In Photography, a Still Life is a planned and curated arrangement of 2 or more items. This composition tells a story to the viewer about the photographer. Please NO BRAND NAMES. Look at your families mantel or area they have trinkets set up. Look at your own personal collections of items you could use to make a Still Life. You will need to create or find 5 Still Life(s). You will need to be able to rearrange the still life as well because you will take 5 photos of each Still Life.
Watch the 2 videos and click on some of the links below to see how artist interpret Still Life(s) in Photography.
Still life photography is a genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject
matter, typically a small group of objects. It is the application of
photography to the still life artistic style. An example
is food photography. This
genre gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements
within a composition compared
to other photographic genres, such as landscape or portrait photography. Lighting, framing and background are
important aspects of still life photography composition.
There are many amazing Still Life Photographers. Please explore the artist blow for inspiration. Some great still life photographers I recommend are: Sam Kaplan, Emilie Blincoe, Jan Groover, Da
vid Ashman, Matthew Benson, Sandy Skogland, Edward Weston, Dina Belenko, Mikkel Jul Hvilshoj, Holly Lackner, Dana G Quigley and Christina Greve. Click on the artists name below their image to see more work.
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Other Still Life Photographers include Paul Outerbridge, Paul Stran, Andre Kertesz, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Josef Sudek, Sharon Core and Martin Parr. These photographers had an exhibit "In Focus: Still Life" 2010. The catalog can be viewed here: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/focus_still_life/focus_still_life_checklist.pdfvid Ashman, Matthew Benson, Sandy Skogland, Edward Weston, Dina Belenko, Mikkel Jul Hvilshoj, Holly Lackner, Dana G Quigley and Christina Greve. Click on the artists name below their image to see more work.
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Great article about creating a Still Life: https://www.creativebloq.com/photography/still-life-photography-1131688
Flat Lay photography article: https://expertphotography.com/flat-lay-photography/
Another great tool is to watch the video "7 Secrets To Creating Beautiful Still Lives iPhone Photos."
How to Make Homemade Background by Christina Greve.
FOR PHOTOSHOP (Photopea directions below)
You need a total of 25 photos of which 20 are edited and 20 (4 of each Still Life will be posted on your weebly.com) Save all 25 images to your Still Life Folder. Post the 4 different images of
each Still Life to your Weebly after the edits described below. Make sure to edit in Photoshop (Adjustments- start
with curves first and use the other functions: brightness/contrast, exposure and levels sparingly).
Out
of the 4 edited images per Still Life
you will apply one
of the Artistic Filters to 3 of
these (per Still Life). The 15 Artistic Filters are found in the Filter - Filter Gallery.
Please use the follow to keep your Artistic Filters organized and make sure to add the filter in paranthese after the title:
Still Life #1- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Colored Pencils, Image 3 Cutout and Image 4 Dry Brush
Still Life #2- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Film Grain, Image 3 Fresco and Image 4 Neon Glow
Still Life #3- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Paint Daubs, Image 3 Palette Knife and Image 4 Plastic Wrap
Still Life #4- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Poster Edges, Image 3 Rough Pastels and Image 4 Smudge Stick
Still Life #5- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Sponge, Image 3 Underpainting and Image 4 Watercolor
FOR PHOTOPEA
Please use the follow to keep your Artistic Filters organized and make sure to add the filter in paranthese after the title:
Still Life #1- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Colored Pencils, Image 3 Cutout and Image 4 Dry Brush
Still Life #2- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Film Grain, Image 3 Fresco and Image 4 Neon Glow
Still Life #3- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Paint Daubs, Image 3 Palette Knife and Image 4 Plastic Wrap
Still Life #4- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Poster Edges, Image 3 Rough Pastels and Image 4 Smudge Stick
Still Life #5- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Sponge, Image 3 Underpainting and Image 4 Watercolor
Make sure to title each image differently and indicate what filter you used.
FOR PHOTOPEA
You need a total of 25 photos of which 20 are edited and 20 (4 of each Still Life will be posted on your weebly.com) Save all 25 images to your Still Life Folder. Post the 4 different images of each Still Life to your Weebly after the edits described below. Make sure to edit in Photopea.com (Adjustments- start with curves first and use the other functions: brightness/contrast, exposure and levels sparingly).
Out of the 4 edited images per Still Life you will apply the following filters found in Filters tab.
Still Life #1- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited,
Image 2 Filter- Filter Gallery- Artistic- Paint Daubs,
Image 3 Filter- Filter Gallery- Paint Plastic Wrap,
and Image 4 Filter- Filter Gallery- Stylize- Glowing Edges
Still Life #2- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited,
Image 2 Filter- Filter Gallery- Brush Strokes- Splatter,
Image 3 Filter- Filter Gallery- Brush Strokes- Sprayed Strokes
and Image 4 Filter- Filter Gallery- Texture- Stained Glass
Still Life #3- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited,
Image 2 Filter- Distort- Displace,
Image 3 Filter- Distort-Pinch
and Image 4 Filter- Distort- Polar Coordinates
Still Life #4- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited,
Image 1 just edited,
Image 2 Filter- Distort-Ripples,
Image 3 Filter- Distort- Shear
and Image 4 Filter- Distort- Spherize
Still Life #5- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited,
Image 2 Filter- Distort- Twirl,
Image 3 Filter- Distort- Wave
and Image 4 Filter- Stylize- Diffuse
Make sure to title each image differently and indicate what filter you used when you TITLE each of the 20 images.
Filter- Filter Gallery
Artistic Filter
For Photopea.com
Still Life #1- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Filter Gallery- Artistic- Paint Daubs, Image 3 Filter- Filter Gallery- Paint Plastic Wrap, and Image 4 Filter- Filter Gallery- Stylize- Glowing Edges
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Filter Gallery- Artistic- Paint Daubs, Image 3 Filter- Filter Gallery- Paint Plastic Wrap, and Image 4 Filter- Filter Gallery- Stylize- Glowing Edges
Still Life #2- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Filter Gallery- Brush Strokes- Splatter, Image 3 Filter- Filter Gallery- Brush Strokes- Sprayed Strokes and Image 4 Filter- Filter Gallery- Texture- Stained Glass
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Filter Gallery- Brush Strokes- Splatter, Image 3 Filter- Filter Gallery- Brush Strokes- Sprayed Strokes and Image 4 Filter- Filter Gallery- Texture- Stained Glass
Still Life #3- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Distort- Displace Image 3 Filter- Distort-Pinch and Image 4 Filter- Distort- Polar Coordinates
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Distort- Displace Image 3 Filter- Distort-Pinch and Image 4 Filter- Distort- Polar Coordinates
Still Life #4- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Distort-Ripples, Image 3 Filter- Distort- Shear and Image 4 Filter- Distort- Spherize
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Distort-Ripples, Image 3 Filter- Distort- Shear and Image 4 Filter- Distort- Spherize
Still Life #5- 4 different images
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Distort- Twirl, Image 3 Filter- Distort- Wave and Image 4 Filter- Stylize- Diffuse
Image 1 just edited, Image 2 Filter- Distort- Twirl, Image 3 Filter- Distort- Wave and Image 4 Filter- Stylize- Diffuse
Still Life #1
Blackberries and Raspberries Pie Tonight (Colored Pencil)
Smoothie Fixings (Cutout) Berry Crumble (Dry Brush)
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