still life photography
We Shot These Stunning Flower Studio Photographs With Basic Entry Level Gear
Feb 27, 2025
Alex Baker
A talented artist friend recently asked me for help photographing flowers. Josie McCoy is well known for her stunning portraits of TV and film personalities,…
How to make objects levitate for the camera and cast shadows
May 2, 2024
John Aldred
Levitation photography is a fascinating subject. Mostly because there are a million different ways to do it. A small setup for toys would be different…
Put your glass on wheels for awesome splash beverage photos
Apr 1, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
There are plenty of ways to photograph drinks, glasses, and bottles. Dustin Dolby from Workphlo has guided us through many of them in his great video…
Hard light vs soft light and how it applies to still life, food and product photography
Feb 10, 2022
John Aldred
The concept of hard vs soft light comes up all the time, particularly on YouTube, but it’s typically in relation to portraits and other photographs…
A super simple 2-light setup for shooting still life photography
Dec 2, 2020
Jake Hicks
Big-shock I know. A coloured gel lighting technique from me is hardly surprising, but this time I’m scaling things down and today I’ll be sharing…
Food photographers, upgrade your modifiers before you upgrade anything else
Jun 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
You’ve been into photography for a while, you’ve upgraded your skills, and it’s time to upgrade your gear. If you ask me, that’s always exciting,…
How to shoot water splash product photography using a DIY catapult
Jun 6, 2020
John Aldred
Water splashes often seem to go hand in hand with product photography, although it’s not always easy to capture. Often it requires several pairs of…
How still life came to photography
Mar 19, 2020
Cemal Ekin
A while back, I had another roundtable discussion at the Film Photographers Association. This time the subject was Still Life Photography. It is a genre…
Splash Heroes “Villains Edition” is the most epic 2020 calendar you’ll ever see
Dec 4, 2019
John Aldred
I’ve been following Aurum Light’s “milk dress” photography for a few years now. It’s an amazing technique that’s been imitated a bunch, but nobody else…
How to take awesome paint splash photos with a speaker, a garbage bag and some noise
Jun 22, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Paint splash photos are really fun to take, and they can certainly look amazing. If you would like to experiment with this technique, Steve Kazemir…