Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Set Design and Props

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: Set Design and Props

Overview

“Next, you'll learn how to turn your mood board into a real-life set. We'll explore different ways to build sets and teach you some resourceful techniques. In addition, we'll talk about how to find or make props at home.”

In this video lesson Gerard + Belevender addresses the topic: Set Design and Props, 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 angle, color, and light. And now we're going to talk about designing your set and choosing your props. We're going to show you how we do that in Milanote. This is the most exciting part. You finally get to go shopping and just create a scene out of everything that you've been researching. So I've created this board in Milanote to start planning my set design. I've copied over some elements from my last boards, like my color palette, my sketch, and I've added a shopping list so that I know what I have to start looking for, and a to-do list. So you start by...”

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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.