50 Beautiful Still Life Photography Ideas and Tips for your inspiration
Still life photography: How often have you wondered whether objects arranged in a certain way are trying to tell us something? If you are a photographer, any small thing can captivate you, and that is the best time to get those wonderful shots you have been looking for. Still life photography is all about having control over the lighting and mood of the setting. You place some inanimate objects, cast some beautiful shadows and adjust the lighting, and you are on your way to becoming a still life photographer. Still life photos mostly focus on a small group of inanimate objects, like a bowl of fruit or a dinner table set for a meal, and the choices are limitless. What is so alluring about these still life photos is that they have a simple background and depend mostly on the focus of your camera. It would be wise to use a tripod when shooting still life photography, since you do not want blurry images.
Still Life Photography
Still life photography idea by graeme montgomery
Fruits still life photography by plushkavoevod
Still life photography Tips
1. Background: It's very important to have a simple or a clean background. If you are planning to capture a table with a bowl of fruits set on them, you can add a scarf or something that's crease free to have a dramatic background.
2. Composition : You don't have to rush through your photography as if you are running out of time. Try placing the objects in different ways, rearrange them in a basket or just find another interesting position to test your photography skills. If it's possible, try to have a variety of colors so your still life photos don't tend to lean towards just a particular color. It's eye pleasing to have a variety of colors in a single frame. Choose objects of different sizes and place them in various positions, also you can try moving your camera a little close to the scene, to get the desired effect.
3. Support: Since you need to hold the camera very still for capturing the photos, it would be an ideal choice to invest in a tripod and you can also control the shutter speed.
4. Light: It's important to have good lighting in all photos to have the dramatic effect. You can choose to use an energy saving bulb to capture your pictures, since the it tends to cast a very soft lighting n your pictures.
5. Focus: Try to get in-depth fields, so you can focus on all objects at once. Try taking few pictures with different focus points and sometimes you can use those small bits to combine together to create one single image. Don't be too hasty to get the shot, only after you are satisfied with the background and lighting, you should go for a shot. You don't have to really travel so far to take a still life photography, if you are an amateur, you can start at the comfort of your home, clean a area, keep a basket of fruits on your dining table and focus on different shots and you can try with other light effects to see if you get the desired effect.
