100 Creative Photography Ideas You Can Try at Home Using Everyday Objects

Ciao! Welcome to my channel. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, no, no, no. My name is Kika, and today this video is going to be 100 creative self-portraits or selfies or photos. Thank you so much. Well, this is very unclear. This is not a good start for this video. No, but it's going to be photo ideas that you can do at home with things that you already have at home. And, yeah, so the reason I said that it's probably going to be creative. Self-portraits is because most of them do have some human presence in them. This is my favorite season, but unfortunately I can't really go out and take photos, so trying to do the best of the situation and take some creative photos inside instead. Instead, um... I have been using this time to be productive though, I just finished this cardigan that I've been knitting for a long time and I'm so super happy. With how it turned out, but without further ado, we're just gonna jump straight into it. So grab a snack because 100 photos, yeah, we might be here for a while, but hopefully that's a good thing and you'll find some value in this. All right, let's start. All right, this first category is words and quotes. So there are many different ways that you can share. Some words of wisdom, or a quote, or your favorite words in a photo. You know, a picture tells more than a thousand words, but sometimes you can tell only very few chosen words. So this is really a way to kind of narrow that in. It's also, I think, a nice time to share an uplifting message, or communicate with the world, and share something in a photo. So here are some different ways. I just put some. Like cut out from paper some words that I put in a coffee cup or had a temporary tattoo. I've also done on a cassette just like stickers printed those out or you could just use a pen right on a box or this one was inspired by was the translation the poster. Thank you, Mr. So there are many different ways that you can implement these words and quotes in a photo. Now if you've followed me for a while you know that I love photo prints and kind of the analog version of it. Everything is so digital but it's so different to have like the actual photo in your hand and definitely if you make your own photos then try to sometimes print them out and see you can use them for many different things and then also take photos of the photos. So one Idea is to do a photo collage or a wall and pose in front of that. Or then you could do a little collage on a table. So here I've just put them as a camera. That's kind of funny. And this one is just, I had some fairy lights and then I just put these photos up with these little clips up there, arranged that. And this one is a photo book that was a collaboration I did. So it was a photo I had taken already, but then I had the same cardigan on and it became like a really funny, sort of a photo in a photo concept. And then here is also from a photo book and just kind of showing it from up above and you kind of looking at your own photos becomes weirdly egocentrical, but there's also something nice about those kind of layers piling on each other. I don't know, I like that. On Instagram there's a huge bookstagram community with people doing like really creative photos using only books and I've also before mentioned many ways using books in your photos and especially now I think a lot of us are turning to books and magazines and kind of reading up while we have this time at home. So I recently did a new one, a photo with a book kind of like Turning it upside down and just kind of playing around with the whole idea of reading at home. Also, if you have a nice window that casts some shadows or light where you are reading and you can also like hide behind the book in different ways. And then also one thing that definitely is like a huge thing on Instagram, where you just put the books out on the floor and take a photo from up above and that kind of becomes your backdrop. It takes a while to do this, it's a little bit tedious, but it's really really really beautiful I think as a texture and also if you are looking for stuff to do, this is definitely one of those kind of projects. Recently I've been really inspired by light and also I've been kind of trying to map out here in our apartment what are the best places or the best spots like what time of day will the light or sun come in through the different windows because that changes depending on the day. Now it's like shadow and kind of a gray day so it doesn't matter that much but using your windows and Especially if you take portraits it's really good to be close to a window because that's just where you'll get the most light and also kind of dramatic light if you stand sideways. And the other day I took some photos. It was like really sunny and nice. So I dragged the whole table next to our window. I don't Also, if you have a balcony or big windows, you could, you know, get a little bit of fresh air and know if stand by the window or just do a stack and hide behind that. I think there's something nice about you can also what kind of windows looking outside from the inside at the moment and kind of, I don't know, dreaming about freedom. hear me There's many kind of philosophical nice thoughts you could also implement in your photos. Next up we have some photos that are rainbow themed. now. In this one, I just had a cup and with some glitter colors so made a rainbow with that. It was not easy. It wanted to just kind of mush out all the time, but I think the end result became quite nice. I've also done a rainbow with some fruits and vegetables. So if you have that at home or if you have a chance to do that and definitely, you know, clean the table before so you can still use the vegetables and fruits afterwards and eat them. Also, I I bought this little thing, I think from Amazon. It's like a prism, so you can basically make a light rainbow. It was super difficult to get this to work, but it came still quite a nice photo. And this one is from before, that was kind of an accident I took. And... Then I also had, when I did my birthday celebration video ideas, I bought this rainbow balloon, which was also, I thought, kind of a nice concept. I'm not super happy, I think I could have done this photo better, but it's still, I don't know, it's still kind of a happy, happy photo somehow with these colors. And then this last one is like a totally quirky, whimsical one, it's me riding on a popcorn unicorn, because... Why not? And it has all these like rainbow colors in there. I remember it was so greasy to clean up all these pompoms from the floor. It was so difficult to pose and try to get that photo. But yeah, so you see rainbows is really, really fun. Little thing to have in your photos. And the next little thing that you can use is to make a little face in your photo. So as humans, we're always drawn to little faces. We just identify with that. But it doesn't have to be your face necessarily. So if you have a little pot with a little face, or then you could even draw a face yourself. So I've done this on a cookie. I also had one of these pillows that has eyelashes. I thought it was super cute to use that in a photo. And if you want to take this up a notch, so to make a creature or an animal, and I've done this with, well, mainly using coffee beans, I have to say, and kind of sugar and things that I've Like petals that I found at home, but also with leaves and just with flowers. I think it's a really nice project to do. You do have to have a little bit of time and patience for this though, and kind of enjoy the process as well, but it's really one of those things that really pays off that when you kind of commit to the process and making it, then taking a photo takes like two to three minutes, you know, you just kind of snap the photo and that's it. So if you don't enjoy that kind of stuff, then maybe don't do it. But if you do enjoy kind of crafting and making a little art piece, then this is definitely something that I'd recommend you to try out. Okay, most of us are probably spending... A fair amount of time in bed, so, you know, why not use your bed? I think there is something very intimate and personal about your bed where you kind of sleep and you're so vulnerable. And different ways I've used is just to have a flower bunch and kind of stuck my face in that or just reading. I also did this kind of floral headphones once that's like quite long ago. This was back in Stockholm. That I did that and this photo was the first photo that got me featured on Instagram back in the day when they had the weekend hashtag project. They unfortunately don't have that anymore, but yeah, it was just very lucky to catch like Luna was there with me. I had this huge ball of yarn and knitting in the bed. This last one is just some fairy lights that I put both in the cup and I had behind. I just think it makes such a nice and kind of atmosphere and mood to have some fairy lights in a photo. Now you know that the breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? And now is really the perfect time to enjoy some slow mornings if you have the possibility to do that, if you don't have to commute to work, but you can actually really enjoy that and kind of get your own pacing for the day. And this can be a really nice also Sparked some ideas to take a photo of that opportunity. So you could do like a little picnic breakfast on the floor or just take a photo of your actual breakfast when you're sitting there with your coffee and you have whatever you're having for breakfast. Or you can take it also up a notch. And this is like a watermelon that I then took the seeds out of. So it looks like a little rainy cloud. Also using coffee cups. Somebody should make a video with coffee cups idea because there's so many. Wait, aha! I did one. I have a video with some coffee cup ideas, so I'll link that. But this one is a recent one I did, I put a little cherry blossom tree in there, and the way you do this is there are these... Invisible, I was gonna say, no, free, PNG, so basically kind of like a sticker, so instead of JPEG, it's called PNG, like with, so transparent background, you can search these online for free, there's also apps like Picsart, which I've never used, but I know some people use that, so you can basically put that in a photo, you will need Photoshop, or then you can use this app, Picsart, for it. And then I've also with coffee cups done other like some examples this coffee cup tree Which was like a huge thing I did on the floor Or then using cups as balloons or if you have a nice for example grandma's old Kettle just holding that and like putting on a blouse with a lot of kind of texture and has a mood that kind of fits With that makes a really nice photo. I think Also before I've used like sugar and cookies to make a sky Or a ferris wheel. Is that a ferris wheel? What do you call that? I think you call it a ferris wheel. I feel. Or you can also do just like a really simple one of just a coffee cup. But I think, I don't know, there's something so nice about just thinking about breakfast. Makes me happy. So that's definitely a theme that I like to kind of get inspired by and use in my photo. And again like the Pinterest, everything, like there's so much. Inspiration out there to soak up on on this subject. Okay, next up we have one of my absolute favorites So like glitter confetti all this kind of stuff. I think is so much fun I guess because it's like it just associates to party and who doesn't like a good party. Hmm. Am I right? So here are some examples. I've done with glitter in a cup or then just like confetti Oh all over the place. Also soap bubbles is a really fun thing if you have that, happen to have that at home and there are many different ways you can use these kind of themes of also stars, make a little star garland. It's most things that you can kind of craft at home or if you have some you know leftover from Christmas you can use that in photos. Okay I know we just talked about kind of breakfast and slow mornings but we're gonna talk more snacks because snacks it's a big part of life. It's important especially now. I feel like I go to the kitchen like I normally go to the kitchen quite often after snacks but during this time that's probably like at least doubled. You know you do what you gotta do to survive. So some ways in these photos is I've like stacked up so cookies or pancakes if I've like a few times actually managed to bake or cook something but also doing cookies. This is like a little moon installation I did with just some Oreo cookies. Again here using a watermelon but this time for an umbrella. Oh I should make like one with like watermelon as clouds and also as an umbrella. That'll be something. This next one was for Halloween when there was a lot of pumpkins. Here is kind of a milky way, spilled milk kind of situation. This next one is Totoro, if you know Studio Ghibli, like one of my absolute favorite movies that I did again with using coffee beans. And this is actually not a table, this is, back at my parents' house in Finland, they have a quite old bench and when you take, like there's kind of a pillow on the bench, and when you take that pillow out, it has like this super nice texture. So I've used that sometimes and kind of pretend that it's a table. Nobody will know, even though now you'll know. I don't know. And also just using kind of snack time, using food in your photo is just like it's organic it's you know you can use it afterwards so it's also not sort of a prop you have to buy just for the photo it's actually also something you can use and it's something I think many people can relate to. I'd like to. And since we're talking about photos, using a camera in your photo and taking a creative selfie either via a mirror or just having like if you have an old camera. So I have this one for example that is my grandfather's old, but I actually don't know if it works anymore, but I just really like that feeling of this vintage camera. So then I'm just taking it with my normal camera and also I did this one with some leaves to kind of make like a camera out of leaves and then with these photo prints next to it so there are many things that you can get inspired by just like the whole kind of act of taking photos itself. And here, next one. If you have pets then, okay, they say that you should never work with animals or children in show business and it's definitely true. Like if I plan to do a photo with Luna and Bella it never works but then sometimes when I'm sitting up for a photo they will come and they'll be curious and I have some treats for them. They really like these called Dreamies. If you have cats then I can recommend those. These are at least like if I just open the bag they'll like Come running. So yeah, this is just something fun that you can try to snap a photo of a pet if you have them around, and if they're willing to collaborate, which most likely, if there are cats, they aren't. Okay, these are some of I would call like Kika classics. So this first one is to put some Flowers in your sleeves and just taking a photo of your hands. I don't know. It's like a very classic one You've seen probably it on Instagram or Pinterest many people doing it But it just works because I think it's so there's something very calming like almost poetical about it Which is why I think it works so well This next one is just a butterfly sticker that I picked up from like a craft book A craft store, I think it's meant for scrapbooking, and this one is a frozen flower piece. I've showed you before how I've done that in another video, and I have hashtag my frosty florals also on Instagram, so if you want to see some creations of other people, there's so many so many nice ones up there. And then this last one is just like a little bit breakfast moment came out. That's nice. Okay, the next one. A few years back on Instagram, there was a hashtag called my botanical bath or something along those lines. And this is a photo I did a few years back in Portugal. And so basically what people would do would just be to put some flowers in their bathtub or either and either be in it or in their sink. We don't really have like any natural light in our bathroom here. So I can't really do this here. But then I've also got this first perspective Perspective one with a little kind of... Cupcake on my head because why not? Or not. So yeah, but if you have like an aesthetic looking bathroom then yeah, you can use that also for a photo shoot even though it's maybe not the most sort of obvious place to do photos. Okay and next one probably one of the things that I get most inspired by is outfits and the things that I actually wear in the photo like all the colors textures and shapes they just tell so much and kind of really sets the tone and the mood for the photo. So this one for example was a shirt I have with these flowers on and then I had these flowers that I put in my shirt so it's kind of It's kind of like they're bursting out. So that was. Very much inspired by just the shirt itself and then this is kind of laundry like ballerina doing her laundry or also a really fun way to hide in the photo but still being visible. Also this one which kind of I didn't realize I look like a raspberry mascot for some you know yogurt commercial. And this photo is from back in the day when I I wanted to try to do these more kind of photo shoot editorial ones and in this one I took two photos of me wearing I had the same dress one white and one red one and then I would take like two photos and then I just printed out those photos cut them up and made like a stripey dress out of it instead which I thought was pretty clever I have to say and then also other ways I do done like sushi laundry so you could fold your clothes into some kind of shapes you could also You could also do like flowers, for example. And then one of my all-time favorites is like stacking my knits up so if you have some clothes and if you really be mindful about the colors and it's a little bit of a tricky thing to kind of if you want to hold them yourself so if you have somebody to help you or if you have self-timer just like try to put the stack make the stack first so you're kind of ready with it and try to get the photo with them. And the last Idea is to take a photo of your journal So if you like to bullet journal or if you have like a creative journal just taking a photo of that Or yeah, if you have some artwork, that's also like a really nice thing to put in a photo Wow a hundred that Felt like I'm really dry in my throat at the moment. Felt like I talked a lot. I hope this was interesting for you and that you got some ideas. I know it can be overwhelming, like a hundred is a lot, but just like if there was one that kind of you felt like ooh, like something happened in you, then choose that one. And I also like to say like sometimes it's if you have too many ideas or also if you don't have any ideas, it can be very like just difficult to choose or like know where to start. But the thing I often try to think of is what is the kind of lowest hanging fruit but it's the easiest one so I can just get going and then the kind of things and you know the ideas will come but if you feel like oh I don't know what to do like just take the one that feels easiest to you and that you immediately think like oh but I could do that in my bedroom or you know oh but I have a nice table I could take a photo of my breakfast like just make it easy for yourself then yeah will be much more fun and the results will also probably be better that way. And if you do take some photos, then please use the hashtag createwithkika so I can see it. Over on Instagram, we started this hashtag, createwithkika, so you can tag me. Put that hashtag under your photo so I can see it. There's so many beautiful entries there already. It makes me so happy to see. It's like so surreal to me also that actually, like you actually get inspired by these ideas. It just means so much and feels like it's, you know, like I'm here in my own kind of universe doing these photos. So actually seeing it resonate with you, it just makes me so happy and it really gives me a lot of energy. So thank you for that. I hope you enjoyed this video and that you're staying safe and healthy. I'll see you back here soon again, thank you so much for watching, alright, take care, bye! Hello, there's a bee in my bonnet, hello, hello, a bee in my bonnet, hello.