Creative Still-Life Photography Specialization: Master Lighting and Composition

Overview

“In this lesson, you'll learn how to choose a location and background for your still life. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Preparing Your Background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Still-Life Photography Specialization: Master Lighting and Composition. Explore lighting and color techniques to create dynamic still-life photography compositions.

Partial transcription of the video

“Prepare Your Background In the last lesson, we talked about artificial versus natural light. In this lesson, we'll be location scouting and choosing a background. The first thing to do is to go back to your mood board and look at the color palette. What colors pop? What were you drawn to? There you can choose your backdrop. Do the images in your mood board indicate harsh or soft light? This will determine what kind of light and what time of day you will shoot. If there are harsh shadows, dramatic reflections, and contrasting colors, this indicates harsh direct light. On the other hand, if t...”

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Course summary for: Creative Still-Life Photography Specialization: Master Lighting and Composition

• Level: Beginner
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• 202 students
• 7 units
• 80 lessons (12h 44m)
• 33 downloads

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  Photography & Video

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  Commercial Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Food Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photography, Product Photography, Set Design, Studio Photography