Having entered a state of pure boredom I will often decide to pick random crap up and start shooting pictures, using my trusty white box.
Below on right is a shot I took while practising depth of field with my camera. The idea was I wanted the central one in focus and the others more blurry adding a sense of depth to the photograph. For this I used a narrow aperture, and to get a nice moody scene I decided it would look nice in black and white.
The happy fellow on the the left I did essentially the same thing, this time I decided I did not want to centralise the subject and worked a little more with colour. Behind that charming chap are two other Buddha’s and in the middle is a little red vase with Chinese writing, I thought the red would make the picture more interesting. For this picture I wanted a nice close photograph with a greater focal length. I took a number of pictures with these Buddha’s, this one was my favourite.
The Last one below I was not so happy with, but I have included for the sake of it really. The white light balance isn’t quite right, something using a white background shows up very well. I did shoot this is RAW – as with the other – but this was the best overall use of colours for the scene. The composition is more jokey than the last two, the guy in the back looks like he is taking the piss really and the guy up front to be a cheery chap.
The things you will play with when bored, all it takes is a camera, a white studio type box [thing], and what ever you can find around you. I think these – whilst not being really works of art – are interesting, even if just to me, It is also not a bad way to just practice with your camera, playing with aperture, composition, lighting, exposure, and curing boredom 
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