Still life photography

Photography for advertising purposes is undoubtedly one of the sectors where the technique called still life, the means and the knowledge of light count more than any other sector. This time the scene can also be reduced to a well-organised table to give character to the object to be photographed and the light is literally managed by the photographer.

The place for a still life photo can be the studio, where the photographer moves at ease in the most familiar place, but for good still life photography it can often be convenient to work on location, for example for still life photography of food, case in which dishes are prepared on the spot. In this case the set to create the still life will be brought and set up on site. It will then be the photographer’s responsibility to choose the best composition to obtain the desired photograph.

His work tools, in addition to a professional camera, are softboxes, lightboxes, still life tables, continuous light or flash and finally a lot of mastery, technical knowledge and creativity.