5 Tips For Taking Creative Photographs Without Leaving Your Home

Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda present “Visual Stay-rytelling” and inspire you to create within the walls of your home

Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda are a creative duo with extensive experience working with top international brands such as Facebook, Netflix, and Disney. They have thousands of followers on social media, especially on Instagram.

Earlier this year, they took part in our Domestika Live: Visual Stay-rytelling, sharing details of their creative process. Their work mixes architecture with photography; the way they approach new projects is sure to give you ideas for how to fulfill your creative potential without even leaving your house.

Don’t let dimensions limit you

Make the most of being at home! It means that planning and setting up the lighting and composition of your image will be much easier.

Show things to human scale

Not only does it work for exterior and architectural photography, but you will also discover how useful it is as a resource for projects at home.

Take advantage of accidents and anything unexpected

When you’re constructing your image in your head, every detail that forms part of your daily routine can become a source of inspiration. Perhaps you discover that your clothes match a surface in your home, or you suddenly notice props around you that you hadn’t paid much attention to before.

Explore ideas with props

Sometimes, props will inspire you to create an image before you’ve even begun to think about surfaces, and there’s nothing wrong with that–go with it! A good photo isn’t all about the backdrop.

Follow this creative process

Here, Anna and David share their creative process so you can use it as a guide for your personal projects at home:

–Think: Ideas come from thoughts, from developing concepts. Think about what you like and about what you want to achieve before you start out. Observe, draw, measure, find what fits, and look for references.

–Build: Turn your ideas into reality. Follow the production process; have a go at building your own backdrop–take the physical elements of your image into your own hands. Scale your drawings and sketches to real life.

–Shoot: Don’t rush; wait for that perfect moment to press the shutter. With the planning under control, all you need to do is wait for everything else to be ready (setting up, the perfect natural light, etc).

–Share: Share your work strategically. Give it that finishing touch, a title, a good caption, and take care of every detail when it comes to publishing your work so that it has the biggest impact possible.

–Repeat: This is the most complicated part: dismantle your composition and begin the process again. Open your mind to new ideas so that you can create new projects.

If you want to know more about developing skills that will help you to create incredible compositions using basic elements and lots of creativity, check out the course, Creative Photography for Social Media. You will learn to tell stories through images that stand out on feeds.

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