Tuesday 4/27/21: Shoot Your Fruits & Veggies!
Fruit or Veggie Still Life
In this lesson you are going to take fabulous photographs of a fruit or veggie!
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Before you start do a Google image search of still life fruit photography and look at some amazing photographs. You can also check out the work of Haniyeh Nikoo for more inspiration.
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Then open up this presentation and READ EVERY SLIDE! You will learn how to make dramatic still life photos of fruits & veggies. This project is really easy, and can be really beautiful if you take it seriously and edit it well. I am excited to see what you come up with!
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Choose a fruit or veggie to photograph and set up you scene. Remember to have a simple surface and backdrop. Your surface could a table, counter, plate, or cutting board. Use a shirt, sheet, towel or set up a paper background if you want to hide details in the distance. (The PowerPoint slides provides more details on this!) Think of yourself as a fruit and veggie photographer and you are promoting this food item for a magazine.
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I suggest taking at least 10 shots, with different angles, lighting and compositions. Avoid front lighting, instead try side and back lighting. (The PPT slides give more details!)
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Crop and edit using Snapseed or your phone by making the shot black & white or make the color pop out. (The presentation gives more details!) Crop the shot to make the composition perfect.
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Go back to Teams and turn in your best 3 edited photos + screenshot of your 10+ photos. Due Thursday!
Inspiration Gallery below. If you want to check out the student photos from last session, head over to the Photo 1 Gallery tab above on this website and scroll towards the bottom!
