Capirani Photography: What Is Still Life Photography?

Monday, March 3, 2014

What Is Still Life Photography?

What Is Still Life Photography?

Still life, whether done by a painter or photographer, basically is just pictures of fruit like in this photo, isn't it? Even this online dictionary says that still life is: "a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit." But it also says: "the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography." Still life refers to basically any inanimate object or objects placed in such a way as to represent art in the eye of the painter or photographer (or those who purchase such artwork). Still life can also be inanimate objects in natural settings.

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If you are looking for traditional still life photography, you will still find it. However, you will also find some very interesting types of still life photography emerging into the art world. Some of this new art is created to be humorous. Other types are created to make a statement. Of course there is always the still life that is created for the beauty.
Creativity is left to the imagination of the artist. What I would like to show you through this article are some of the various types of still life photography that I have found in my wanderings online.
The photo here is an example of more modern still life using shoes and shoe laces to make a statement as well as just be fun.

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Creating Your Own Still Life Photo Art

How do I make my own photo studio in my own home? I am on a very limited budget for this kind of activity so learning how to do things on my own as inexpensively as possible is important to me. One of the things I have learned is that many of the things I might need can be built cheaply and I can do it myself. For more information you can check YouTube for videos on how to set up your own home studio. Maybe it's just a simple light box that you need. Making my own light box will be my next project as I learn how to improve my still life photography. But for my own purposes, first I am going to need to learn more about layout. I love looking at the various photographs I can find online just for inspiration and ideas. Object layout creativity is something I am finding myself lacking.

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YouTube Videos To Help You

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There are many more videos available on YouTube to help you figure out how to make exactly what you are looking for to build your own still life photography studio.

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About Dreams on Wheels

Capirani Photography is the culmination of a lifelong dream to be a photographer. When this dream began I was still in Junior High. Gradually the dream evolved into my wanting to be a fiction writer as well as a photographer. Portrait photography was never an interest of mine, unless you would get the subject of the photo outside in natural surroundings rather than in a studio.

Now after all the years of college, marriage, and raising a family, the time has come to make these dreams happen. I have the time. I have the cameras at least to get started. And I have the wheels.

Wheels? Capirani Photography is unique in that much of the photography is done from the vantage point of being seated, whether on my front porch steps, in a car, or in my wheelchair. While I did not actively pursue my dreams when I was younger, my time for making dreams come true now comes at a time when I need a little more help than I had planned. You won't find photos from me after climbing mountains or traversing down into canyons or into caves.

I am here to prove that you don't have to be 100% able-bodied to make your dreams come true, nor do you have to be able to walk and climb steadily to be a nature and landscape photographer. Looking at the world from a lower eye level could help us all see life differently. This is my goal.

I hope you enjoy my work here. You will find, not only photos, but many, many graphic designs, or abstracts. Abstract photography has been fascinating to me ever since my first encounter with the World Wide Web. It has only been in the past few months that I have been able to really focus my time and my talents on creating graphic designs. While I am still somewhat unsure of where I can sell my designs or who might be interested in purchasing prints, the creative process intrigues me. You might say it is quickly becoming an addiction of mine.

If you have not found them already, scroll back up to the top of this page to find the tabs of photos and graphics I have here to offer you. Please feel free to comment on what you see here. Email me at aworkinprogress2@yahoo.com to contact me personally, or if you would like to purchase any prints. Simply mouse-over any photo or graphic and look below on the browser to see the name or number of the one you are interested in. The name or number will pop up and be the last part of the URL you see in that pop up.

You can read more about me in the tab above called About Capirani Photography.

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What Is Still Life Photography?

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