Shoot to Improve, Practising around the House.

One of the best ways to improve and develop your photographic skills is to take more photographs. Even in your own home there are thousands of photo opportunities to take advantage of.

The more you shoot the more you will improve.

Here are a few examples and ideas to help you improve your photography with simply things around the house.

As I'm writing, I can see so many thing I could photograph, here is 40 things just from where I'm sitting!

1.Laundry 2. Light switches 3. Fan controls 4. Fairy lights 5. Light coming though curtains 6. Candles 7. Books 8. Birthday cards 9. TV speakers 10. TV controls 11. Keys 12. Glass on cabinet 13. Chairs 14. Floor tiles 15. Table fan 16. Rubbish bin 17. Fridge magnets 18. Tins of food 19. Spoons and forks 20. Water bottles 21. Feather dusters 22. Flowers 23. Ice cube makers 24. Kitchen cabinets 25. Kettle 26. Box of cereal 27. Washing up liquid 28. Sink 29. Notebooks 30. Pencil case 31. Table 32. Necklace. 33. Bags 34. Cables 35. Cigarettes 36. Hat 37. Mosquitoes net 38. Shoes 39. Plugs. 40. Doors.

Here some examples of photographs I took today in my house.

The sink. This is running water simply bouncing off the washing up bowl. Photographing your kitchen tap will help you get to grips with capturing running water. This is also great for practising composition. I photographed the running water using shutter speed of 1/60, F5.6, ISO 400, and the flash was used.

This is a simple photograph of a Birthday card. Shooting picture like this is great for helping to improve your composition skills and being able to pick out colour in a scene. Photographed taken using, shutter speed 1/15, F/5.0, ISO 1600, Flash not used.

Shooting images like food tins is great practice for composing set up photographs. I shot this from below this adds distortion to the final image. Photographed using, shutter speed 1/15, F/4.5, ISO 1600, Flash not used.

This feather duster is great for photographing texture and colour contrast. Photographed using, shutter speed 1/60, F/4.5, ISO 400 flash used.

These spoons are great example of photographing reflections and setting up composition of everyday items around the house. This like spoons are great for practising abstract shots. Photographed using shutter speed 1/10 F/5.6 ISO 400, flash not used.

Setting up everyday items like these cigarettes is great for expanding your photographic imagination and composition skills. Photographed using shutter speed 1/100, F/7.1, ISO 1600, Flash not used.

This photograph of a mosquito net and floor tiles is great for shooting different textures and surfaces. This is also great practice for different lighting situations. Photographed using shutter speed 1/125 F/7.1 ISO 1600, Flash not used.