Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

How to Generate Original Ideas

A course by Gerard + Belevender , Art Direction and Photography Duo

75% positive reviews (4)

427 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: How to Generate Original Ideas

Overview

“In this lesson, we'll show you how we come up with ideas, and we'll give you some tips for a consistent flow of new ideas. Once you've come up with an idea, it's essential to mind map it further to ensure you're exploring all options. ”

In this video lesson Gerard + Belevender addresses the topic: How to Generate Original Ideas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images. Learn to tell visual stories by exploring color, camera angles, set design, props, and lighting to create carefully-composed images from scratch..

Partial transcription of the video

“Now that you've gotten to know us and heard about what we love, it's time to get to work planning our project. For your final project, you will choose a nostalgic moment that includes an element of food. This could be something from your own childhood, from a movie or a show, or a moment in history that you've researched. Just choose something that's unique to you and your interests. Using nostalgia as your theme allows you to create something that's personal to you. And by doing that, other people will naturally connect with that. Something that everyone can relate to is food. We all have ...”

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Course summary for: Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Level: Beginner
75% positive reviews (4)
427 students
4 units
16 lessons (2h 32m)
14 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop, Capture One
Areas
Food Photography, Food Styling, Product Photography

Gerard + Belevender

A course by Gerard + Belevender

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Art Direction and Photography Duo

Gerard + Belevender is a photography, creative direction, and styling duo based in Detroit, Michigan. Michelle Gerard and Jenna Belevender first met at an event and quickly began working on projects together. They later moved into their own studio where they started creating scenes inspired by nostalgia, food, and pop culture.

Since then, Michelle and Jenna have conceptualized still images for brands like Little Saints, Club Backdrops, DADA Daily, and Ban.do, and worked with publications such as Compound Butter. One of their personal projects, The Artist Diet, has also been published internationally both in print and online.