Things to shoot...
Here's a good starting point :
Corporate shots
Everyone looks a little more handsome when a suit's involved.
Blue collar
You know, the people who make the world go 'round. Construction workers, electricians, utility workers. Police officers, firefighters, machinists, and bakers...
Medical staff and equipment
People : Doctors, nurses, dentists, anesthesiologists.
Actions : Giving shots, consulting with patients, reading charts.
Places and things : Emergency and operating rooms. We need scalpels, forceps, sponges, stat!
Groups & Teams
One person is great, two, three, four… just gets better and better.
Concept Stock
Leave it to others to shoot the obvious.
Antiques
They just don't make 'em like they used to.
Sports
Cycling, ping pong, soccer, skateboarding, kung-fu, bocce ball, the list goes on.
Rare Artifacts
The more rare, the better.
Car Parts
Bumpers, side mirrors, windows, back ends, tires, under the hood...
Illustrations
Vector and not rasterized.
Holiday & Seasonal Themes
Christmas, Valentines, Easter: don’t wait until the last minute.
Fashion
Leave the jeans behind, unless they're couture...
Analogue and Grunge
Intriguing textures, effects, & treatments – not for the amateur of style.
Food and Beverages
Preferably with someone holding the edible item.
We also found this list with 150 everyday things to shoot...
Well, to be frank, not all of these are good for stock photography.
- Abstract shapes
- Airplanes
- Alleys
- Anchors
- Arches
- Architecture (Old)
- Auto Grills (old)
- Backyards
- Badges
- Barn Signs
- Barrels
- Bikini Bottoms
- Bikini Tops
- Birds
- Bubbles
- Butterfly wings
- Carnival night lights
- Cats
- Chairs
- Church Steeples
- Circles
- Classic cars
- Clocks
- Cloths
- Clotheslines
- Clouds
- Coal stoves
- Colors (any & all)
- Covered bridges
- Dams
- Dark Places
- Domes
- Door Knobs
- Door Knockers
- Doors
- Doorways
- Emblems
- Engines
- Entrances
- Environmental
- Farm work
- Feathers
- Fence gates
- Fences
- Flower Petals
- Foot prints
- Foreign money
- Fountains
- Front Porches
- Furnaces
- Gardens
- Gazebos
- Glass
- Glassware
- Graffiti/Murals
- Grill work
- Guns
- Hands
- Hats
- Hearts
- Holes
- Horns
- Horse stables
- Horse-drawn wagons
- Hot-air balloons
- Ice
- Indian costumes
- Insects
- Jails
- Key holes
- Kitchen utensils
- Kites
- Knives, Forks, & Spoons
- Lanterns
- Leaves
- License plates
- Locks
- Mailboxes
- Mannequins
- Maps
- Marble grain
- Marble patterns
- Marbles
- Merry-go-rounds
- Nature forms & patterns
- Neon signs
- Nests
- Nets
- Night scenes
- Old Bottles
- Old graveyards
- Old house fronts
- Old store fronts
- Old Tools
- Open spaces
- Opposites
- Out-of-place signs
- Pairs
- Parallel lines
- People at work
- Porches
- Postage Stamps
- Propellers
- Quarries
- Quilts
- Quills
- Railroad (general old items)
- Railroad bridges
- Railroad stations
- Railroad steam engines
- Railroad tracks
- Red
- Reflections
- Rodeo events
- Rust patterns
- Sand Patterns
- Sea Shells
- Seats
- Shadows
- Shapes
- Silhouettes
- Smoke patterns
- Spider webs
- Stairs & steps
- Street Sign Names
- Street Signs
- Surf patterns
- Swings
- Telephone booths
- Textures
- Tombstones
- Train equipment
- Trees
- Tree Bark & Patterns
- Tunnels
- Urns
- Vases
- Vegetables
- Vertebra
- Wagon wheels
- Water droplets
- Water reflections
- Weather Veins
- Weathered paint
- Weathered signs
- Weathered wood
- Window reflections
- Windows
- Wood grain & knots
- Yellow