How to shoot still life

Still life photography is an indispensable part of the entire photography field. When you see those exquisite accessories and various perfume bottles on the covers of some fashion magazines, do you think? I am inexplicably surprised, why can the same thing be photographed vividly in the hands of a photographer, but it feels so ordinary when photographed in my own hands? The following are the techniques for shooting still life that I have carefully compiled for you. Welcome for your reference!

Don’t leave too much space in the picture

When we frame the picture, try not to leave too much white space under the pencil, as this will weaken the expressiveness of the picture. The blisters will become too small to be seen clearly in an overly large frame. At this time, we might as well crop off the lower part to make the picture more saturated. In addition, remember to use manual focus when focusing. Autofocus often focuses on the glass, causing the picture to be blurry.

The colors must be more vivid

First of all, we start with the arrangement. Red, yellow, blue and green are our most necessary colors. If white is interspersed in the middle, it will grab the first sight. Secondly, we can use daylight white balance to add more warm colors to make the colors in the picture richer; if we use flash white balance, the color saturation will be weaker.

Daylight white balance

Flash white balance

These props are essential

Sprite and salt: Add a little salt to the Sprite, like this It can make the bubbles more abundant and more obvious.

DIY holder: Use transparent tape to stick the entire row of pencils to be photographed and secure them. Then select two unused pencils to clamp the fixed row of pencils, and use transparent tape to connect the two pencils. The pencils are glued together to form a stand that can be placed on a small glass jar.

Cotton swab: After the Sprite and salt generate bubbles, some of them will stick to the wall of the glass tank. Before shooting, you need to carefully wipe away these bubbles with a cotton swab to make the picture cleaner.

Perfect lighting

When shooting such a scene, we most need to make the bubbles and pencils very obvious. So we need a base light. Place the glass tank on the still life table, place the only light under the soft light paper, completely vertical to the ground, and let the front of the light hit the bottom of the water tank.