Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Exploring Ideas through Research

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: Exploring Ideas through Research

Overview

“Now that you have your idea, you'll research everything you can about it. You'll look at its history, pop culture influences, personal memories, and anything else related to it. ”

In this video lesson Gerard + Belevender addresses the topic: Exploring Ideas through Research, 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

“In the last lesson, we talked about how to generate original ideas. And in this lesson, we're going to explore those ideas through research. But before we jump in, let's talk about why we do research. Why not just take all of our ideas and start building a narrative? Because even though we have an idea or a specific memory we want to build a photo around, it would be leaving a lot of stones unturned to skip this research. In this lesson, we'll talk about what we do to spark our own memories, work off the recollections of others, and begin to world build. One last note. Remember that we're r...”

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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.