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With the past days being somewhat miserable weather wise, I thought it might be interesting to explore some idea for indoor photography. Even if your gear is weather sealed, sometimes it is just not enjoyable to be out taking photos in the wind and the rain. Luckily there are lots of options to enjoy indoors as well, if you think outside the box.
Supplies
A macro lens will certainly help open up your options; however it is definitely not necessary. I have shot many subjects with a 70mm prime lens, but any lens will work. I like a short telephoto to remove my gear a little from things like splashes. You may also want to consider a sturdy tripod, and a remote. These are not essential l but make the process easier in my experience. Finally a Speedlight will help you freeze action, and experiment with off camera lighting. However if you do not yet own one try your camera’s pop up flash, while not as good it can certainly work and try using simple things like desk lamps to experiment with lighting.
So here are some suggestions that I have enjoyed.
Playing with water
Here I decided to set up a glass of water and photographed dropping a coin into the glass. I set my off camera flash to the side and a placed a white backdrop. It was simple setup although it took many tries to get pictures that I thought were interesting.
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Smoke
Blowing out candles creates interesting effecters as the smoke moves about and dissipates. It can be a little tricky since it always seems to change direction but the patterns can be quite striking. Obviously think about safety if you are using an open flame in your photography and use common sense.
Ordinary household items
Sometimes it can be fun to shoot ordinary items and just experiment with the lighting. Here is my father’s old chess set, it was shot with different lighting and angels to explore and experiment.
Do not be afraid to edit and have fun. Use warming or cooling filters, change colours post processing, and highlight details in Photoshop. This is a great time to experiment and just have fun with some creative ideas. The most important person to enjoy your photography is yourself, so go nuts.
There are many possibilities and these are just a couple of examples, but there are so many more creative and interesting ideas all you have to do it experiment and enjoy. Think outside the box a little and notice the small things. The options end up being limitless.