We were taken down as a class to the studio where we got the opportunity to be introduced to the world of still life on a professional commercial level using a professional still life table. The still life table is made a bent piece of white plastic acrylic. To set up the still life table you need lighting. The big light on the left is the key light also known as a tong stone light. The light on the right is called a fill light.

There is also a back light. This isn’t vital but is using when the objects being photographed are too light . This is used to blast out any shadows at the back of the images so that to object looks as if it is floating , suspended with a background behind.

Placing the object in the center is important because it because there is an even distance between each object and the light so that there are minimal shadows created.

Using a piece of paper under the object mean that there is minimal reflection in front of the object so the main focus of the image is on the object.