How will you use light to draw the viewer’s eye where you want it? Might some colored lighting using gels give the look you want? You decide what type, how many sources, whether to use hard or soft lighting.
The monochrome version simplifies the image even further, making the shot even more about shape, line, tone, and texture. A simple photo that explores some of the standard composition rules – Rule of Thirds, Rule of Odds, Leading Lines, etc. Few other genres of photography offer such an advantage. You set the scene and are in complete control. You can take your time, practice compositional concepts like the Rule of Thirds, the Rule of Odds, leading lines, negative space, simplification, background choice, depth-of-field, and many other artistic concepts of composition. Making a shot in a hurry before the moment passes isn’t an issue. You pick the subjects, the arrangement, and the background. Maybe one of the best things about still life photography is you are in complete control. In much of photography, you deal with the scene as you find it. Still life? Really? Why? Well, stay with me here and we’ll explore all the things you can learn. If you’re a landscape, sports, fashion, portrait, or type of photographer who does work requiring you to get out and about, working at home doing still life photos on the kitchen table could be a new thing. Canon 6D with Canon 50mm “nifty-fifty” lens, 5 sec.
This is just one of the techniques you can try if you want to give still life photography at home a try. The “light-painted” shot used only a flashlight and a long exposure. Still life images like this were what painters often did back before there was photography.
So what can we do to continue to practice our craft as photographers, have a bit of diversion and enjoyment, and maybe learn some new techniques? I suggest you give still life photography at home a try. As I write this, many of us are holed up at home.
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