High Speed Product Photography
What is a still life?
A course by Paloma Rincón , Photographer
About the video: What is a still life?
Overview
“In this lesson I want to tell you what is the still life and the current moment that this genre lives, to understand new ways of dealing with this type of work.”
In this video lesson Paloma Rincón addresses the topic: What is a still life?, which is part of the Domestika online course: High Speed Product Photography. Basic techniques to freeze movement with the camera and take impressive product photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] In this lesson I am going to talk to you about the still life, What is a still life? A still life is a composition of inanimate objects, basically, It's like the French say, still life currently the still life is one of the genres that undergoes greater evolution and greater creative boom since artists from different disciplines look for imaginative and creative ways to present a product, or to illustrate an idea historically it has been a subgenre framed in other genres, and always in small scenes in other types of religious works, or in portraits where it was a small part of the r...”
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Course summary for: High Speed Product Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Capture One -
Areas
Art Direction, Fine-Art Photography, Interior Photography, Photography, Photography Post-production, Product Photography, Studio Photography

Paloma Rincón
A course by Paloma Rincón
Paloma Rincón (Mexico City, 1978) is a photographer based in Madrid who works internationally in a wide range of projects: from commercial campaigns for major brands to more experimental images and personal works.
His work focuses mainly on the world of still life. Create images in the limits where the photograph meets the sculpture, installation or design. It fuses different languages through a meticulous process where the elements are composed outside their habitual context redefining their meaning.
With a very graphic style, he works composition and color in a dynamic and optimistic way, combining a precise use of the technique and creativity of an artisan.
Some of its clients: Ikea, Sonos, Samsung, Oreo, Playstation, Powerade, Kleenex, Vodafone, Toyota USA, Schweppes, Swatch, Yoigo, Renfe, Ono, Estrella Damm, Voll Damm, Aquarius, Architectural Digest, Universal Music, DCODE Festival , Serial Cut, and agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi LA, JWT NY, TBWA, 72 & Sunny LA, Ogilvy Madrid, Leo Burnett Budapest, Paris Herezie, Publicis, 72 and Sunny LA, Mrs. Rushmore, China Madrid or SCPF among others.
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