How you can take plain old tabletop still life photography and make it extraordinary with some still life light painting.
There’s something magical that happens when you have a still life setup on a tabletop and then all the lights go off. With a flashlight ready, still life photography comes to life when you add light painting.
Light painting is an advanced technique that photographers can use to add emphasis to certain subjects of an image. In order to successfully light paint, you need a tripod, a shutter speed around 15 seconds or longer and some cool subjects. It’s also mandatory that you have a completely dark room.
Still life light painting, or light painting in general, teaches you more about your camera since you have to rely on the touch and feel of your camera in the dark. Check out some more pictures by a master of still life light painting at Harold Ross’ Fine Art Photography website.
You can still even do light painting with macro!
I couldn’t even venture to guess which of these still life photography….creating a still life painting is your top choice.
For me the red truck is by far my favorite. One for personal reasons and two for the image itself.
The still life painting captured with this old red truck on an American flag clearly captures the essence of this shoot. The lighting was perfect, the timing and the angle exact, and the still life painting of the truck brought-the simple details to life. It almost reminds me of a page out of a Norman Rockwell book.
Oh and the number one reason I liked this particular choice is because when I was just 12, my father had this exact model truck, with his hand made wooden rails only his truck was bright orange. I had my driving lessons in the like image if this truck…with a lot of popped clutches!
Great Capture Alex. Your lighting and timing appear perfectly in sync.