For My first still life photoshoot, I experimented with many different objects and I did not really focus on any specific objects or style. In this photoshoot I used different objects such as: books, cards, cutlery and some tools, my favourite objects to photograph out of the ones I used I find that the photographs of the cutlery and the books came out the best because the cutlery can give various shadows as well as give you photo that element of uniqueness. I also think that the photographs that have the books in it came out nicely because the books really give that theme of nostalgia.
Photoshoot 2
For my second still life photoshoot I had more of an idea of what I wanted in my photoshoot unlike in my first photoshoot where I just experimented. In this photoshoot I used objects such as: a violin, toy car, hat and many different antique nostalgic objects. My focal point in photoshoot 2 is the violin, the violin is the object that catches the viewers eye when looking at these photos, this is because the violin is the biggest object in the photos and it is also the most vibrant and colourful object in the pictures.
Photoshoot 1 Favourite Photos
This is a before and after of one of my favourite photographs from my first still life photoshoot. I find that this image is one of the best ones from this photoshoot, I think this because the use of the NBA cards really give off the theme of nostalgia, I also placed them in a random order so it looked like I had found it like that. I then edited the photo in Lightroom changing the temperature of the photo as well as the contrast and shadows.
This is also another one of my favourite photos from the first photoshoot. I really like this photo because of many different aspects, for example the shadows, the books and just the general layout of the photo. For this image I stacked 3 books on top of each other like a staircase and then put the cutlery as well as another object on top of it. The use of the cutlery gives great shadows and makes the image more appealing. I then edited the image using Lightroom increasing the contrast, texture and clarity to give it this stronger lighting which adds onto the theme of nostalgia.
This is my final favourite image from my still life photoshoot 1. This is a very strong image in my opinion because it has excellent shadows the forks give off interesting shadows for example in this photograph it looks like there are 4 forks and they are balancing on each other but there are only 2 forks and its shadows. For the editing of the image all I did was increase the temperature very slightly, decreased the shadows and increased the clarity a lot.
