Our lives have been changed due to COVID-19 and it has affected us at work, home, and in our leisure lives. At times, it may give us additional time so that we can pursue new hobbies or look into old hobbies.
Being forced to spend more time at home to take part in those hobbies can be beneficial in many ways. This is seen in what Erin Sullivan, a.k.a. “Erin Outdoors,” is doing. As a travel photographer, it is her desire to “communicate the wonder of this Earth and to inspire connection so that ultimately, we might take our role as stewards a bit more thoughtfully.”
She has been a natural guide throughout her career and learned how to solve problems as they came her way. This includes facing difficulties, such as we are all facing today.
Now that she is in quarantine, she got even more creative in order to practice her art. Solomon decided to grab some household items and re-create nature indoors. She uses everything from food to paper bags in order to create realistic photos.
“As a travel photographer, I spend a lot of my time outdoors and photographing interesting places around the world. When our stay at home order went into effect last month, I wanted to challenge myself to stay creative in my craft without leaving my house,” she told Bored Panda.
Not only are people loving the pictures she is posting, but she also finds them to be therapeutic.
“I had the idea to create outdoor adventure scenes out of objects in my house,” she said. “I shot a few scenes as experiments before I ever shared the project publicly and found that creating this series of images helped me keep my imagination active and my creative practice alive.”
Here are examples of what you can find on her Instagram page.
“Jello Lake”
“The Gomacro Mountains”
“The Glowing Gore-Tex Cave”
“Tinfoil Lake”
“Cotton Ball Clouds”
“Broccoli Forest”
Solomon also started the hashtag, #OurGreatIndoors to challenge others to create an indoor adventure.
The responses were interesting.