Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Lighting and Styling

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

75% positive reviews (4)

429 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Lighting and Styling

Overview

“Once the scene has been set, it's time to add in the lighting and style the props to represent the narrative statement. ”

In this video lesson Gerard + Belevender addresses the topic: Lighting and Styling, 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 our last lesson, we talked about tethering and Capture One. In this lesson, we're talking about lighting and styling. Okay, let's start with our lighting. From the last lessons, you know that we kind of already picked out a basic starting point for all of our lighting. And so that's what I'm going to set up first. So if you only have one light, just turn it on. That's all you have to do. But since we have multiple lights, I'm actually going to start with my weakest lights because these aren't very powerful. And I just want to make sure that they're going to show up in the frame. All righ...”

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Course summary for: Still Life Photography: Create Conceptual Images

Level: Beginner
75% positive reviews (4)
429 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.