Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Setting the Scene in Milanote

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: Setting the Scene in Milanote

Overview

“Using the narrative and mood board as a guide, it's time to start visualizing what a single photo would look like. You'll be asked questions about your scene that will help you design a set that communicates the narrative statement you made. ”

In this video lesson Gerard + Belevender addresses the topic: Setting the Scene in Milanote, 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

“Welcome back. In the last lesson, we talked about working with food. Now it's time to start setting up our scene in Milanote. Here we'll begin getting into the details of our scene, food, props, and lighting. Let's get started. The first thing I did was I took my narrative statement and I just expanded on it. This is completely optional. After working on my mood board and my food options, I just wanted to go into a little more detail of what this person was thinking or seeing and so I ended up with an expanded narrative that basically says it's 1997 at your local roller rink and couples onl...”

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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.