project Flickr page, I think I'm up to about 42 shots so far, 25 of them have been taken in, beside or from my house.

get into the creative mindset and there is no excuse not to find a subject within a few feet of you, wherever you are.

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/glnphotography/[/url]

Cathus, I had some suggestions, but I think you've covered them all!

I regularly do inside shots, and I do buy stuff to photograph. I trawl charity and junk shops, in the hope to find cheap and interesting/good looking/odd/different things that I think will make a good photograph.

It does cost money, but never more than a couple of pounds. The most money I paid recently, was £4.99 for a steam thingy. Don't know what it is yet, probably an argricultural track engine, but it does not really matter, as I like the end product.

Here's the end product:

[IMG]http://media.digitalcameraworld.com/forum/gallery/files/9/6/1/9/5/dsc01226_steam.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Cathus;74280]I've had this problem recently. I'm doing a 366 photo-a-day project this year and sometimes, with work and everything, you don't get time to go outside and do photos, you just have to come up with something at home.

When you sit down and start to think creatively there are thousands of things you can photograph.

People, there must be family members, you can do portrait shots, candid shots, shots of them doing stuff, whether that be cooking, playing, being creative. You can do shots of them in their environment, close-ups of them doing something, macro shots of their face, hands, feet, holding stuff, working on stuff.
If all else fails how many different types of self-portraits can you shoot, reflections of yourself in different objects?

pets, portraits, activities, in the garden, sleeping, eating, environment, toys

your car or bike, on the drive, in the shed, detail shots of the badge, light clusters, dashboard, interior, how many ways can you light it, water drops on the bonnet, reflections in the chrome

collections - lots of people collect stuff, can you catalogue them? show items in unusual locations, for instance on the garden rockery

if you have a macro lens you open up so many other possibilities, creating art from everyday objects, cutlery, rusty tools, play with depth of field, focus stacking, guess the object.

what can you see from your house, landscapes, roofs, sunsets, the moon & stars?

Rooms, can you practise lighting a room to make it like an architectural/brochure shot.

I was with my daughter yesterday out in the countryside, we parked beside an electricity pylon and after 2 minutes and about 1 photo my daughter said there was nothing to photograph. I tried to explain that you have to start thinking creatively. Over the 30 minutes we took photos of the pylon from all angles, photographed details shots of it's nuts and bolts, done a few landscape shots in different directions, shot some leaves on the ground, taken pics of passing cars using panning, done details shots of my car including the badge and reflections in the wing mirrors, put the camera on a slow shutter speed and just panned across the field to get arty green, white and brown coloured abstract shots, and we hadn't gone more than 10 yards.

Take a look at my 366 project Flickr page, I think I'm up to about 42 shots so far, 25 of them have been taken in, beside or from my house.

get into the creative mindset and there is no excuse not to find a subject within a few feet of you, wherever you are.

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/glnphotography/[/url][/QUOTE]

O_O I think I'll be busy for a while. Thanks for the list