still life ...

definition...

... Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects. Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition...

... Still life photography is a demanding art, one in which the photographers are expected to be able to form their work with a refined sense of lighting, coupled with compositional skills. The still life photographer makes pictures rather than takes them. Knowing where to look for propping and surfaces also is a required skill...

the task in hand ... 

... our task was to create a still life photograph based on the subject on food which means there was lots of different things that we could do to achieve this task and a lot of things to consider ... here is my attempt on creating a still life photograph ...

Stuart rowen : food photographer ... 

... Stuart Rowen work is simply just beautiful just because if the detail that is in his still life photography ... he simply works on just trying to capture the essence of beautiful looking food ... here are a few photographs which captured me because of in intricate detail (shown above ) ... 

... what i really like about these two images is because if the way they have been put together and because of the way it has been presented to me, the viewer ... the amount of attention to detail in these two photographs are just amazing ... these two dishes look like they are meant to be from a top restaurant which they maybe but i just love the different colors which have been presented to me and also the texture in meat for example or maybe the chocolate which has been painted onto the plate using just a ordinary paint brush ... 

... what i love about the photograph on the right is on how close up he has gotten to the object itself so you can see how much detail the photograph holds and you can also see the different colors within the object which makes you look closer into the photograph and makes the viewer look closer into the photograph ... the same with the photograph on the left had side really ... the one thing that fascinated me was the bubbles or foam which was just lying on the fish so gently which really added a nice seaside feel to the photograph ... all of Stuart Rowens work is very clean and crisp which is what you need when it comes to still life food photography and i think he is extremely good with what work he can produce to show the reader's ... 

comparing work ...

with the work that i produced with this task i know that mine is more different compared to the other still life photographs that you are more likely to get based on food but i wanted to do something different and to try something that i had never done again ... with Stuart Rowen's work his is more serious because of the way it has been put together because the image is a lot sharper and a lot crisper whereas in my image it is very soft because of the lights and that what you want really when it comes down to light photography ... with Stuart's work he has really focused on what he wants for his final piece where as with me i wanted to experiment trying to do something different seeing as i did take the image on my camera phone and then also edited it on my phone too and i don't think the outcome is too bad but i do really like Stuart's work and you can see that it is for more of the commercial side where mine is for the funniest side of things ...