Tips on Still Life, Table Top and Product Photography.

1. DOF is very important in case of still life, table top and product photography.use small apertures (larger F- numbers0 for greater DOF. but wide apertures (small F numbers) may be used for creative use of DOF.

2. Always use a tripod for sharer images and avoid camera shake.

3. Don't divide the frame by the intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. To avoid this problem use cove type of arrangement for intersecting-line-less foreground and background. But this arrangement is not a must in all situations.

4. If you are using photos-floods or bulb for lighting, you should use 80B filter(in colour photography) for neutralising the orange cast over the resultant images.

5. use lights in such a way so that the character of the product or subject is not suppresed.

6. Try to create stories with the objects where ever possible.

7. Compensate for reciprocity-failure in case of long-time exposure.

8. You don't always require sophisticated lens and other gears. Do try with a normal /standard lens and you may also try close-up filters for some close up shots.

9. You don't always require valuable objects to shoot still life or table top images. Just try with same very commonly available household objects.

10. If possible , use a slide film and cross process it. You will find some amazing results. You may also try an Infra red film.


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