10 Photography Ideas at Home for Beginners

Chris Romans
10 min readJul 1, 2019

Last Updated: August 9th, 2019

New to photography and unsure where to start? You’re in the right place!

Pretty much every photographer starts off taking pictures at home. It really is one of the best learning grounds — there’s no pressure and virtually unlimited subjects at your disposal.

Given that we actually learned a lot about photography ourselves by shooting things around our house, we thought we’d talk about some great and simple photography ideas for beginners that can be experimented with from the comfort of your own home.

The first half of our 10 photography ideas at home for beginner’s list will cover more educational things (you know: stuff to think about before you take any pictures). The second half will talk more about some things you can actually photograph, and how you can approach them as subjects to get great photos at home.

1). Identify the best spots for photography

Since every person’s home is different, it’s impossible to say that the best spots will be in the same place consistently. Because of this, your first step is to do this leg work yourself.

There are some common features you’d want to look for in your home to help determine if it would be suitable for…

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Chris Romans
Chris Romans

Written by Chris Romans

I co-run Formed From Light, and am one half of the husband-and-wife team that makes up Hand + Arrow Photography. Blogs at FFL: https://formedfromlight.com/