Originally posted by swanlefitte One thing I like to study in still life is negative space and how it pulls one's eye around the frame. I call it the decade of the photo. My last 2 show this.
The dark with the oranges in your last photo pull my eye around in a very pleasing way.
Good analysis, and thanks.
I think composition plays an essential part in a still life, it's not just jumble of stuff that looks interesting together, it is making a few elements prominent, or the focal point, standing out from a background Still Life style, IMO, does have arrangements designed to show the objects both singly and as a whole, and the way the light plays off their individual shapes. All of the object in my examples were chosen and arranged in a ray of sunlight that falls on a counter during a certain time of day. Otherwise they areelsewhere in the house.
for example, these bottles
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It also can show a relationship or convey a meaning, I think the BW photo of the camera above does.
The acorns example is a study of shapes, arrangements, and light, even if the photographer had nothing to do with how they are arranged, it's a good example.
I look forward to seeing more photos here later today.