Chelle Leary, Felicia Agostini, Lauren Baxter, Max Hipp, Thomas Beasley, Virginia Roulette [NIKON D4, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, Mode = Manual, ISO 1600, 1/8000, ƒ/5, (35mm = 24)]

“Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone’s home and backyard.”

― Vera Nazarian

I shot this photo in my backyard a few years ago. This is to show you some of your best work can happen at home.

I often test some ideas at home that I later execute somewhere else.

I have spent hours photographing birds that visit our yard.

I have also photographed hummingbirds in our yard.

“You can spend your whole life traveling worldwide searching for the Garden of Eden, or you can create it in your backyard.”

― Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Take your camera and explore your house and yard.

Take your lights outside and have fun as well in your yard.

Try your small lights as well. See what you can do with all this time in isolation.

Dodge Viper [COOLPIX P7000, , Mode = Manual, ISO 100, 1/1250, ƒ/6.3, (35mm = 30)]

This was one of my favorite photo shoots. I loved the Dodge Viper for the lines and styling.

I recommend just having fun at your own house, taking photos of some fun objects. I went to the local store, bought this car, and then just had fun lighting it.

I even shot this on a super simple Nikon P7000 point-and-shoot camera.

I suspended one large 32″ x 40″ softbox above the car on a white seamless.

After shooting with a simple lighting setup I decided to ad some color.

So I added some blue and then tried red.

This is so fun to take a model car and see what you can do with a simple light and white background.

I put this last photo in for scale. I don’t think the local store has sold out of car models. Next time you buy toilet paper during our coronavirus social isolating crisis, pick up a car and have fun with your camera and simple light. Use a white sheet, or since the car is so tiny, maybe just a pillow case and create some fun images.