Objects and Still Life (Targeting: General vs. Isolated)

Observing the static object is a study of all artists, designers, photographers, and marketing specialists. Learning how to appreciate the sole object and make it a target of a photo shoot can be an exercise in patience. Learning how to arrange multiple artifacts in a formation that is appealing to the eye is an even greater challenge. This study will help you explore how different shapes, textures, and light sources can play together to create a scene that is breath-taking or outright boring.

Study these following samples: 

Themes can be anything. But, you must have a theme. I do not want a random colleciton of items casually strewn around a table (or some other surface)

• Sports, Competition, 
• Musical Instruments, Composing, Arrangement
• Art, Design, Painting, Fashion, Photography, Visual Appeal
• Cooking, Baking, Culinary Arts
• Automotive, Transportation, Mechanical Systems, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Tools
• Recreation, Play, Leisure, Gaming (Video/Card/Board/Puzzles/etc)
• Fantasy, Magic, Role Playing, Steam Punk, Cosplay
• Academics, Books, Globes, Scientific Equipment, 

It is your job to shoot 15 new images that focus on assenbly and arrangement of a Still Life. You, the photographer, are responsible for constructing your own still life using a minimum of 15 objects.

All Photos for this part of the assignment are to be stored in a "Still Life" folder within the "Lighting and Texture" folder.

What is required?

• You will compose two different Still Life arrangements.
• Compose your Still Lifes out of 15 related objects (so...a theme)
• You must use the provided backdrops in Rm 40 (but, feel free to switch out the wall/floor paper)
• Take 15 different photos of your assembled Still Life from different angles and perspectives. *at least one of your photographs must contain the entirety of your still life "in frame."
• Use a variety of different lighting techniques to capture "the essence" of your Still Life. 
• Use the power of the subject and arrangement to create an interesting composition
• Consider this a form of expressing your favorite interest in the most complex manner possible.
• Get Close and don't be afraid of capturing the various nuances of your themed still-life. The name of the game is to snap-shot the abstract, emotion, the most interesting parts - not straight on shots that are boreing.