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Setyourfocus

and shoot

Focuson

somethingjustaboveyour

ta blesurface,aboutone-

th irdof thewayfromthe

ta bleto thehighestpoint.

Thisshouldbe enough

toke epeverythingin

focusfr omfrontto back.

Ta kea testshotandhavea

lo ok.Onceyou’rehappy,you’regoodto startshooting.Moveelements

ar oundbetweenshotsfora few differentcompositions.

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Setup yourcamera

Switchto aperture-

prioritymodeandset

anapertureof f/8.Thisshould

beenoughto getsharpness

fromfrontto backin yourshot.

Set ISOto 400,thencheckthe

shutterspeed– you’llwant

toke epthatabove1/50sec.

If it ’s slowerthanthatyoumight

needto increaseyourcamera’s

IS O.Onceyouhavethesettings

di alledin youcanmoveon to

thefo cus.

1

Positionthe

reflector

Arrangeyour

in gredientsbya window.Grab

a re flectoror a largepieceof

whitecardandpositionthat

atthe farsideof yoursetup,

oppositethewindow.Youmight

needto propit up on something

asyou’llneedyourhandsfree

toshootwith.Makesureit’s

pointingatthesceneand

notupwards,otherwiseit’ll

bouncelighttowardstheceiling.

Still Life Projects

Above Try to include props of varying sizes
to add interest and balance to the shot.

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