Lately there has been a very bad weather where I am, so there is no color or anything eye catching outside. I really want to take photos but I dont know what. We dont have the money to travel, so I am stuck in the neighbourhood. Any ideas that I can take photos of?
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Just want to say that there’s some excellent suggestions here. Definitely saving for later.
I’ve been feeling pretty shitty about my photography. Specifically apathetic because of the overcast skies. I always tell myself I want to work on taking photos in the overcast weather and stuff, but I never do. I hope we all find something to take photos of this time of year.
If you have an off camera flash even an inexpensive manual one you can capture water drops. A bit of food coloring or some colored bowls/paper or interesting objects in the background can make for amazing results.
Circled in squares with the water spinning round
Get into Macro photography - subjects are endless and everything looks so much different at high magnification. All of a sudden it becomes interesting to take a photo of a dollar bill, coins, food, insects, pretty much anything you can think of. Nobody makes a bad macro lens either, so you can find them quite cheap especially on the used market.
Buy a cheap telephoto lens and get into wildlife/bird photography. I don’t know where you live but there’s got to be some wildlife around. Get an annual pass to your local zoo if that’s an option, most of them are very cheap relative to a single visit ticket price.
Get a flash (or several) and set up a home studio for portrait photography or product photography. Again this can be done extremely cheaply with very professional looking results.
• Take pictures of yourself in a very neutral way • Consider objects you do not really pay attention to (let’s say: toilet paper or the pattern on this projector stand)
• Take pictures of strangers (people driving or families walking on the street)
That’s all the suggestions I have in mind now 😶 Hope it’s helpful
Try getting into the perspective of something that’s the opposite of how you look at the world. I tried this recently and you will find that you can ‘step’ into the mind of someone or something else. An example is how a child sees the world; from a lower perspective and unprejudiced. But you can also try it with objects!
Some in home ideas to help develop compositional and technical skills:
Water drops into colored water Running water Water drop reflections… try through glass Flowers Still life, veggies and fruit or other objects you are interested in Anything macro: insects, coins, food and food parts, smoke, i even did a series on dripping elmers glue, pencils, rubber bands… Pets Perspective challenges: toys, glassware, bottles, food Products: clothing, accessories, alcohol, glassware, shoes. People, if you have a willing accomplice: i saw a series of people in boxes that is quite interesting. One or two lights shown on anything, try different angles Depth of field practice with various lenses at various distances to internalize how dof changes with changing circumstances. Try various styles: flatlays, night, hanging objects, spinning objects, backlit, portrait.
So many options.
When you say something like “lately” I’m hearing you say that this weather isn’t normal. This is the perfect opportunity to create something unique. People in raincoats, people running to their cars to escape the rain, dogs shaking rain off their coat, kids being weird playing in puddles, etc. etc. There are so many interesting things you could find in unusual weather. Eye catching is obviously relative so you will need to develop your own taste in images but I strongly encourage you to look at unique environments as opportunities.
No color ain’t that bad, you can get nice moody monochromatic photos in and around your neighborhood. Adjust expectations in your head and visualize the shots based on what you see and now what you want.
Try things experimen . This winter I want to try some focus stacking.
Try your hand at monotone or black and white some of my best pics where monotone
Back in university, our professor gave us an assignment of making a photo series, titled “home”. Everyone got very philosophical and made elaborate projects on the meaning of “home”. The professor was not impressed, and told us to do it again. And again. And again.
By the 6th time we were told to re-do it, everyone kind of ran out of ideas, and started just taking photos of things in their house: their desk, the clothing rack, the bed they didn’t bother making, the shadows on the wall.
The professor seemed rather smug. “Now you get it.”
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Sure thing! Photography in gloomy weather? That can actually be super cool. Try close-up shots of stuff around your house, like raindrops on the window or a cool pattern on a leaf. Black and white photos can look really dramatic when it’s cloudy or rainy. And street photography can be awesome too – people with umbrellas, reflections in puddles, stuff like that. Even just looking out your window, you might find something unique. It’s all about seeing the usual stuff in a new way. Hope that sparks some ideas for you!ALSO TRY MACRO SHOTS … Brings a whole other dimention
