Still-Life Photography: Create Dark and Moody Images
Framing and Camera Angles
A course by Daniela Constantini , Photographer
Joined January 2022
About the video: Framing and Camera Angles
Overview
“After the styling is done and all the elements are in perfect symmetry, it's time to frame the scene. As I do so, I will explain the camera lens I use to shoot still lifes and why. ”
In this video lesson Daniela Constantini addresses the topic: Framing and Camera Angles, 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
“ Framing and Camera Angles Our still life is almost ready for the final shoot. In this lesson, I'll talk about framing and I'll talk about the lens I'll be using to photograph this scene. I'll be using a Sony camera. I have the Alpha 7R III. I have a lens that is also from Sony and it is a 24-105. I like photographing still lifes with this specific lens because it lets me come closer to it. I like to stay in a focal length that goes from 70 to 105. This helps compress the image and it gives the fruits and the flowers a sense of grandeur, and I like how that looks in an image. Now I'll talk...”
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Course summary for: Still-Life Photography: Create Dark and Moody Images
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Fine-Art Photography, Food Photography, Product Photography
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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