Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects. Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition.
Still life photography is a demanding art, one in which the photographers are expected to be able to form their work with a refined sense of lighting, coupled with compositional skills. The still life photographer makespictures rather than takes them. Knowing where to look for propping and surfaces also is a required skill.
Beautiful Still Life Photography, this kind of photography depends upon our perception. The main challenge of this kind of photography is identifying the object, which is apt to the subject. It involves selecting objects in random bases and organizing them in a perfect way to bring out image of illusion. It needs some of special quality to bring out an excellent image.
Still life photographs show arrangements of inanimate objects-such as food, flowers, shells, bottles, glasses, books, jewellery-captured in the studio or sometimes in the field.
History
One of the traditional forms of art, still life painting was practiced by the ancient Egyptians as a way to provide a symbolic send-off for the departed. This use of symbolic and religious objects as part of still life compositions continued through the Renaissance, after which the art form became a more secular playing ground for artists who could control entire compositions. This was just not possible when creating art from larger, or more animate, subject matter. In fact, most still lifes are close-up; once a photo has a person in it, it can probably no longer be considered a still life-both on grounds of animation and of scale.
Still life photography has been popular among photographers since the early 19th century, and still is today. Early photographers adopted the still life genre from the painters at the time. Around this time, painters such as Vincent Van Gogh, Francisco Goya and Paul Cézanne were painting their famous still life paintings, which inspired the photographers of the day.
In the early years of photography, still life was a practical choice as well as a creative one. In the 19th century, exposure times were measured in minutes rather than seconds, so it would be difficult to attempt to photograph landscapes or people; anything that moves would be very difficult to photograph.
In the early years of photography, still life was a practical choice as well as a creative one. In the 19th century, exposure times were measured in minutes rather than seconds, so it would be difficult to attempt to photograph landscapes or people; anything that moves would be very difficult to photograph.
Martin Zalba Still Life Photography
Anatoly Che Still Life Photography
Here are a few of my still life photographs
DSC_0141 NIKON D3000
Exposure Time 1/50 sec.
ISO Speed ISO- 100
Focal Length 55mm
Max Aperture 5
No Flash
Exposure Time 1/15 sec.
ISO Speed ISO- 100
Focal Length 55mm
Max Aperture 5
No Flash
DSC_0165 NIKON D3000
Exposure Time 0.65 sec.
ISO Speed ISO- 100
Focal Length 55mm
Max Aperture 5
No Flash
I like the composition but technically its not right, out of focus and a bit blurry at times.
DSC_0171 NIKON D3000
Exposure Time 1/15 sec.
ISO Speed ISO- 100
Focal Length 55mm
Max Aperture 5
No Flash
Needs to be more focused as it is a bit blurry.
Needs to be more focused as it is a bit blurry.
This is my response to Martin Zalba's still life photograph above. I tried to shoot this on a table as you can see in the first photo, which wasn't a good idea, as it made the whole thing look dull and uninteresting. In a box in the classroom, I found bits of wood, which I then used to create a sort of stage for my photoshoot. I placed these bits of wood in front of a window using chairs to prop them up.As we didn't have much time to photograph, I didn't really get time to perfect what I needed to and experiment around with the lighting. If I got another chance to do this, I'm sure it would come out much better and I will try new thing, in terms of lighting and positioning.
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