Anybody have any photography tips?

Okay, so last week I got a new nikon SLR camera, because I want to get into photography, I find it really interesting. However, I'm stuck on things to take photos of and how to make the photo look really professional. I'm at home and it's freezing outside, so I'd rather take photos of items in the house. Any ideas?

Also any other tips on photography?

If you have plants inside your house, take close up pictures of them.
I like to use the close up setting on my camera because
it gives the picture more detail. I'm not sure if an SLR has a close up
setting on it, but you can most definitely find it on a Digital SLR.

Since it's freezing, take the time to learn about aperture-shutter speed & ISO and their effects on each other as well as the picture. Inside a house you can shoot anything from an interior shot of room to a plate of food. Think of a magazine like an architectural one or food and wine, and then give your self an assignment for that magazine

If you don't want to go outside at all, try constructing a diarama and take photos of it at different settings so you can get familiar with using your camera. You can do some interesting things with household items. I did these at home in my free time.

Lladro Don Quixote statue with Xmas lights in background. Shot with 50mm lens on extension tubes:

My old uniform and Grandfather's flag:

Stupid self portrait with nifty fifties that eventually became my avatar:

Here's some inspiration http://www.andrewsanderson.com/categories.php?category=2

Everything. Literally. When you eat lunch, set it up all pretty and try to recreate something you might find in a magazine. Work with lighting and angles. Also look up shutter speed, ISO, etc. Read through your manual, and try out the different settings, and learn a little about how to manual. Go from there. Taking a good photo takes a lot of practice and patience.

Try photography waterdrops. Set your camera on a tripod, or hold it. With an ear-dropper/eyedropper, drop it/get someone else to drop water into a filled, shallow rectangular bowl.

Try getting a bowl that is colorful, or is clear. If it's clear, placing wrapping paper, tissue box.etc under and around the bowl will give the water some color. Adding different liquids such as oil, milk.etc and food coloring could help make it interesting.

Of course, you'll need to make a fast shutter speed. Using flash could help too. If you don't know how to use manual mode, here it is ;
http://cameradojo.com/2011/06/13/shooting-in-manual-mode/

You could however, just use Shutter speed priority (S) and put the shutter speed as high as possible, and use flash.

Freezing? Real photographers aren't afraid of freezing, or wet, or bombs or bullets. Photographers make sacrifices for their work, the photojournalists push the boat out the mosts, frequently stepping out in front of gunfire to get that defining shot. So if a mild chill is going to deter you from taking pictures, I'm afraid you're never going to get those magic shots.

Next tip, if you can't think of things to photograph, how are you going to create an original body of work? Get that brain in gear, and use your eyes, look for unusual things, or unusual ways of looking at things.

I think you should have worked out my tip… Lazy photographers don't succeed.

If it's freezing outside, get out there and take some photographs. You think this guy said 'It's freezing outside, I'd better stay indoors'?:

http://1x.com/photo/48564/category/landscape/latest-additions/church-on-island

My tip is: real photographers see freezing conditions as an opportunity, not an excuse to stay in.