Watch on YouTube – Macro photography project ideas to try at home in 2025!

Every year we collect together our favourite shoots from the past 12 months into a collection of amazing macro photography project ideas that are easy to shoot at home.
Click the links to see images, tips, and a full video tutorial on each subject.
#1 – Kitchen Utensils
Kitchen Utensils, particularly those made of stainless steel, make for some amazing abstract macro photography. Add coloured light and take advantage of the reflections that are created while exploring these interesting objects.
This tutorial focuses on using a cheese grater to create some colourful abstract photos.
#2 – LEGO Minifigures
We end up coming back to LEGO Photography as a source of inspiration, because it’s just so addictive and fun! This year, we used a probe lens to take our images to the next level, getting up close and personal with LEGO Minifigures.
You don’t need a probe lens to give LEGO photography a go, just a phone camera and some lighting!
#3 – Light Painting
Light painting comes in a few different forms, but it’s always fun and much easier to tackle inย macro. Simply set up any subject you like the look of, choose some long exposure settings, and move some light through your image!
In our tutorial, we used an egg balanced on some forks, but made the images much more striking with moving streaks of light.
#4 – Pollen Macro Photography
Pollen looks more like dust to the naked eye, but this is a macro photography project idea you want to get close to! Using a high magnification lens of 5x or 10x, you can actually see the individual grains of pollen stuck together like spiked balls.
Of course, this one needs some more advanced equipment, but give it a go if you can!
#5 – Smoke Effects
Smoke can be added to so many projects to add some practical effects to your images and video. With the right lighting, the smoke is highlighted and creates amazing colourful whips that add to the ambiance of photos and creates movement in video.
You don’t have to shoot a dragon egg like we did, but we recommend it for those Game of Thrones fans!
Macro photography project ideas you can try at home.
Need more ideas? Check out our previous TOP 5ย post that covers a few more great subject ideas to try out.
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