Winter is the perfect time to focus on at-home photography. If you don’t feel like braving the cold but still want to sharpen your photography skills, try these six photography projects you can shoot from the comfort of your living room.  

Winter mountains offer breathtaking landscapes, extreme contrasts, and fast-paced action on the slopes. In this article, you’ll find practical tips for exposing snow correctly, working with shutter speed when photographing skiers, and using proven composition techniques. You’ll also learn when to choose minimalist shots or black and white, how to set up your camera in changing mountain conditions, and how to put together a cohesive photo series.

Winter is one of the best seasons for black and white photography. The naturally limited color palette, snow, fog, bare trees, and low sun create scenes where color would only distract from the subject. Converting photos to black and white lets what truly matters stand out: light, contrast, shapes, and emotions.  

A single photograph can be beautiful, but it often feels like a sentence taken out of context. A photo series, on the other hand, lets you develop an idea and draw the viewer into a narrative. The images begin to communicate with one another, and together they form a whole that is more compelling than any individual photograph. 

A photo exhibition can take many forms—from group and traveling  exhibitions to commercial shows or solo exhibitions. In this article, we focus on  solo exhibitions: a body of work with a unified purpose that expresses the photographer’s personal vision. An exhibition shouldn’t be just a visually pleasing display of “pretty pictures.” It should have  deeper meaning— it should have something to say. 

Photographing metaphors is an art that goes beyond the simple depiction of reality. Instead of showing what’s on the surface, it creates images that suggest, symbolize, and spark discussion. In this genre of photography, your perspective, memories, and inner world take shape—and the viewer gets the chance to work out what you’re trying to say, forming their own connection to your photography.  

Using a projector in your photography lets you combine a model with graphics, unique textures, or creative lighting effects. The result is modern, artistic, and often hypnotic. You can project color gradients, geometric shapes, or abstract textures onto both your model and the background, creating a look that would otherwise be difficult to achieve.  

UV, or black light, sits at the far end of the visible light spectrum. In the dark, it makes objects and materials that reflect this part of the spectrum glow. Whites react the strongest, but they’re far from the only ones. UV light is used in many fields, so why not use it for photography and create striking portraits? 

In November, most of Europe sinks into winter gloom. The days grow shorter, the sun fades, and nature loses its vivid autumn colors. It’s the time you want to head somewhere exotic—places where the rainy season is ending or has already passed, and adventure awaits. In this article, we make a few stops in European cities, and a few faraway destinations, that are well worth a photographer’s time for many reasons.   

In a fast-paced world driven by instant gratification, it might seem that a photo has to wow immediately or it’s not worth anything. But those who stay with photography for a longer period of time discover something much more important. With every photo you take today, you’re laying the foundation for what you’ll create in the future.