Still-Life Photography: Create Dark and Moody Images
The Composition
A course by Daniela Constantini , Photographer
Joined January 2022
About the video: The Composition
Overview
“In this lesson, I will cover the composition rules I follow to contrive images with unity, balance, and contrast. ”
In this video lesson Daniela Constantini addresses the topic: The Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Still-Life Photography: Create Dark and Moody Images. Learn to compose dramatic still-life photos inspired by classic chiaroscuro paintings, from the setup and shoot to the final editing.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Composition In this lesson, I'll discuss the two composition rules I use the most in my work, pyramidal composition and dynamic symmetry. Let's have a look. What is composition? Composition is the arrangement of elements and how you decide to frame said elements. Composition rules There are two composition rules I apply in my work. These are triangular or pyramidal composition and dynamic symmetry. Pyramidal composition focuses strongly on unity. It is how you arrange, in my case, bigger elements like fruits or vegetables. You don't have to fill this pyramidal composition with all the...”
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Course summary for: Still-Life Photography: Create Dark and Moody Images
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Daniela Constantini
A course by Daniela Constantini
Daniela Constantini is a Mexican photographer living in Bern, Switzerland. She is a graduate of the Visual Journalism and Documentary Practice program at the International Center of Photography in New York. Her long-term project Days of Silence won Rita K. Hillman Excellence Award. In 2015, Errr-Magazine, a Mexican magazine devoted to art and literature, published her first novel, El gato me da igual. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a major in Journalism from Universidad Ibero located in Mexico City.
Since graduation, she has been working as a freelance photographer focusing on Portraiture, Still Life, and Lifestyle. She has also been the Creative Director, Stylist, and Photographer on projects with brands like Villars Maître Chocolatier, L'Occitane, Mövenpick, Ojo de Café, in Switzerland, and for Pyne & Smith Clothiers based in California, USA, among others. She has exhibited work in New York, Mexico City, Olten (Switzerland) Paris, Arles, Berlin, and Amsterdam.
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