Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Setting up the Scene with Tethering

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 up the Scene with Tethering

Overview

“Next, we'll start assembling the set using the mood boards as a reference. In addition, we'll discuss how tethering allows you to compose your scene more easily. ”

In this video lesson Gerard + Belevender addresses the topic: Setting up the Scene with Tethering, 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 to our set. In the last lesson, we talked about our gear and our equipment. This lesson, we are going to talk about tethering and how to set up for the photo. So the reason we're tethering is so that we can see exactly what our photo is going to look like on the computer, where we can see it in more detail and we have a better idea of exactly what our lighting and our props look like. Tethering also gives us more flexibility in the editing process. So if I want to combine lighting from two different images, or if I decide I like a prop better in one photo, I can add it into another ...”

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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.