Creative Still Life

Still life photography is a simple method of helping you to improve your creative eye. Still life images have a appealing feature, whether it is the shape, color or presentation that makes them stand out.  They present a way of testing you as an artist in presenting ordinary things you might find in your environment in an interesting and possibly new style of looking at the object.  I have always found it a challenge to present one item and contrast with another in the same image, such as opposite shapes.   All of the images presented here are shot using very simple setups and window light.

All of the images above were shot with a Sony 7AII camera…the image below (with Nikon in its place) shows a basic still life set up used with window light and reflector to open up shadows.  I can be contacted at nymacc@gmail.com

Story Frames

I recently found an old painted frame -and decided to use it as a containing device for some still life images.  I used a black poster board, window light and reflector -arranging items in a display of multiple objects making a sort of story like diorama.

Frames can be used as a window -that enables you to see some things while others although visible are hidden in meaning.  Some frame scenarios can contain a puzzle of symbolic items -while others are simply a collection of material. 

However, both of these types of framed subjects allow the viewer to construct their own story depending on how imaginative they are.