Stil life experiment

[DES]

I recognize that conventional still life photography is not especially popular for subject matter. I've enjoyed it for a few years as an opportunity to experiment with colors, composition, and lighting. It's not unlike product photography, of course, which can be very lucrative....even with the emergence of AI.

For this shot I used a godox LED light, camera right, with a small Westcott softbox, plus a gold refector on the left. I played with small adjustments in the position of the light and made a choice based on the difference in the way shadows were rendered.

Nothing special, but I thought it was a worthwhile learning experiment. Comments welcome.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the lighting result - nice work with this one.

 

[JimFox]

It looks special to me Darryl. I really like the way it's lit up and the fall off of the light outside of the basket.

I would call your experiment a rousing success!

 

[DES]

Thank you Alan and Jim. I had previously done a fair amount of jewelry photography & then started doing closeup/table-top subjects during the pandemic years, mostly out of boredom. The lighting is entirely different and most of my experiments now use LED lights & modifiers which I have "modified" for the purpose. I'd say my success rate is below 50%, but every now and then I get something I like.

 

[BlackRockArt]

I recognize that conventional still life photography is not especially popular for subject matter. I've enjoyed it for a few years as an opportunity to experiment with colors, composition, and lighting. It's not unlike product photography, of course, which can be very lucrative....even with the emergence of AI.

For this shot I used a godox LED light, camera right, with a small Westcott softbox, plus a gold refector on the left. I played with small adjustments in the position of the light and made a choice based on the difference in the way shadows were rendered.

Nothing special, but I thought it was a worthwhile learning experiment. Comments welcome.

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A beautiful still shot, I love the simplicity.

Oliver

 

[Joe Colozzo]

beautiful in it's own rights. technique and lighting is dead on. To make it more artistic I would use a more shalow depth of field to soften it up and use color grading in post work. Not saying I can do it, but from what Iv'e seen that's huge difference.

 

[DES]

beautiful in it's own rights. technique and lighting is dead on. To make it more artistic I would use a more shalow depth of field to soften it up and use color grading in post work. Not saying I can do it, but from what Iv'e seen that's huge difference.

Color grading is not something I've ever tried....I associate it mostly with cinema. But I tried a couple of subtle changes in post just to see what happens. Thanks for looking and for your comments.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

it was a subtle change but it made a difference. I'm not sure what post processing software you use, But I would use YouTube to seek how to videos. I'm not even sure I do half of what I learned correctly or not but when I go to the before and after shot it looks like someone better than me did it. My problem is composition which you seem to do very nicely.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

if it's Photoshop look up f64 Academy .
Blake Rudis is a great teacher. it takes a lot of time to learn and digest but it's well worth it. He is a master of color also of using" blend if " and different blending modes in the layers.