This week we were assigned with the task of taking a picture of objects we have found, borrowed or traded and create a classic Still Life image. For me, I had tried to go out into the world and find objects around the city [which I did find a bouquet of flowers which I shall include in my alternative images], however I resorted to asking my gracious roommates if I could borrow their things. I ended up scouring our kitchen and collecting things that in my mind slotted together nicely.
I chose this image because I like the reflections on the background, although I don’t necessarily know why. I think it makes it quite interesting and I think the image is in focus nicely. I also think it has a nice depth in contrast to the foreground and background with the lighting. For lighting I used the torch from my phone paired with flash from the camera- which was a Canon 700D with a 17-50mm 1:2.8 Sigma Lens. The items that I used was a tin opener, two joker cards, some scissors, a pot of pins and a role of sellotape. For some reason these all went together in my mind- it was probably the colours that made me pick these items.
The reason I didn’t choose these images is because I don’t think they’re quite focused enough/ they don’t quite feel right to me.
Below is an image of a bouquet I found on the way home from visiting the cathedral. I had considered bringing it home to try and use in a studio setting but I didn’t know when I would have access to the studio and didn’t want the flowers to completely die. Therefore I scrapped the notion but I still wanted to include the brief photograph to show some visuals to my other ideas.
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